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- Scaling UpAt CDTM, we realize that while it can be fun and rewarding, founding a start-up is hard. You constantly live in uncertainty and iteratively adapt your product as you learn more about the market. In many cases, the idea might not even work out at all because there is no sufficient demand. When you have finally reached your product-market fit and can show that your product satisfies a market need, you might think the rest would be easy. However, many companies fail in scaling their operations i11 Sept 2022•5 min read
- Green Streets for Munich - Wanderbaumallee-UmzugHave you ever pulled trees through Munich streets accompanied by a samba band and a police escort? On June 22, 2022, the CDTM Climate Club joined the “Wanderbaumallee-Umzug” and supported Green City e.V. in making Munich’s streets greener. Accompanied by a Samba Band, 15 “Wanderbäume” (travelling trees) were transported by about 30 people from Arnulfpark to Schwanthaler Street. Goal of the action was to support a petition for a permanent revegetation of Schwan10 Jul 2022•2 min read
- Stefan Zheng
- Tackling Climate Change in the AI Era – Trendseminar Spring 2022Trend Seminar Spring 2022: “Tackling Climate Change in the AI Era” I am currently sitting on the couch in the lounge room at the CDTM Center, sipping on my coffee [which I paid in Bitcoin - pretty awesome if you ask me!] looking forward to the well-earned ice-cream break that is about to happen in a couple of minutes. It’s Monday afternoon and the last week of our Trend Seminar started. Over the past six weeks, the Spring 2022 Batch has been wrapping its head around a big question: How can we6 May 2022•5 min read
- The Future of Wastemanagement - Trendseminar Fall202125 Trends, 250 ideas, and 5 Business Ideas When the future' me' will look back on my journey as an Innovator, I am sure that the Trend Seminar on the Future of Wastemanagement will be a core experience on this path. The Trend Seminar gave me the tools and confidence to understand an entirely new industry within a short period of seven weeks. As usual at the CDTM, the Trend Seminar's problem statement and project partner were kept secret until the very first day. When the topic - "The Future of18 Dec 2021•4 min read
- First-ever CDTM scavenger huntDid you see these groups of people running around Maxvorstadt, following some clues, or getting lost, and solving challenges on a sunny day last August? People Ops and Center Life Taskforce joined forces to create the first-ever CDTM Scavenger Hunt. And it was a lot of fun! The CDTM community, active students, alumni, and Center Assistants had one mission – to find the treasure. The teams had a long and rocky road ahead of them. And everything is easier together. Since the new class Fall 20215 Oct 2021•2 min read
- IoT Hardware Prototype Elective 2021IoT hardware prototyping elective Blog post 30/7/2021 Structure: Intro Ideation CAD Design Basics of 3D printing Basics of microcontrollers Basics of programming Basics of crowdfunding and visual product representation How did this course affect me? What is the CDTM? The IoT(Internet of Things) Hardware prototyping elective is one of the most popular courses at the CDTM. Students of diverse backgrounds and with varying degrees of mastery, learn all the11 Sept 2021•6 min read
- Diego Martí Monsó
- Entrepreneurship Lab in summer term 2021After a few semesters, when students at CDTM have successfully completed both MPD and Trend Seminar and some electives, it is time for each Centerling to tackle the last of the three core courses: The Entrepreneurship Laboratory (eLab). The eLab is a twelve-week long project-based course Thus, the contents and project questions vary between the individual teams. Yet, the projects have in common that the students consult their project partners on strategic business questions, often related to fou7 Sept 2021•4 min read
- Effective Organization BuildingBuilding an effective organization is a huge challenge and 90% of startups fail in the attempt to do so. Although there is always lots of luck involved, there are also some principles and frameworks that might make this attempt more structured and successful. And who could talk about these methods better than people who actually worked with them. Through the effective organization building elective, we had the chance to get first-hand insights from the CDTM alumni, former Stylight, now Alasco an25 Aug 2021•6 min read
- Holy Cow! The environmental cost of your food choiceDoes the food I eat impact climate change? Yes. About 26% of all the planet-warming greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are coming from what we eat on a daily basis. This number is almost two times greater than the fossil fuels burned for all the cars, trains, planes, and ships on the planet. To have a better sense of gas sources, think not only about the meal you ate today, but the food system as a whole: All the animals raised for meat, as well as dairy, seafood, and egg production; Cro20 Jul 2021•6 min read
- Conscious leadership and meditationLiving in a time when we are constantly busy and look towards the next big thing we want to achieve, it is difficult to stay present and live in the moment. This highly affects our leadership style and how we communicate and work with others, but at the same time, how we engage with ourselves. Knowing that CDTM is a highly driven community, we found it necessary to offer an elective course on this topic. Also, since many Centerlings end up in leadership positions after graduating, we want the12 Jul 2021•3 min read
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