Maximilian Eckel (MD WHU Entrepreneurship Center) – How To Foster Entrepreneurship At University
Description
Maximilian is the Managing Director of the Entrepreneurship Center at WHU, Germany's most successful business school when it comes to entrepreneurship. Before that he worked at the Entrepreneurship Center at RWTH Aachen, Germany’s largest technical university and founded a startup himself.
Having done his bachelor degree at WHU and now leading their Entrepreneurship Center, I thought Maximilian would be the perfect guest to talk about how universities can successfully foster entrepreneurship and how students eager to found can make use of their time at university to prepare for a career as founders.
In this episode of the Entrepreneurship & Leadership podcast, we talk about
WHU's contribution to the German startup ecosystem
the differences in entrepreneurship support between private and public universities
and how to make the most of your time at university when you want to found a startup
His message for entrepreneurial students: "Get exposure. Join likeminded people and learn how the startup world really works beyond the romanticization of shark tank."
I hope you enjoy the episode!
Michael
Learn more about Entrepreneurship at WHU at https://whu.edu/en/faculty/entrepreneurship-and-innovation-group/entrepreneurship-center/
Connect with Maximilian on https://linkedin.com/in/maximilianeckel/
Connect with me on https://linkedin.com/in/m-froehlich/
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