ZOLLHOF: We are building the future of entrepreneurship.

And you can be part of it as a founder in our new Impact Fellowship. You don't have to be ready, you have to start. Our 3-month full-time fellowship gives you real money to live on (up to €1.000/month), a proven incubator behind you, and mentors who've actually built companies. Bring a problem you'd like to tackle, or find one here, and turn it into a real venture with complete ownership over your idea. Across 12 weeks you move from matching with a co-founder and framing your challenge, through problem discovery and validation with real people, to building and revalidating the smallest possible solution. On Decision Day, you present your evidence and make the call: fight for it, or kill it and start fresh. Either way, you leave three months ahead of every peer who took the conventional route: if it works, we keep going with you through funding, coaching, and the full ZOLLHOF incubator; if it doesn't, you walk away with skills no classroom teaches - ownership, speed, and a clear head when things get chaotic.

Your Mission: This is how you drive impact

Your Toolbox: What you bring to the table

• Ready to commit full-time for 3 months, no parallel studies, no side job
• Any background welcome - school leavers, students, career changers, hustlers and builders who've already sold, organized, or built something from nothing
• An international background, drive, or an unconventional path are a plus, not a barrier - we look for the profiles traditional pipelines miss
• Courage to bring your own idea, or the openness to find one with us
• Work permit for the whole duration, confident use of German and/or English

Is that you? Then check out our website: https://zollhof-fellowship.com/
Applications open 1 July. Application deadline 15 September 2026. Only through the link on the website. 

Be part of ZOLLHOF: What you can expect

• Ownership: your own idea, your own venture, full ownership over 3 months

• Support: mentors who've actually built companies, plus hands-on coaching throughout the program

• Real money: up to €1.000 per month to live on, so you can focus fully on building

• Network: access to the full ZOLLHOF ecosystem - startups, corporates, and investors - from day one

• Evidence-based path: a clear 12-week structure from problem to validated solution, ending in your own Decision Day

What you can expect