LEADERS & EXECUTIVES
As a founder, you have many job titles. And they also change over time. While you are heavily focused on reducing risk in the beginning in the early months, you will find yourself spending more and more time on streamlining execution and planning growth. Our Qualification Programs for Startups help you master this shift through Product-Market-Fit and beyond.
When your startup matures, your skills and responsibilities will have to grow with it. From securing a funding round to building and leading your team, your role will expand and change over time. And you will also hire your first employees dedicated to functions like Sales, Marketing, R&D or HR that will have a crucial impact on the success of your business.
We regularly offer Qualification Programs for Startups that help you master scaling and will get you ready for the months and years to come. In different tracks, we welcome founders and early employees of startups to learn from experienced entrepreneurs, domain experts, well known venture capital firms and each other. We focus on the topics of Operations, HR, Sales, Fundraising, Product, Leadership and PR. The Program is tailor-made by experienced founders and well known venture capital firms for leaders and domain experts of fast growing companies. As a part-time program, it integrates perfectly into your everyday working life and combines the teaching of industry insights with hands-on experiences from our experts.
WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN
This is what graduates and mentors say about the programme:
"The combination of theoretical knowledge and practical examples convinces me to become part of the Qualification Program for Startups as a speaker. From my own experience, I can say that as a manager I would have loved such an offer myself, presented by experienced speakers and supported by an attractive peer group."
"The Qualification Program for Startups is the perfect environment for every founder who wants to make their company scale. Input from experienced founders and scalers, intensive exchange in the peer group, deep dive 1:1 coaching from top founder coaches. And all this in the inspiring and open atmosphere of the Founders Foundation."
"The Qualification Program for Startups was extremely valuable and gave us a lot of helpful new impulses along the way. I especially enjoyed the interactive discussions with other participants as well as the personal mentor talks on our individual use cases, which were totally worth every penny."
@ Zahnarzt-Helden GmbH
"I can only recommend the Qualification Program for Startups! I applied with the aim of learning new things and exchanging ideas with like-minded people. My expectations were fully met. I was able to take away an incredible amount of impulses and discuss my current challenges in the coaching sessions. I particularly liked the focus on the exchange with like-minded people and the respective experts."
"I would definitely recommend the Qualification Program for Startups to others, because it provides a complete toolbox and very application-oriented knowledge based on clear examples, without having to read countless blog posts on my own. The versatility of the content and the personal coaching were my highlights."
"The combination of theoretical knowledge and practical examples convinces me to become part of the Qualification Program for Startups as a speaker. From my own experience, I can say that as a manager I would have loved such an offer myself, presented by experienced speakers and supported by an attractive peer group."
"The Qualification Program for Startups is the perfect environment for every founder who wants to make their company scale. Input from experienced founders and scalers, intensive exchange in the peer group, deep dive 1:1 coaching from top founder coaches. And all this in the inspiring and open atmosphere of the Founders Foundation."
"The Qualification Program for Startups was extremely valuable and gave us a lot of helpful new impulses along the way. I especially enjoyed the interactive discussions with other participants as well as the personal mentor talks on our individual use cases, which were totally worth every penny."
@ Zahnarzt-Helden GmbH
"I can only recommend the Qualification Program for Startups! I applied with the aim of learning new things and exchanging ideas with like-minded people. My expectations were fully met. I was able to take away an incredible amount of impulses and discuss my current challenges in the coaching sessions. I particularly liked the focus on the exchange with like-minded people and the respective experts."
"I would definitely recommend the Qualification Program for Startups to others, because it provides a complete toolbox and very application-oriented knowledge based on clear examples, without having to read countless blog posts on my own. The versatility of the content and the personal coaching were my highlights."
Makers Academy Lecturers
Leading entrepreneurs teach you their skills in our Makers Academy.
Alexander Rausch
Managing Director
Chronext
Just Beyer
Product Expert and Angel Investor
Jens Hutzschenreuter
Managing Director
digital business group
Kristina Walcker-Mayer
CEO
Nuri
Dorothea von Wichert-Nick
Founder
Volate
Our Exclusive Group of Makers Academy Lecturers Has Experts With At Least 10 Years Of Founder and Professional Experience
Julius Bachmann
Co-Founder JRNY and Executive Coach
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