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MAN 458 Crowdfunding for Ecological Entrepreneurship (Spring 2025)

Lecturer Dr. Baris Istipliler
Course Format Elective
Course Credit 3 ECTS
Language English
Assessment Crowdfunding video & pitch, campaign- & business plan
Examination date 15.05.2025

Course Outline

This practical course familiarizes students with fundamentals of entrepreneur­ship, development of sustainable ideas and business models, and how to utilize crowdfunding to resource them. In workshop-like sessions, students will work in teams to develop their own start-up ideas and business models for sustainable products (preferably B-to-C) and plan a crowdfunding campaign to finance these. Some of the sustainable development goals the students will focus during the course will include mobilizing climate action, waste reduction, and clean energy.

Learning Outcomes

Students are capable to

  • understand fundamental concepts of entrepreneur­ship in an applied setting,
  • work in teams to develop their sustainable and entrepreneurial ideas with the help of design thinking methods,
  • generate a business model with economic viability,
  • craft multimedia content for a crowdfunding campaign and plan campaign management,
  • pitch their business model and campaign in front of an expert jury.

Eligibility 

  1. Students that have absolved MBS M1 (Summer School) SEC 3 or MAN 450 or MAN 456 in past semesters cannot enlist in this course.

  2. Students from all semesters and faculties (including non-business studies and exhange students) are welcome.

Registration

Students willing to take the course have to register for the course between 15.01.2025 – 06.02.2025. All students who want to register have to do ALL of the following:
 

  1. register to the course via Portal2.
  2. since you will receive the feedback if you are accepted to the course on 16.02.2025, please refrain from sending Emails before this date regarding your status or regarding the receipt of your email.

Course capacity is strictly limited as the format involves groupwork. Thus, students who registered but decided not to participate in the course have to deregister from the course during the deregisteration period indicated in Portal2Please see Portal2 for the periods of deregisteration and notification of acceptance for the course.

Attendance

Attendance is mandatory and all students are required to attend all classes (exceptions are only made for students who provide a medical certificate or have an exam).

Place and Time

Sessions: 

  • Bootcamp Day 1:
    03.03.2025, (9:00 – 18:00); Place: MAFINEX Technologiezentrum, Hub 1 (2. Floor – above Agáta Café) (see https://mafinex.next-mannheim.de/kontakt/ for the address)
  • Bootcamp Day 2:
    04.03.2025, (9:00 – 18:00); Place: MAFINEX Technologiezentrum, Hub 1 (2. Floor – above Agáta Café) (see https://mafinex.next-mannheim.de/kontakt/ for the address)
  • Feedback Session 1 (optional):
    26.03.2025, (13:00 – 18:00); Place: EO 237
  • Feedback Session 2 (optional):
    30.04.2024, (13:00 – 18:00); Place: EO 237
  • Final Presentations:
    13.05.2024, (9:00 – 18:00); Place: 001 Hörsaal (L9 1-2)

Assessment  

Crowdfunding video & pitch, campaign- & business plan

Persons in Charge

Dr. Baris Istipliler

Course Load and Language

ECTS: 3

Language: English

Dr. Baris Istipliler

Dr. Baris Istipliler

Habilitation Candidate
Team: Entrepreneurship
University of Mannheim
Institute for SME Research and Entrepreneurship
Schloss
Ehrenhof Ost – Room EO 270
68161 Mannheim