The project Gründergeist #Youngstarts Münsterland aims to strengthen the start-up intensity in Münsterland. As a successor initiative to the established project Gründergeist@Münsterland, which supported people who wanted to start a business from the initial idea to the business plan, Gründergeist #Youngstarts Münsterland now aims to tap into new start-up potential and target groups with target group-specific offers. The project focuses on two areas: school and business succession.
With the help of (online) workshops, video tutorials and other supporting materials, the project offers pupils a platform on which they can independently develop and present start-up ideas. The goal is to take part in the ideas competition in autumn 2022: Here, the students can present their ideas with short presentation videos and win great prizes.
The area of business succession focuses on another target group: Potential successors for taking over a business, who are to be supported in their possible decision for succession. For this purpose, offers such as workshops, networking events and a podcast are available to those interested.
The project is funded within the framework of the ERDF call "Regio.NRW" and works with the following project partners: Technologieförderung Münster GmbH, Wirtschaftsförderung Kreis Coesfeld GmbH, Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft für den Kreis Borken mbH, Wirtschaftsförderungs- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft Steinfurt mbH, gfw - Gesellschaft für Wirtschaftsförderung im Kreis Warendorf mbH, Technologieförderung Münster GmbH, TAFH Münster GmbH. Further supporters are the North Westphalia Chamber of Industry and Commerce, the Münster Chamber of Crafts, the Westphalian Wilhelms University Münster and the Westphalian University of Applied Sciences.
The project team Gründergeist #Youngstarts: (from left, 1st row) Frank Sibbing, Katharina Stemmer (both Münsterland e.V.) and Thomas Brühmann (wfc), (2nd row) Andrea Severiens (WFG Borken), Lea Wilkens (TAFH), Alexander Kelm (WESt), (3rd row) Britta Schulz (HWK), Marianne Koschany-Rohbeck (gfw), (back row) Jens Wortmann (TAFH) and Sven Wolf (IHK).
People who cope well with crises do not necessarily have "nerves of steel". Rather, they possess character traits,
that enable them to deal with crises more quickly and easily. What can we learn from these people? How can we better master crises? In this impulse lecture you will receive concrete tips for coping with crises and how you can strengthen your resilience.
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Setting up your own business should be well prepared in advance. This online event will provide answers to the most important questions: What belongs in a business plan? Which funding programmes can I take advantage of? What does company and private insurance look like? And what registration formalities do I have to go through?
This one-hour online seminar is designed to give founders an introduction to the topic and an overview of the next steps. The speakers are the experienced business consultants of the Münster Chamber of Skilled Crafts.
Speaker: Christian Zito
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Do you want to found a start-up or would you rather be the successor in an existing company? Both paths to self-employment are possible. But which is the right one for those interested in founding a company? Dr Stefan Borchert will address this question in this workshop, which is part of the joint project Gründergeist #Youngstarts Münsterland.
In the workshop, the speaker will compare the two start-up paths. Dr. Borchert goes into more detail about the different personalities and motives of people who want to start a business and classifies which ones speak more in favour of one path or the other. Participants will also learn about the advantages, challenges and special features of start-ups and company takeovers.
Opportunities and risks of start-ups! Entrepreneurial role models, start-up concept or business plan, funding programmes, planning calculations
Informative evening on the topic of start-up, start-up planning and start-up roadmap
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Advisors from the HWK and NRW.Bank discuss the funding options for their investment process with start-ups and companies in one-on-one meetings.
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Once the decision to start a business has been made, founders must complete the registration formalities before they can start their self-employment. All business founders are obliged to register with the tax office and complete the tax registration questionnaire.
This online seminar explains the tax registration questionnaire. You will learn how to fill in the questionnaire correctly and which types of tax will be incurred by the prospective entrepreneurs in the course of the foundation. You can ask your questions during the approx. one-hour lecture.
The speakers, Claudia Rieger and Silke Schiewe from the Beckum tax office, provided an overview of the tax rights and obligations as a start-up entrepreneur.
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The digital transformation is both an opportunity and a challenge for companies. The innovation processes associated with digitalisation enable considerable economic potential that should be exploited.
You want to know where your company stands? Would you like to find out about new business models, the optimisation of business processes, communication with customers and suppliers, IT security and employee management?
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At the final of the German Startup Cup Logistics, the best tech startups will pitch their technological innovations.
The startups will present their companies' technologies and innovations in short pitches, after which they will be interviewed by a jury of experts. After all pitches, the judges as well as the audience will vote on the best startups. Interested parties can expect the latest innovations in logistics as well as the opportunity to network with an expert audience. At the Startup Fair, in addition to the finalist startups, all startups of the competition (through the quarter-final and semi-final rounds) will present themselves with a stand.
For business expansions, relocations, restructuring, takeovers or even reorganisations, there are interesting financing and promotion products from the state and federal governments. Together with the experts from NRW.BANK and Bürgschaftsbank, the North Westphalia Chamber of Industry and Commerce provides information about this in personal talks that end with targeted recommendations for action.
The support and advisory services are aimed at existing companies and potential successors who have a concrete need for capital and want to know more about a sustainable financing structure.
Tax and business consultants as well as representatives of the house bank are welcome to accompany the participants.
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Have you been thinking about starting your own business from time to time? Then it's time to tackle the topic head on.
In this event, experts will tell you what you need to know to set up a successful business in Münster. You will learn what a start-up concept is and how to create one. You will receive a detailed "roadmap" for your start-up and find out what funding and support is available. And you will get to know institutions that will support you on your way to self-employment in Münster.
This event will be held as a webinar.