Presen­ta­tion of awards to start-up projects at the HfG in the in:it co-working lab

Go Award Juli 2021

Jessica Lauren Passler, coor­di­nator of the start-up center and co-working lab in:it, welcomed the winners, the jury, and the goHfG team. After­ward, the certi­fi­cates were handed over and the project teams had the oppor­tu­nity to inform about the current status of their start-up project as well as to give all parti­ci­pants an outlook on their further procee­dings. The ideas presented ranged from a coope­ra­tive arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence to support medical profes­sio­nals in the treat­ment of cancer, to handi­craft courses for begin­ners, as well as a sustainable system for the culti­va­tion of fruit and vege­ta­bles, an inclu­sion game, soft­ware for the design of guidance systems, and modular furni­ture systems.

Three of the six teams already won the goHfG award last semester and were, ther­e­fore, able to report on their expe­ri­ences in the in:it co-working lab. They were very grateful for the many offers of advice and support from the start-up center and the goHfG team. In addi­tion, the students and graduates bene­fited from the media­tion of nume­rous cont­acts by the busi­ness deve­lo­p­ment depart­ment of the city of Schwä­bisch Gmünd as well as by the start-up initia­tive, which is curr­ently crea­ting possible pilot projects. After­ward, all parti­ci­pants had the oppor­tu­nity to exch­ange ideas perso­nally, which led to many inte­res­ting conver­sa­tions and further goal-oriented contacts.

A strong network for start-up ideas

The start-up campaign at Schwä­bisch Gmünd Univer­sity of Applied Sciences (goHfG) encou­rages, empowers and accom­pa­nies students and start-up teams from the idea to the successful foun­da­tion. At the Schwä­bisch Gmünd School of Design, more than 500 soci­ally rele­vant and market-oriented semester and final projects are presented each semester. However, many of these projects are never imple­mented. goHfG wants to acti­vate this untapped poten­tial for the future: with consul­ta­tions, scou­ting by expe­ri­enced entre­pre­neurs* during the semester exhi­bi­tions, work­shops and know­ledge transfer around start-ups, as well as the promo­tion of start-up networks with partner initia­tives and of female start-ups. The start-up initia­tive is funded by EXIST (Start-ups from Science) and by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy.

Another important compo­nent of the start-up initia­tive is the scou­ting event that takes place every semester, at which key players in the regional start-up ecosystem (scouts) syste­ma­ti­cally screen the exhi­bited semester and final theses and iden­tify parti­cu­larly promi­sing projects and moti­vated students. Projects with poten­tial ther­e­fore receive a so-called goCard and can be further deve­loped in a targeted manner at goHfG work­shops. Students who receive the goCard and have successfully parti­ci­pated in further work­shops can then apply for the goAward. The jury, consis­ting of Alex­ander Groll, Head of the Schwä­bisch Gmünd Economic Deve­lo­p­ment Agency; Markus Schmid, Head of the IHK Start-up and Busi­ness Service; Jessica Lauren Passler, in:it co-working lab; as well as Prof. Gerhard Reichert, Head of the goHfG team and Dr. Andreas Ehrhardt, Mana­ging Director of INNO‑Z Aalen, will decide. The winners will then be able to work on their project free of charge in the in:it co-working lab in the coming semester and benefit from all the advan­tages this brings.

Learn more about goScouting at the HfG

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