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Basics of company foundation II (students of other degree programmes)

Combinatorial Bachelor of Arts

Submodules

Lecture "Fundamentals of start-up management"

Lecture "Specific aspects of start-up management"

Exercise "Case studies on start-up management"

Seminar "Seminar on start-up management

Hint

The module of the optional area lasts two semesters and ends with a two-hour final module examination on the lectures "Fundamentals of Start-up Management" and "Specific Aspects of Start-up Management" as well as on the case studies and the seminar on start-up management. The final module examination is thus divided into four equal parts. No seminar paper has to be written in the seminar.

 

The lecture "Fundamentals of Start-up Management" takes place in the winter semester, while the lecture "Specific Aspects of Start-up Management" and the seminar take place in the summer semester. The case studies can be listened to in both semesters.

Sub-module 1: Fundamentals of start-up management

The course "Fundamentals of Start-up Management" is the first part of a two-semester lecture on the topic of start-up qualification for students of all faculties, in particular those interested in starting a business, participants from the optional area of the Combinatorial Bachelor and students of various other degree programmes (not BSc WiWi!). The aim is to provide participants with a sound and practical grounding in the commercial basics that are essential for a successful business start-up. The following topics are covered in the course: Business plan preparation, financing, marketing, choice of location and legal form, personnel and organisation, founder personality, start-up support. This content is rounded off with the follow-up course "Specific aspects of start-up management", which is offered in the summer semester and deals in more detail with accounting issues and forms of company succession / company takeover.

Lecturer: Dipl.-Ök. Wolfgang Kuhn

Effort: 3 LP

Dates: Wednesday, 14:00 - 16:00 (weekly)

Start of event: 22.10.2025

Room: M.12.22

Sub-module 2: Specific aspects of start-up management

Not for WiWis! The course is aimed at students from non-economics departments and students in the optional area of the combinatorial Bachelor's degree programme. The lecture builds on the lecture Fundamentals of Start-up Management. In addition to an in-depth examination of accounting issues and the analysis of annual financial statements, topics relating to company valuation, company takeovers and company succession are covered. In addition, individual business management aspects, such as the choice of legal form, are examined in depth in order to create a comprehensive understanding of the framework conditions for determining the profits of young companies.

Lecturer: Dipl.-Ök. Wolfgang Kuhn

Effort: 3 LP

Dates:

Start of course: only in the summer semester

Room: Room:

Sub-module 3: Case studies on start-up management

The exercise accompanying the lecture deepens individual aspects of the lectures. The case study exercise is designed to be strongly action-orientated, for example by practising techniques for drawing up and evaluating business plans under supervision. The case studies are worked on in interdisciplinary student teams. Students work on case studies from various specialisation areas, e.g. start-up financing (VC financing, mezzanine forms of financing, internal financing), start-up marketing (market research; creation of marketing plans) and start-up funding (funding mix planning). Students apply various business analysis and evaluation methods that are adapted to the context of business start-ups.

Lecturer: Dr Kazem Mochkabadi

Effort: 3 LP

Dates: Thursday, 16:00 - 18:00 (weekly)

Start of course: 30.10.2025

Room: M.12.22

 

 

Sub-module 4: Seminar on start-up management

The course is generally aimed at students and those interested in start-ups and deals with the interface between a microeconomic view of business start-ups and a macroeconomic view of the start-up process. For example, the microeconomic effects of government measures to promote start-ups are analysed. This applies in particular to measures of indirect start-up support as the organisation of legal framework conditions for start-up activity. Another thematic focus of the seminar is the reciprocal interplay of institutional framework conditions for start-ups and institutional change influenced by start-ups.


Skills taught:

  • Ability to independently analyse economic policy measures in the context of start-up support
  • Expertise in assessing institutional framework conditions for start-up activities

Lecturer: Dr Marc Grünhagen

Effort: 3 LP

Dates: Wednesday, 16:00 - 17:30

Start of course: only in the summer semester

Room: M.12.22