Next Chapter – New Paths to Self-Employment

Whether you’re taking over a family business or starting your own—the move toward self-employment opens up a wide range of opportunities to apply your experience, skills, and ideas to new career paths.

This two-hour workshop provides a practical overview of various paths to self-employment and shows you which steps are important on the journey to entrepreneurship. In addition to economic fundamentals, the focus is on your personal motivation, entrepreneurial thinking, and your own opportunities for creativity.

Content Overview:

• Different Paths to Self-Employment and Their Opportunities
• Identifying Your Strengths, Experience, Values, and Interests as the Foundation for Entrepreneurial Ventures
• Developing an Entrepreneurial Mindset and Refining Initial Business Ideas
• Learning Key Methods and Tools, Including the Business Model Canvas, Design Thinking, and Lean Startup
• The key steps from idea to implementation: business model, business and financial planning, financing, funding opportunities, and legal foundations
• Concrete recommendations and next steps for your path to self-employment

The workshop offers concise insights, practical examples, and opportunities to ask questions and exchange ideas with others. The goal is to provide you with guidance, open up new perspectives, and give you a clear overview of the next steps—so you can actively shape your own path to self-employment.

This workshop will be held in German.

To conduct the online event, we will use the video conferencing tool of Zoom Video Communications, Inc. You can find information on data protection here: https://zoom.us/docs/en-us/privacy-and-legal.html. By participating in the event, you agree to this data processing.