Dr. Martin Setzkorn is responsible for the operational management of the Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Rostock. Since 2011, he has been developing and implementing projects and instruments for start-up support at the University of Rostock as well as joint projects promoting start-ups in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
As a trained mediator, he supports idea generators at the University of Rostock. The certified change manager gained professional experience during his studies by founding his own companies. In doing so, he gained comprehensive insights into the start-up landscape in Germany. He has supported more than 200 founders in creating their business plans. He has successfully accompanied more than 30 founders to start-up grants (Exist). Dr. Setzkorn is a lecturer in start-up studies. In addition to start-up studies, he focuses in particular on intrapreneurship, innovation management, and support for company succession. As a design thinking trainer, he can draw on an extensive pool of methods. In addition:

• Contact person for EXIST research transfer
• Lecturer in entrepreneurship
• Managing director of the Digital Innovation Center Rostock GmbH (DIZ)
   

• Coordinator of the nationwide ideas competition “inspired”
• Lecturer in start-up studies
• Idea scouting
• Support in developing a business model/business plan
• Advice on the possibilities for exploiting and transferring ideas
• Preparation and sup