The start-up consultancy service that we offer you may comprise the following key aspects:
- Analysis of the start-up project
- Market analysis
- Opportunities for the start-up project
- Evaluation of the business model
- Drafting of the business plan
- Funding
- Patents and other industrial property rights
- Legal and tax issues
Initial consultancy
Business plan advice
Start-up coaching
Early-phase coaching
Initial consultancy
If you have an idea for the exploitation of your research results, please contact us to arrange an initial consultancy. Even this first consultation with us will make it easier for you to assess your thoughts and will steer you in the right direction. Numerous inconsistencies can be ironed out at this stage, as we know from experience. The next steps are then structured.
During the initial consultation we will discuss important framework conditions for the success of your project. We will tell you the key areas that you should bear in mind for your initial, workable basic concept.
A business start-up does not have to be the immediate reason for an initial consultancy. You can also discuss general issues relating to research exploitation with us. All conversations with us are subject to complete confidentiality at all times.
Business plan advice
A detailed written business plan is an essential prerequisite for the success of your start-up and exploitation project. The first important addressees for the written plan are potential business partners, funding providers, banks or financiers.
While you are devising your business plan, please feel free to contact us for comprehensive advice at any time. We will provide you with individual consultancy and support as you conceive all areas of your business.
For example, when you are carrying out thorough studies of the market, which includes working out the volume of the market and analysing the competition in detail (business chance check). Or when you are analysing the needs of your potential customers. This makes it possible to identify market niches and highlight any necessary product modifications (business segment mining).
For the planning phase of start-ups and exploitation concepts we also recommend that you take part in business plan competitions. There are several key benefits of doing this: you will receive important feedback on your concept from specialist jurors, you will be able to forge important contacts (funding providers, other new entrepreneurs) and you will be able to use the range of seminars to expand your personal knowledge of how to start up, develop and manage a company.
The business plan competitions that we either help to organise or are regional coaching partner for can be found here.
Start-up coaching
As a general rule, any technology-oriented business start-up requires a comparatively long pre-start-up period. You can carry out the final development of your product during this pre-start-up period, as well as generating your business plan. Here too we are on hand to help.
If you wish, we can support you with discussions with potential business partners, key customers, funding providers or licensees.
We can provide you with intensive support and advice on all actions to take during the actual realisation of your start-up. Where necessary, we can also arrange external consultants for you to deal with special areas (e.g. law, tax consultancy).
Early-phase coaching
Have you just started your own technology-oriented company? The early phase or start-up phase of your company holds numerous hurdles that have to be overcome if you are to achieve your milestones and initial objectives. The fact that you are now working in the real marketplace is one reason for this. Factual information on which your business plan is based may change constantly.
As one of our start-up teams you will also receive our support and advice during this phase. On strategic issues as well as on areas of operational business administration. We will coach you as you acquire, negotiate and conclude further financing rounds or raise venture capital.
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