Günter Faltin

Günter Faltin ( born November 25, 1944 in Bamberg ) is a German high school teacher and co-founder of Tea Campaign.

Life

Günter Faltin studied economics in St. Gallen ( Switzerland ) and Tübingen ( 1964-1968 ) and his doctorate ( 1969-1972 ) at the University of Konstanz. In 1977 he was appointed professor at the Free University of Berlin, where he set up the work area and Entrepreneurship initiated. Since 2013 he has been a Visiting Professor at the University of Chiang Mai.

He was appointed to multi-year DAAD Visiting Professorships in Asia and held scientific lectures and workshops, including the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Japan, Russia, Ukraine, South Korea and India. Faltin was 1984-1988 Vice- President of the German Action Group for Education - invention - innovation ( THERE ), Berlin section. In 1999 he founded the " Laboratory for Entrepreneurship" at the Free University of Berlin, which was adapted in 2000 by the Innovation Campus Wolfsburg. He was 2000-2003 expert in the project " Entrepreneurship in Education and Training in Russia, Ukraine and Brazil," the European Training Foundation ( an institution of the EU ).

In 1985, he was the founder of the company Projektwerkstatt GmbH and initiated the " Tea Campaign "; this is since 1995, according to the Tea Board of India, the largest importer of Darjeeling tea world. Faltin is the initiator (since 1992) and sponsor of the reforestation project SERVE, which is organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) for Darjeeling / India on site. He is a founding member of the founders of Institute eV ( since 1995). He is a Business Angel and coach of several start -ups, including the " ebuero AG " (since 2001), the " RatioDrink AG " ( 2006), " direktzu GmbH" ( known by Direct to the Chancellor ) and is the initiator of CO2 campaign the project workshop. In 2001 he established the " Foundation Entrepreneurship" and acts as a patron of the annual event Entrepreneurship Summit, where every year interested in setting up and young companies meet at the Henry Ford Building of the Free University of Berlin.

After developed by Günter Faltin " head capitalizing " - principle, named after the book is part of the event, the annual award ceremony for the exchange of ideas and startup competition " head capitalizing " instead. Three winners of the Startup Competition and the contest of ideas are given on the founders competition. First place in the Startup 2013 competition took Evergreen.de, followed by OnPage.org and BetterDoc. The winner of the head suggests capital ideas competition 2013 deeliva, yavana.me and shareify.

The Price - Babson Foundation, Boston, he was awarded the 1997 Award "For Bringing Entrepreneurial Vitality to Academia ". In 2009 he was awarded the German Founders Award for Teekampagne. As a " pioneer of the entrepreneurship concept in Germany " in 2010 awarded him the President with the Federal Order of Merit from.

Günter Faltin is a partner and Business Angel of the washing campaign, which was in 2013 a single detergent ( but which is designed for different ranges of hardness ) offers.

Teaching

The focus of Faltin's teaching is the idea that entrepreneurship is now widely available. In contrast to Business Administration Entrepreneurship is a creative act in the post-industrial society is a well thought out idea concept ( "Entrepreneurial Design" ) for the success of a business start-up is more important than the disposal of large amounts of capital. In addition, could be made a settlement from the finished components. There already is enough to combine existing components in a new way together. The global standardization of grades and achievements of the Entrepreneur could even " among the big play ."

Awards

Publications

  • Education and income generation: the deficit: Entrepreneurial skills. In: ax / Karcher / Schleich: training or employment crisis in the Third World? Frankfurt / M ( 1987)
  • The University and Entrepreneurship In: Education in Transition. Wiesbaden ( 1992)
  • Wealth from the bottom, (G. Faltin and J. Zimmer, Berlin 2nd edition 1996). Greek Edition 2004
  • The network continues to throw - for a new culture of entrepreneurial activity In: Faltin / Ripsas / Room ( ed.) " Entrepreneurship How ideas businesses. ". Munich ( 1998)
  • Creating a Culture of Innovative Entrepreneurship In: Journal of International Business and Economy, Volume 2, Number 1, (2001)
  • For a culture of Entrepreneurial - Entrepreneurship as a qualification of the Future In: Power - Lust & Last Bucher / Lauer man / Walcher ( Eds.). Vienna ( 2005)
  • Successful start. The entrepreneur as an artist and composer. DIHK, Berlin ( 2007)
  • Head capitalizing. The very different way to start a business. From the desire to be an entrepreneur. Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich, 2008
  • Entrepreneurship as an innovative process - from initial ideas, concept, creative entrepreneurs and the Entrepreneurial Society In: Peter Drucker - the man who coined the management: Memories and Outlook for the 100th birthday;. Hermann Doppler, Markus Eurich, Günter Faltin, et al, Winfried W. Weber (Editor ); Sordon Verlag, 2009
  • Brains versus Capital: Entrepreneurship for Everyone - Lean, Smart, Simple ( English version of head kicks capital), Entrepreneurship Foundation, Berlin, 2013

Audiobooks

  • Head capitalizing. The very different way to start a business. From the desire to be an entrepreneur. Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich. Voiced by Stephan Reimertz 2009. ISBN 978-3-00-030009-7
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