Innovative Entrepreneurs

Introduction

Join us for an inspiring lecture series featuring outstanding founders, managers and executives from a variety of industries. Our guest speakers will share their wealth of knowledge on various aspects of entrepreneurship and leadership, from identifying opportunities to managing innovation and growth. By gaining practical insights into the diversity of entrepreneurial life, personalities, skills and motivations, you will be equipped to think outside the box and develop an entrepreneurial mindset.

In our courses, we believe in active learning, and we want you to take the first step towards becoming an entrepreneurial leader - whether you will have found your own company or will be employed. The final exam is an individual project that challenges you to step out of your comfort zone and explore your potential. By developing your personality alongside your studies, you will be better equipped to positively influence others and make a meaningful impact on the world. As such, our course aims to equip you with the skills and mindset to tackle novel and complex challenges across a range of fields.

About the program

Outstanding founders, managers, and investors covering a wide range of industries talk about their entrepreneurial career paths. During the lecture, students can ask guest speakers questions and discuss with them.

Project work:
In addition to listening to our entrepreneurial guest speakers, attendees will engage in an inner-development project. This allows participants to develop new ideas and discover new skills.

Learning Goals

Understand the entrepreneurial mindset, personality development through a self-leadership challenge, develop and strengthen self-reflection as an important leadership competence

Schedule

October 2025

16.10.2025	Online session via Zoom \| 5:30 to 7:00 pm Kick-off Lecture and Project Start Workshop Kriti Thakur Pohlmann, Expert in Educational Design and Facilitation, UnternehmerTUM Academy for Innovators
23.10.2025	Hybrid session at Munich Urban Colab and Zoom \| 5:30 to 7:00 pm Doomed or Not Doomed? How Entrepreneurs Can Shape the Future Gyri Reiersen, Co-founder and CPO, Tanso
30.10.2025	Online session via Zoom \| 5:30 to 7:00 pm Managing the AI Revolution Tristan Post, CEO and Founder, AI Strategy Institute; Lecturer for AI, Technical University of Munich

November 2025

06.11.2025	Hybrid session at TUM Campus Garching Forschungszentrum and Zoom \| 5:30 to 7:00 pm Digitalization at Bosch Building Technologies: How we leverage digitalization and AI for ourselves and our customers Henrik Siegle, CTO and Managing Director, Bosch Building Technologies
13.11.2025	Online session via Zoom \| 5:30 to 7:00 pm To be announced
20.11.2025	Online session via Zoom \| 5:30 to 7:00 pm Startup Stories in Life Sciences: Health, AgTech and FoodTech Benedikt Keßler, Co-founder and CEO, Karevo; Timo Dannenmann, Co-founder, Justake; Sarah Wali, Executive Lead, Bugsense
27.11.2025	To be announced \| 5:30 to 7:00 pm Dr. Frederick Zohm, Executive Board Member for Research and Development, MAN Truck and Bus SE

December 2025

04.12.2025	Online session via Zoom \| 5:30 to 7:00 pm Munich Ecosystem and UnternehmerTUM Helmut Schönenberger, Vice President Entrepreneurship, TUM and Co-Founder and CEO, UnternehmerTUM; Carmen Baur, Head of University Programs, UnternehmerTUM
11.12.2025	Hybrid session at Munich Urban Colab and Zoom \| 5:30 to 7:00 pm How Strategic Thinking Powers Innovation Dr. Niels Syassen, Member of the Executive Board and CTO, SICK AG

January 2026

15.01.2026	Special Event at Munich Urban Colab \| 5:30 to 7:00 pm Innovators Night
22.01.2026	Hybrid session at Munich Urban Colab and Zoom \| 5:30 to 7:00 pm Inka Koljonen, Chief Financial Officer, MAN Truck and Bus SE
29.01.2026	Online session via Zoom \| 5:30 to 7:00 pm Focus Session: Revolutionizing the Legal Sector – Legal Tech Colab

February 2026

05.02.2026	Online session via Zoom \| 5:30 to 7:00 pm Final Workshop Kathrin Opielka, Senior Expert in Educational Design & Facilitation, UnternehmerTUM

Registration

The lecture is open to everyone - TUM students and researchers can get credit points.

Guest Listeners Welcome. We warmly invite interested guest listeners to join our sessions.To register as a guest listener, please send us an email with the subject line: 'Guest listeners' to innovative-entrepreneurs@unternehmertum.de.

Please note: Only emails with this exact subject line can be processed, so please make sure to use it. You will then receive all further information about participation.