@TH_Deggendorf (Deggendorf Institute of Technology)Prof. Dipl. Theol. Univ. Peter Schmieder has proven his outstanding leadership skills for a period of more than ten years by creating, developing, and enhancing the high-quality Silicon Valley Venture Development Program at Deggendorf Institute of Technology. The program increases the entrepreneurial skill set of regional economics, management and matrix teams by providing a scientifically based, constant and mentored process over a period of at least nine months. An invention is fed with a qualified market entry and development strategy, a relevant and high-class ecosystem of qualified mentors, customers, investors. As excellent networker Peter drives successful venture planning and development. He brings both of two worlds together: German invention and Silicon Valley mindset. The greatest challenge for technical inventions and services is the successful transformation into the market. Especially in Germany, the country of excellent engineers, inventions often fail because of the wrong market strategy for non-segmented markets, wrong timing, and missing customer focus. Peter is the most important driver in achieving the Free State of Bavaria promoting the Silicon Valley Program and further extending it into a DIT entrepreneur campus called “Bavarian Innovation Transformation Center” in Oberschneiding. He managed to bring a top-class team of international professors and top global mentors to the campus, with whom the entire circle of venture scaling and acceleration can be mapped. This ensures a wide extension of the program in 2022.
Peter Schmieder’s students always value him for his excellent teaching in business management and entrepreneurship. A large number of awards proves that.
