kompass Start-up advice

Start-up consultancy: successfully launch your self-employment!

We further develop your business idea with you, advise you on the preparation of the business plan and make our extensive network available to you. You can choose between individual sessions, team sessions and seminars/workshops.

Our clients usually stay with us. We also advise them after the foundation in case of a possible reorientation, a new strategic orientation or if they simply want to have a critical feedback. Ask our clients how satisfied they are with our services!

Our services

Consultancy

We advise you professionally and precisely

On the development possibilities of your business idea,
On all economic and financial issues such as businessplan, market situation, analysis of the environment, financing and public subsidies,
On all questions of a start-up personality: strengths and weaknesses, networking, acquisition strategies, communication with customers or clients, work-life balance,
On all questions in your personnel policy and personnel management,
Based on our tools such as business plan and profitability forecast.

Financing for founders and companies

Are you looking for financing for your project? Or do you want to open up new fields of business? Do you need money for your investments or for your rent at the start of your self-employment?

We make your planning bankable and help you with the financing. Whether you want to finance with banks, with investors or through your family. We will work with you to develop a business and financing concept.

Government grants and subsidies

Of course, we also take into account subsidies and government grants or allowances in our financing concepts, for example the subsidies for advisory services and ERP loans. In the case of projects that are particularly worthy of promotion, up to 40 % of the investments are financed by state promotion institutions through grants and allowances, e.g. from the IBB in Berlin or the ILB in Brandenburg.

Example of a promotional loan: ERP Start-up Loan - Startgeld

Borrower: young companies up to a maximum of five years after foundation
Loan amount: up to 100,000 € for investments, of which up to a maximum of 30,000 € for working capital
Interest rate: look at the Konditionstableau of the KfW
Possible without equity capital
No collateral required, only liability of the shareholders

Detailed information on the ERP Start-up Loan - StartGeld (PDF in German)

Other financing partners for founders and companies for financing up to € 25,000 are microfinance institutions, the ILB or the IBB. But we are also open to crowd financing and other alternative forms of financing and have our partners here.

This is how you can finance our consultancy services

We bill on a per-day basis. In the interest of our clients, we are listed with the most important federal and state funding programmes. These include in particular

The programme „Förderung unternehmerischen know hows“ of the Federal Ministry of Economics for companies in the start-up phase (in the first two years after registering a business) and for existing small and medium-sized enterprises (funded by ESF and BMWF, up to 80 % funding possible). Applications can be submitted here: BAFA application form
„Coaching vor der Gründung“ in the pre-foundation phase (funded by the Senate of Berlin, free coaching possible), only in German
„unternehmensWert:Mensch“ for companies facing future challenges and focusing on an employee-oriented human resources policy (federal programme up to 80% subsidies possible for small companies)

Call us - we will be happy to make you an individual offer. We will help you find the right funding. We will also help you with the formalities of applying.

Our partners

Institutions whose programmes we draw on

KfW, www.kfw.de

IBB Investitionsbank Berlin, www.ibb.de

BBB Bürgschaftsbank zu Berlin-Brandenburg, www.buergschaftsbank-berlin.de

We are certified consultants and trainers with

BAFA Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle, www.bafa.de

unternehmensWert:Mensch, www.unternehmens-wert-mensch.de

We carry out trainings in the field of pre-foundations for

zgs consult GmbH, www.zgs-consult.de

We are member of

Freelancer International e.V., https://www.freelancer-international.de/

VGSD Verband der Gründer und Selbstständigen Deutschland e.V., www.vgsd.de

We are juror for

Businessplan-Wettbewerb Berlin-Brandenburg (BPW), www.b-p-w.de

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