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A wide range of support offers are available to HPI founder teams. Budding entrepreneurs are optimally supervised during the startup process — whether it be through individual coachings or the provision of infrastructure and capital.

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HPI offers its aspiring entrepreneurs exciting events in conjunction with partners from industry and science. These events provide the ideal framework for networking with other founders and experts from the entrepreneurship ecosystem.

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Entrepreneurship team

If you have any questions, the entrepreneurship team will gladly assist you. Simply get in touch with us and, at your request we can also arrange a personal appointment.

Dr. Frank Pawlitschek

Frank took over the lead of HPI School of Entrepreneurship in September 2020. Frank gained early experience as a software developer in Silicon Valley during his schooldays and studies. Fascinated by the spirit and mentality in this unique ecosystem, he got inspired to eventually start an own company. Diversifying his personal experience, Frank completed his legal education in Mainz, Frankfurt, San Francisco and Auckland (New Zealand) and worked as an attorney-at-law for leading international and national law firms, where he advised large and medium-sized companies mainly in the high-tech sector. In 2008 he founded the successful Berlin start-up ubitricity, which develops intelligent solutions for charging and intelligent grid integration of electric cars. Since 2018 Frank Pawlitschek has been President of the Berlin-Brandenburg Energy Network e. V. (BEN) and member of the board of the German New Energy Industry Association. (bne). He is also frequently involved as a mentor for young founders.

Dr. Nicolai Bohn

Nicolai successfully studied Management Information Systems (M.Sc.) at Paderborn University. After his graduation, he completed a trainee program with focus on business development, product management and IT-project management at comdirect Bank AG (a subsidiary of Commerzbank AG), where he also worked as an IT project manager afterwards. His next stop lead him to the Berlin-based startup Wooga, a successful developer of mobile and social games. Here he worked as an IT project manager and product manager.

Since January 2017, Nicolai is part of the HPI E-School team and focusses his research on the interface of IT and entrepreneurship. The title of his PhD thesis is: Technology Design Selection and Technology Pivots in Digital Startups.

Maximilian Mense

Maximilian studied law at the Westfälische Wilhelmsuniversität Münster and completed his studies with the first state examination. Already during his studies he worked for several start-ups and was, among other things, self-employed in the event sector.

After his studies he focused on the innovation area of legal-tech and worked as Head of Business Development for one of the leading German providers in the field of document automation, where he was responsible for sales and strategy issues in particular.

Since December 2019 Maximilian has been a research assistant at the HPI E-School. He is doing his doctorate in the field of legal tech at the University of Leipzig on the foundation of a digital GmbH.

Annalena Lorson

Annalena completed her studies in International Management (M.Sc.) at the University of Applied Sciences Karlsruhe - Technik und Wirtschaft and gained her first experiences in the start-up industry through study projects, an internship abroad and her work as a research assistant. 

After her studies, she joined Urban Sports GmbH - Europe's leading provider of sports flat rates - as Corporate Account Manager. There she was responsible for onboarding and the support of business cooperation with a focus on Berlin start-ups and the region of Southern Germany.

Since January 2020 Annalena has been working as a research assistant at the HPI E-School and will soon begin her doctoral studies in IT entrepreneurship.

Publications

Mense, M 2020. Fail forward, but responibly! The 10 Common Pitfalls in Legal-Tech-Projects – Wie Legal-Tech-Projekte gelingen (können), in: Rethinking Law 01/2020.

Mense, M. 2019. EU-US-Privacy-Shield – der kleinste gemeinsame Nenner angemessenen Datenschutzes? In: Zeitschrift für Datenschutz 08/2019.

Schorb, M., Lorson, A. 2019. Strategische Entscheidungsfindung in KMU. In: Controller Magazin, Prepare for the future, 2019 May/June, Issue 3.

Bohn, N. 2019. Do Digital Startups Prepare for Technology Pivots? - An Initial Analysis of Job Adverts, in: Proceedings of the Twenty-fifth Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Cancun, Mexiko.

Hatzijordanou, N., Bohn, N., Terzidis, O. 2019. A Systematic Literature Review on Competitor Analysis: Status Quo and Start-up Specifics. To appear in: Management Review Quarterly.

Bohn, N., Kundisch, D. 2018. An Extended Perspective of Technology Pivots in Software Startups: Towards a Theoretical Model, in: Proceedings of the Thirty Ninth International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), San Francisco, USA.

Bohn, N., Kundisch, D. 2018. An Extended Perspective of Technology Pivots in Software Startups: Towards a Theoretical Model, contribution at: INFORMS Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST), Phoenix, USA.

Bohn, N., Kundisch, D.: The Role of Technology Pivots in Software Startups: Antecedents and Consequences, in: Proceedings of the Twenty Fifth European Conference on Information Systems 2018 (ECIS), Portsmouth, UK.

Bohn, N./Kundisch, D.: Much more than “same solution using a different technology”: Antecedents and consequences of technology pivots in software startups, in: Tagungsband der Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik 2018 (MKWI), Lüneburg, Germany.

Hatzijordanou, N./ Bohn, N.: Towards a Competitor Analysis Framework for Early Stage Software Startups, G-Forum 2017, 21. Interdisziplinäre Jahreskonferenz zu Entrepreneurship, Innovation und Mittelstand, Wuppertal.

Hatzijordanou, N./ Bohn, N.: Systematic Literature Review on Competitor Analysis - Is there anything relevant for startups?, G-Forum 2017, 21. Interdisziplinäre Jahreskonferenz zu Entrepreneurship, Innovation und Mittelstand, Wuppertal.

Hatzijordanou, N./ Grzebiela, K.: A Performance Driver Model for Software Start-ups: A Literature Review and Analysis, G-Forum 2016, 20. Interdisziplinäre Jahreskonferenz zu Entrepreneurship, Innovation und Mittelstand, Leipzig.

Effenberg, M.: Syndizierungsmotive und strategische Positionierung von Venture Capital Gesellschaften. Verlag Wissenschaft und Praxis, Sternenfels 2016.

Hummel, D./Effenberg, M./Karcher. B/Richter, A.: Innovationsfinanzierung für KMU. Besonderheiten und Chancen in den östlichen Bundesländern. Universitätsverlag Potsdam, Potsdam 2013.

Hummel, D./Effenberg, M.: Aufholpotenzial nach der Krise, in: die bank 09/2011, Berlin 2011.

Getting to the HPI E-School

The HPI E-School is located on Campus III of the Hasso Plattner Institute in Rudolf-Breitscheid-Str. 189 (ground floor, rooms 1.3.09 and 1.3.10).

See campus map > HPI Campus III > Building G

Getting to Hasso Plattner Institute

Situated directly next to the Griebnitzsee metropolitan train (S-Bahn) station in Potsdam-Babelsberg, the Hasso Plattner Institute is excellently located in terms of its accessibility to public transit. With the S-Bahn, it is a short ride to both the capital Berlin and Potsdam’s city center. The Griebnitzsee station is also served by local transport bus lines.

You can find more information on travel to Hasso Plattner Institute here.

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Events

19.05.2019 | HPI Business Plan Competition Deadline Extended Until 19.05.2019

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19.05.2019 | HPI Business Plan Competition Deadline Extended Until 19.05.2019

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25.04.2019 | Kick-off HPI Business plan competition 2019

The annual HPI business plan competition kicks off! At the kick-off the procedure, the conditions of participation, the … > Go to article