Merlin Project organized the Accelerate 2022
In April 2022, I have had the opportunity to organize an entrepreneurship conference at my university, HHL Graduate School of Management in Leipzig. The event has been a huge success. We raised a total amount of 45.000 EUR and had a great 2-days together with 38 speakers, 15 sponsors and over 300 participants online and on site in Leipzig. The conference revolved around the topic “Shaping a better tomorrow” and attracted students, investors, startups and corporates to join us in Leipzig.
Read more...Accelerate@HHL 2022: Leaving My Comfort Zone
Those who know me know that I have been doing ProjectWizards for 20 years and Merlin Project for almost 18 years. So everyone can easily imagine that I know a lot of people in the business. No matter if I show up at an Apple event, or a project management event, I already meet the first known people right at the entrance. That's nice, it gives me a good feeling and it's fun. That's how I know that the years of work have paid off and that the network I've built up is working. Because people help each other, they exchange ideas. And even if you don't do business directly with each other, sooner or later it pays off for both of us in some form or another.
But I also have to admit that after 20 years you become more idle. You only choose events where you know that there will be something going on - whatever. And this comfort zone became bigger and bigger for me. Of course, no trips took place during Covid-19, and the urge to attend online community meetings became more and more suppressed. I noticed myself getting more and more cushy. And then the opportunity came: Accelerate@HHL 2022!
Read more...Shaping A Better Tomorrow
Accelerate is the exclusively student-organized entrepreneurship event of Germany's most entrepreneurial university – the HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management. Every year, they invite top entrepreneurs, investors and young talents to Leipzig to share their insights and challenge their ideas for the future.
This year's conference is themed "Shaping A Better Tomorrow" and focuses on questions such as how idealism and profitability can be anchored together in the company.
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