Leuphana Startup School: Founders' Talk III — "How I Scaled & What I'd Do Differently"

Learn AI. Build Products. Start Companies.

10. Jun

Growth, team building and honest lessons learnt

Time & Location

Wednesday, 10 June 2026 | 4.00 pm – 5.30 pm
Leuphana University Lüneburg | C25.019 (Trafos)
Universitätsallee 1, 21335 Lüneburg


REGISTRATION

Participation is free of charge.

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The third Founders’ Talk is the most honest: a founder talks about the scaling phase — what almost went wrong, how the team has changed, and what you only understand in hindsight. A realistic perspective on what comes after the MVP.

What will you take away from it?

  • An honest perspective on growth, failure and the real life of a founder
  • Realistic expectations for your own start-up journey
  • Orientation: What comes after the prototype?

Agenda

  • Founder tells the scaling story: growth and hard lessons
  • What almost killed the business?
  • Team, money and the mental reality
  • Interactive Q&A
  • Reflection: “If you knew everything — would you still go for it?”
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The ten sessions of the Leuphana Startup School offer practical insights and case studies from founders, hands-on workshops on AI tools and prototyping methods, and creative sessions to help you develop your business model. You can attend individual sessions.

Contact

  • Christian Borck, M.A.
  • Maria Luisa Kirschstein

Funding information

The Leuphana Startup School is part of the Leuphana Startup Lab project, funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the State of Lower Saxony.

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