In the winter semester, the course Garage is held together with BOKU Vienna and TU Vienna.

The current schedule @learn.wu provides on outline, however is neither complete nor valid yet. This calendar is subject to change until the Kick-Off. The valid schedule, available for students from all three universities, can be found here soon: https://teamup.com/kst6un11jwdp6qm11m

In the course “Garage” the students will learn to implement instruments and methods that help in discovering, evaluating and realising technology-oriented, explorative business ideas. Students have the possibility to bring in their own business ideas and develop them in interdisciplinary teams within a structured process. The teams will be supported in each step by the course instructors and by external mentors, with the goal of transforming an initially rough idea into a convincing businessconcept. At the end of the term the students' start-up-teams will present their business ideas and profit-oriented business case in front of potential investors and other experts.

The Garage received the "Award for Excellent Teaching2011" at WU Vienna and stands out due to its highly interdisciplinary setting. Students from different Vienna universities take part in this course (e.g. WU, BOKU). Interdisciplinary teams consisting of students from diverse fields allow - similar to real start-up situations - various perspectives, skills and competencies to shape the business idea and implementation.

On the basis of the real-practice situation students will learn what is necessary to develop and realise a business idea.

After completing this course, students will have the ability to:

• search for, recognise and evaluate innovative business possibilities,
• develop business ideas using appropriate methods and tools,
• identify customers and their needs,
• analyse and evaluate the environment around a business idea,
• develop sustainable business models,
• apply creativity techniques.

Furthermore the students will acquire relevant complementary skills:

Project management:

• successfully managing innovative (therefore less structured) projects
• reaching decisions under uncertainty
• managing several different stakeholders at once
• summarising the most important project results in a business proposal

Team work:

• working in an inter-disciplinary team
• efficiency through recognising and utilising individual strengths of team members
• dealing with various work methods, opinions and perspectives

• lively discussions and interactive workshops
• structuring complex data (project results), presenting them in writing and orally to various target groups

The course is built around several workshops, which are structured to be interactive and combine several teaching methods to impart various topics and skills. Among them are working in teams, open discussions, individual team coachings and coachings by external mentors.

The basic principles of idea generation, searching for business possibilities and the methods to be employed during the semester will all be presented and discussed during the kick-off session. The students will be supported in the further development of their business ideas by the course instructors and external mentors in both online and offline coaching sessions and expert talks. Regular presentations of results are scheduled. The results of the start-up-planning process will be summarised in a business proposal.

This semester the course is taught in German. However, external workshops might be held in English.

The final grade in the course will depend on:

• 10% literature test on October 2^nd, 2017, 08:00 - 09:00h (in German / literature according to Learn@WU)
• 30% project progress (quality of working papers, implementation of feedback)  
• 10% mid-term pitch
• 40% project result (contributions in coachings, attendance, final business proposal and final pitch)
• 10% reflection paper

Additionally, there will be mid-term and end of term peer ratings of the team members which may result in individual up- or downgradings.

Attendance is mandatory at: Literature-Test; 2-Day-Kick-Off; E&I Touchdown (24.01.2018). In case of sickness you have to bring a doctor's certificate.

Studierende der SBWL Entrepreneurship und Innovation.

Bitte beachten Sie, dass eine Kursanmeldung verbindlich ist. Sobald Sie sich zu diesem Kurs anmelden, wird dies als eindeutiges Commitment Ihrerseits gesehen. Ein nachträglicher Wechsel in einen anderen Kurs (nach Ende der An- bzw. Abmeldungsphase) ist ausnahmslos nicht möglich, denn ein solches Verhalten ist unfair gegenüber Ihren Kolleginnen und Kollegen (die dann unter Umständen keinen Platz in Ihrem präferierten Kurs bekommen haben, weil Sie mit Ihrer Anmeldung einen Platz versperrt haben). Aufgestockt kann nur werden, wenn die Platzkontingente in allen Parallelveranstaltungen voll ausgeschöpft sind.

Sprechstunde: Bitte um Terminvereinbarung per email an rudolf.doemoetoer@wu.ac.at.

ATTENTION: In WS 2017 the course is taught in German.

Achtung: am 02.10.2017 zwischen 8.00 und 9.00 Uhr findet der verpflichtende Literaturtest statt. Die Teilnahme am Kurs ist nur mit einem positiv abgeschlossenen Literaturtest möglich - falls Sie dem Termin nicht beiwohnen können, melden Sie sich bitte nicht zum Kurs an. Genaue Informationen zu Inhalt und Ort des Tests erhalten Sie nach Abschluss der Anmeldungen zum Kurs.

Der Literaturtest dieser Veranstaltung überschneidet sich mit denen der anderen Lehrveranstaltungen innerhalb der Kurse 4&5. Ein gleichzeitiger Besuch dieser Kurse ist also nicht möglich. Dies ist intendiert.