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- People Don’t Leave Companies, They Leave Bad Managers - A Talk with Martin OttThursday night, 6pm, Munich... ...a bunch of excited Centerlings welcome a very special guest on the 6th floor, right above the center, for an intimate presentation and open discussion with Martin Ott, Managing Director Facebook Central Europe. „How many of you have a Facebook account?” Smiles appear on many of the 63 faces sitting in the dim room with a tangible excitement for the presentation to begin. One after the other raises their hands. “The better question is – who doesn’t?” Martin26 Nov 2017•4 min read
- Why Diversity in Tech Matters with Candice Morgan (Pinterest) - 17.11.2017What makes diverse teams smarter? Why does it matter to have women in tech positions? Join us and find out how Pinterest, a company with now over 1,100 people, embraces diversity (e.g. 30% of newly hired engineers being women) while other big tech companies struggle with it. Another exciting event is coming up at CDTM with support of the U.S. Consulate General Munich. On Friday, November 17th at 18:45 we are happy to welcome Candice Morgan, Head of Diversity at Pinterest [*]. Candice leads9 Nov 2017•2 min read
- Michael Chromik
- Exploring Universal Basic Income - a Center StudyAlmost everybody wants it and almost nobody knows how to implement it: Universal Basic Income (UBI). The idea that every human gets a fixed income without any conditions. A brave idea which challenges our traditional idea of work, career and leisure. While following the public discussion one can see that leaders of the biggest companies are most of the time in favor of UBI: “We should explore ideas like universal basic income to make sure everyone has a cushion to try new ideas.” says Mark Zuck11 Aug 2017•3 min read
- Arnold Picot †Arnold Picot passed away unexpectedly on July 9th 2017. An emeritus of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich Arnold Picot was one of the initiators and founders and member of the board of Directors of the Center for Digital Technology & Management.Professor Picot will be remembered as a brilliant mind with a warm personality. He was one of the visionaries that put CDTM into life almost 20 years ago and one of the driving forces who made the Center thrive throughout the years. We rememb17 Jul 2017•1 min read
- Michael Chromik
- CDTM Startup Offices SpacesIn order to give you a glimpse on the entrepreneurial spirit around the CDTM, we would like to introduce to you some of the startups who are currently working in the CDTM startup office spaces. Every semester, young startups get the opportunity to work at the CDTM startup office spaces to fully focus on their business idea. They apply by sending in a pitch deck, describing their startup idea and who they are. The next round is a pitch in front of the center assistants that describes what the3 Mar 2017•4 min read
- EIT Health CalculatorQuantifying the stem cell revolution Goal: Improve healthcare by improving a rapid point-of-care system for the preparation of autologous regenerative cells from human lipoaspirate. Outcome: The students developed Cellculator, an operation room friendly one-click solution for stem cell counting, providing accurate results in less than a minute. These stem cells are used for regenerative cell therapies. Stem cells can transform into different cells. Thus, medical treatments with the3 Feb 2017•2 min read
- Patrick Bilic
- Summarizing the Organizational Success ElectiveHow to effectively build, lead and scale a successful organization From 18 to 20 of November 2016 20 curious and highly motivated students from various classes made their way to the beautiful Tegernsee for the elective course “Organizational Success” organized by two of the Stylight founders. Stylight success story Stylight is a marketplace for fashion, which evolved out of a project from the CDTM course Managing Product Development and was then founded eight years ago by four CDTM student31 Jan 2017•3 min read
- Anh Minh Le
- Susanne Maria Klausing
- Social Entrepreneurship WorkshopThere are non-traditional entrepreneurial ways in order to create added value for society. CDTM students are sometimes perceived as wanting to attend CDTM to acquire the necessary managerial and technological skills on how to found the next unicorn. But that does not reflect the actual diverse interests of Centerlings. Beyond the traditional entrepreneurial approaches in tackling real world problems, there is another, not so often mentioned route in entrepreneurship: social ventures. Social27 Jan 2017•3 min read
- Maximilian Wühr
- Konstantin Huneke
- Think Health Workshop in cooperation with EIT HealthDemystifying eHealth by supporting Munich healthcare startups 22 students from 12 disciplines, two real-world problems, input from 5 eHealth experts, 4 days of hard work and intense discussions. All this came down to two final presentations at the end of the Think Health workshop at the CDTM last week. What remains are two happy entrepreneurs from MediKura and MealoMi and the realization that eHealth is, despite regulatory hurdles, currently one of the most promising areas for founding a star29 Nov 2016•4 min read
- Anh Minh Le
- Manuel Grossmann
- CDTM Center Venture 2016Student housing is one of the most pressing problems in Munich. Let us start with the overall objective: immediate impact. An interdisciplinary team of 18 students worked for one week on a solution that guides you through the jungle of Munich’s student housing market. Flatling – as it is called – provides significant time savings for both parties in the housing market: flat seekers and flat providers. Flatling does not only bring efficiency to the market. On top, it enables users to find the8 Nov 2016•4 min read
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