A Star is Born – A KLU start-up takes off
met Meyn only weeks after starting her PhD in music marketing at KLU in January but believes the culture of community fostered by university was instrumental in the pair teaming up. “The institution made [...] new talent. It is a time-consuming, often random process; yet AIDAR (AI driven A&R), an innovative start-up founded by KLU alumnus Dr. Janek Meyn and PhD student Yana Asenova, uses artificial intelligence [...] a project, of course, needs plenty of support to get off the ground , and KLU has furnished the start-up with not only an office , but invaluable connections, including between Meyn and co-founder Yana
KLU Start-Up Day 2019
engaging discussions: KLU’s Start-Up Day 2019 provided an extensive overview of fresh ideas and new solutions in the logistics sector. The event that started in 2017 with just 11 start-ups saw 300 attendants and [...] and more than 40 start-ups in its third edition on February 8, 2019. We’ll continue the tradition!
KLU Sports Talents: Studying Logistics at a Gallop
2017. Tell us about them. Johara Weber: In 2019, I won First Runner Up of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (Vize-Landesmeisterin). Starting up with training after the injury was difficult for me at first. I [...] Johara Weber had only just started walking when she mounted a horse for the first time. At the age of seven she joined a riding and vaulting team and at sixteen she successfully started competing in individual [...] Weber: Initially, it wasn’t allowed to train with the horse. The start of the season was just around the corner. My horse and I would have started out in excellent condition, but this meant we had to improvise
"KLU Talks Business": ... mit Martin Araman, Sovereign Speed
Sovereign Speed war bereits das mehrfach zu Gast beim KLU Startup Day und unterstützt die Veranstaltung auch als Sponsor. Welcher Start-up-Trend ist auch für große Unternehmen relevant? Martin Araman: Hier [...] KLU verbinden das Unternehmen das BMBF-geförderte Forschungsprojekt Hansebloc, das Engagement beim Startup Day und eine wachsende Zahl KLU-Alumni im Team. Sie sind einer der Gründer und Geschäftsführer des [...] wird immer noch gearbeitet wie 1980: Denn es gibt heute beispielsweise noch Dokument-Touren. Start-up-Unternehmen erkennen diese Herausforderungen und automatisieren und digitalisieren Logistikprozesse. Das
Positive Outlook: Studying, Laughing, and Celebrating Together Again
had been planning ahead. As of February, we had already started planning for online teaching, and, among other things, acquired Zoom licenses, set up access for all users, and compiled manuals. A completely [...] lectures? Magdalena Bürk: To be honest, my day doesn’t usually start until about fifteen minutes before the first lecture, at 8:15 a.m. I get up, wash my face, make coffee, and sit down at my laptop. During [...] a whole, we were on campus throughout the first quarter. Then we started teaching online in mid-March. The third quarter, which started in September, was more or less completely in person on campus, and
Corona – Krise oder Katalysator? Live-Berichte von internationalen Logistik-Innovatoren
Auftaktdiskussion. Zwar habe es für einige mittelgroße Startups Probleme durch eingefrorene Budgets und Zurückhaltung auf Kundenseite gegeben. Große Startups mit festen Industriepartnern stünden aber meist gut [...] “ Ein Eindruck, den Hendrik Bender von Sovereign Speed, bestätigte: „Alle Start-ups, mit denen wir in unserem Logistik Start-up Lab Haus 61 arbeiten, haben ihr Rückgrat im Digitalen, und konnten sich schnell [...] McKinsey & Company, in seiner Eröffnungsrede zum KLU Logistics Innovators Day. „Die Dynamik der Start-up-Finanzierung hat sich durch Covid-19 beschleunigt.“ So habe sich die gesamte Finanzierung für Logistik
Capstone Projects Bring Start-Up Culture to KLU
rolled out a new format: KLU students founded their own start-ups. “Our goal was to give students truly comprehensive insights into the topic of start-ups and founding a new business,” explains Prof. Björn [...] focus was on project-based work in small groups. In this regard, two groups each worked on their own start-up: from the idea, to market research and the business plan, to marketing and presenting the pitch [...] revealed a demand for this type of service. We’re considering pursuing more detailed planning for a start-up once we’ve finished our studies,” says Maximilian. One Pager: Naboo Delivery One Pager: Sharge Mobility
How to start a university
official start of KLU – receiving the approval of the state authorities and the arrival of the first students –marked the end of a job that had already begun many months earlier. What do you need to start a [...] helped to get one of today’s leading private universities started early in his career. He knew how international business schools function – and he was up for a new challenge. He became our first full professor [...] , taking chances and archieving change On September 27, 2010, KLU opened its doors. This was the start of a successful development – but was it really the beginning of the story? As with many successes
KLU Talks Business ... mit Frank Seeger
CO2OPT – der Name ist Programm: Das Start-Up findet mit Künstlicher Intelligenz und Big Data die optimale Kombination von Fahrzeug und Reifen und reduziert so CO2-Emissionen und Spritkosten (um bis zu [...] fürs Klima haben nach Einschätzung des CO2OPT-Mitgründers Frank Seeger die KLU dazu bewegt, das Start-up für eine einjährige Patenschaft auszuwählen. Frank Seeger: Die Idee entstand aus meiner Erkenntnis [...] unterwegs und habe hier ungenutztes Potential gesehen. Während einer Auszeit beriet ich ein israelisches Startup, stieg schließlich selbst aus der Festanstellung aus und gründete vor zwei Jahren gemeinsam mit Benjamin
Managers Job Sharing? Here’s How – Alumni Story with Alida Tiemann
allows me to combine both the early stages of starting a family with the demanding task of management responsibility . My son was one year old when I started this position. At Tchibo there have been various [...] I stood there watching the trucks pull up to the gates, behind them the huge warehouse. I thought, wow, this is totally cool. To this day. That’s how I got started in logistics. A couple stops later came [...] interest. Alida Tiemann: I really don’t think anything is harder, except perhaps that you have to synch up more. But the extra time is minor. I met my job sharing partner 10 years ago at Tchibo in the project