In the Cross Lab of THAK and ThEx innovativ, participants experience a cross-innovation process in four days, a cross-sector development of ideas with people from traditional business enterprises, the creative industries and startups. The recipe for developing new ideas: a mix of an entrepreneurial challenge, diversity, the right setup and appropriate creative methods.

Exclusively for TRIP Class 23/24, the teams and business models of the pre-selected TRIP projects will be scrutinized to find out how much potential they have. The top applicants will receive full tickets for TRIP Class 23/24.

At the kick-off event "Start your TRIP" it will be announced which startup projects from the numerous applications have made it into the TRIP-Cass 23/24. Meet the next startup generation and expand your network!

Exclusively for TRIP Class 23/24. The team behind the business idea is a crucial resource and largely responsible for the success of a startup. In this workshop, we discuss important factors of a functioning team with our input providers.

InnoMatch 2023 will take place in the run-up to the award ceremony for the XXVI Thuringia Innovation Prize. Under the motto "Full potential with Cross Innovation", the event enables an interdisciplinary exchange of ideas and experiences within the innovation community in order to strengthen the network and jointly set innovation impulses.

Exclusively for TRIP Class 23/24. The first step toward a company is an idea - but that is far from being a business model. TRIP-Class 23/24 will learn how to create a business model from an initial idea in the workshop "Business Model Creation". Together with our input providers, the TRIP participants will examine and […]

Exclusively for TRIP participants. In this workshop, TRIP Class 23/24 will learn a new perspective on their own point of view and entrepreneurial strategy.

Exclusively for TRIP Class 23/24: Where is my market, who is my target group and how do I address them ? In the TRIP workshop on "Marketing & Communication", participants will learn how to effectively use communication strategys for their start-up and identify current trends.

Exclusive to TRIP Class 23/24. A good financing strategy is about More Than Money. For startups, successfully closing an investment also means making many upfront investments and strategic decisions, such as in the areas of value creation in the business model, scaling strategies, exit strategies, brand positioning or legal requirements. In the TRIP workshop "Financing", […]

After several months of coaching, workshops and intensive work on the way to investment readiness, the projects of the TRIP Class will present their results and will be available for exchange. You will find out who will make it to the Final TRIP Class on March 6, 2024. For the Final TRIP Class 23/24, the […]

In this workshop, participants will develop a "Go to market strategy" for their business case.

Exclusively for TRIP Class 23/24. In individual cases, STIFT itself also acts as a financier and invests as an early-stage and side investor in promising Thuringian startups. Exclusively for the TRIP-Class, STIFT shares knowledge and experience from an investor's point of view, shows the startups financing opportunities in the corona period and checks together with […]