Empathetic, great networker, enthusiastic, courageous, passionate… – these are just a few skills that come into my mind, when I think about Franziska. In this talk, Franziska gratefully shares with us, not only what createF is all about, but also gives personal insights, into what keeps her going, where she draws her motivation from, and how she developed her self-efficacy. In research, self-efficacy, or having the self-confidence to take on challenging tasks such as creating a new venture, is proven to play a key role for whether one ‘jumps into’ an entrepreneurial career or not. But how to gain self-efficacy and trust, that ‘YOU’ are able to start your own business? Joining an entrepreneurship program (e.g. APE – Academic Program for Entrepreneurship) to learn the relevant knowledge, and skills; building up a strong support and trust network, or looking for a mentor…. Enjoy the journey!

How to build up your entrepreneurial personality? PsyCap, or Psychological Capital is defined as “an individual’s positive psychological state of development that is characterized by having confidence (self-efficacy) to take on challenging tasks, making a positive attribution (optimism) about succeeding now and in the future, redirecting paths to goals (hope) to succeed, and when beset by problems, bouncing back (resilience) to attain success” (Luthans, Youssef & Avolio, 2007, p. 3). If you want to learn more about, PsyCap or the HERO (hope, efficacy, resilience, optimism), Dianne Welsh, professor at the University of North Carolina Greensboro shares her valuable insights with you; embedded in the MOOC “Introduction to Entrepreneurship”. It’s simple to enroll and you can also get a certificate in the end https://www.deepdive.school/course?courseid=entrepreneurship-basics

Links: createF – The Female Founders Show https://www.createf.de/supporters

Crowdfunding Campaign – The Female Founders Show https://www.startnext.com/femalefoundersshow

SCE, Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship | Munich https://www.sce.de/en/home.html

Hochschule München https://www.hm.edu/index.de.html

Deep Dive School – the Entrepreneurship School https://www.deepdive.school/course?courseid=entrepreneurship-basics

Podcast Five https://www.hm.edu/allgemein/aktuelles/news/news_detailseite_208320.de.html