The main reason I moved to Munich was hearing about CDTM

The main reason I moved to Munich was hearing about CDTM.

I moved here, applied the first time, and got rejected. Then I applied again and got rejected again. On the third try, I finally got in.

In total, I spent around a year and a half trying to get in. By the end, I knew my application almost by heart.

And now that I am part of CDTM, I can confidently say: it was worth every attempt.

If CDTM were a US program, I genuinely believe it would be all over the headlines.
But it’s not, and I sometimes feel that not enough people know what kind of gem we have right in front of us.

Since we humans tend to remember numbers better than words, here are a few that say a lot:

• CDTM has produced more unicorn founders per 1,000 alumni than Stanford GSB, Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, Wharton, and Berkeley Haas.
• Among 1,000 alumni, there are 280+ companies founded
• Alumni created more than 25k jobs
• CDTM alumni have worked on Nobel Prize-winning teams at Google DeepMind
• Our students do research at MIT, Stanford, Harvard, Berkeley, Cambridge, and other leading institutions

And 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝟮𝟱 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 per semester!

The most surprising part is that CDTM is not even a “startup program.”

It is simply a place for people with a builder mindset. People who want to challenge, change, and create, whether that is in academia, government, corporates, NGOs, or startups.

To me, CDTM is what happens when you put people with drive in one room and give them the trust, responsibility, and community to build something together.

And that's actually the best part: the community.

Naturally, it is amazing to be surrounded by so many smart and talented people, but it is even better when those people become your friends :)

CDTM applications are currently open, and the community is looking for fresh talent :) So if you are studying in Munich and this sounds even slightly like you, please take a look.

~ Data for comparison is used from prof. Ilya Strebulaev

Originally posted on LinkedIn by Dina Kurtalic · View the original post