Recently, Andreas G. Stütz was invited to the University of Passau for a guest lecture on “What Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Venture Capitalists”. Now the Heidelberg University invites to “How Artificial Intelligence Is Transforming Business Models” with Melanie Stütz as speaker. This online event is part of the STARTUP SCHOOL by hei_INNOVATION and is also open to the public. Click here to register for July 20, 5 pm!
“To develop the best ideas, make a critical new assumption: There is no box”, so Chuck Swoboda in his article on Forbes. We highly recommend reading the article, if anyone ever tells you again to “think outside the box”. Let us know, what you think about this and contact us!
In a guest article, the entrepreneur and pilot couple Melanie and Andreas G. Stütz describe how new forms of team collaboration, problem identification and business idea evaluation can systematically lead to new solutions for social problems. Read the blog here!
“Today we want to share 8 of the motivation clusters that we found to cause people to share so that you can use them to engineer your product to make it more shareable and more viral,” so James Currier from NFX. When you read this excellent article, you’ll understand why virality is also an attribute we use to scan business ideas with IDEASCANNER.
As CEO of IDEASCANNER, Melanie Stütz makes business ideas quickly measurable for the first time. With IDEASCANNER SaaS, the “pre-flight check” for business models, she drives entrepreneurial thinking in corporate innovation and entrepreneurship education. Melanie grew up in a family of entrepreneurs and has a business and data science background. She is an entrepreneur, adventurer and pilot.
As part of the Weltflug.tv co-production with ARD, she was the first female pilot to fly across five continents in a “flying car” together with her husband, Andreas G. Stütz. And yet, they worked together with the children’s charity terre des hommes to promote the education of children worldwide. Previously, she worked at Microsoft’s German headquarters, Unisys in Madrid, Siemens in Regensburg, an advertising agency in Beijing and a company builder in Munich.
In 2019, Mel was voted one of the top 80 minds in Munich’s digital and creative scene. Since 2020, she has been active as a partner, jury and mentor for the evaluation of business ideas for, among others, the European Commission, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Women in AI.
The ITU Liaison Office at the UN, UN ICC, ITU Americas and the Office of the UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth have invited Melanie Stütz to be part of their UN Girls and Women Talking Tech Interview Series with women in technology that are role models and leaders. Check the interview together with Lu Han, Senior – University of California Santa Barbara.
IDEASCANNER will again be present at this year’s Digitaltag for business and innovation as well as education and science. Register now for June 18th, 10.30-11.00 a.m.: What you can learn from VCs – From the digital quick test for business ideas to entrepreneurial thinking!
As supporter of NEXTPRENEURS we invite you to be part of the BarCamp for sustainable business on May 7th, together with Prof. Dr. Günter Faltin (Stiftung Entrepreneurship), Pamela Renz (Bosch), Hakan Ozdemir (Siemens), Refika Bakoglu (UNDP) and …. you? Register here!
Melanie Stütz is part of the “Shark Tank” of the Women in AI Accelerator Program. Why? With IDEASCANNER, we democratize the knowledge of successful venture capitalists (VCs) so that the next generation of founders can meet investors at eye level.
Melanie Stütz is jury member for the Techstars Sustainable Startup Weekend Istanbul. This bridge building event is organized under the leadership of the Entrepreneurship Club of the Istanbul Technical University in partnership with the Marmara University. Be part of the Techstars community to educate entrepreneurs!