Many businesses in the Münsterland region will be available for handover in the next few years, but more and more are unable to find a successor. Can you imagine taking over a business? Then the project Gründergeist #Youngstarts Münsterland is the right place for you. At networking events, for example, you have the chance to meet interesting personalities and players in the scene, to exchange ideas and to benefit from their experiences. And in our seminars and workshops - whether online or analogue - you get the chance to inform and educate yourself. You can find an overview here.
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When preparing for entrepreneurial independence and/or shortly after starting up, it is not uncommon for tax questions to arise that cannot or may not be answered by the tax offices in the region.
The Chamber of Tax Advisors of Westphalia-Lippe and the North Westphalia Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK Nord Westfalen) offer initial tax advice to prevent start-ups and young companies from falling into tax traps.
Appointments are made after a preliminary discussion.
The project is already in your head, but what needs to be considered in the final steps? Where do common mistakes lie?
In this workshop, participants learn how to prepare for the decisive bank meeting and present a comprehensible and complete business plan. In group work and with the help of examples, they will learn how to avoid the most common mistakes.
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In this event, former managers volunteer their entrepreneurial expertise and leadership experience to start-ups, young companies and company successors. Participants can use the feedback from up to five mentors on their project in a confidential one-hour contact meeting. They introduce themselves and their company or business idea and describe problems and the need for action. The mentors will give the participants an initial assessment of their project and help them take further steps or, if necessary, provide individual support.
Appointment by arrangement.
Anyone who wants to start a business or become self-employed faces many questions. One of the most important is financing. Where do I get the money to make the transition to independence? How much equity capital is available? What subsidies are actually available? From the moment they start their business, founders should be prepared for every eventuality. All these questions will be answered in the workshop. The workshop will be held both in person and online.
At this event, start-ups can gain initial seed capital in the form of valuable know-how: The wfc Wirtschaftsförderung Kreis Coesfeld GmbH, together with its cooperation partners from gwc - Gründung und Wachstum im Kreis Coesfeld - invites you to the information event at Lüdinghausen Castle. Here, the experts will answer the essential questions that arise in the run-up to self-employment and on the first leg of the journey into the market.
For example, they will explain what role the business plan plays for a successful start-up, what funding options are available in the various start-up phases, what social security options are open to the self-employed and how expensive tax can become.
A well-structured and well thought-out business plan is not only the basis for financing discussions with banks, investors or other financiers, but also a helpful planning and final decision-making tool for or against self-employment. A viable business plan that promises a sustainable profit is therefore also the prerequisite for a successful start and success with the start-up project.
Marianne Koschany-Rohbeck, start-up advisor at gfw, explains what functions a business plan fulfils, what components it comprises, how it is drawn up and provides information on the background and pitfalls when drawing up the plan. The event takes place online via Zoom.
When a company is handed over to a successor, both sides usually prepare intensively and regulate the handover process. One generation leaves, the next comes.
But few think about preparing the company itself for the succession. However, this is a decisive factor for success. For over many years a balance has developed between the company and the managing partners. Now other people are stepping into these roles and a new balance must be found.
In the workshop "Generation Z replaces Baby Boomers - What this does to the company", expert Hilmar Welpelo explains how this can be done in the best possible way. Because when the baby boomers leave and the next generation starts, there will undoubtedly be changes in the management of the company and thus also in the organisation as a whole. And that needs to be prepared just as much as the handover process between those handing over and those taking over.
Anyone who wants to become self-employed has to deal with all kinds of questions. In this event, experts will tell you what you need to know to set up a successful business in Münster. Participants will learn what a start-up concept is and how to create one. They will also receive a detailed "roadmap" for their start-up and find out what funding and support is available. The institutions that support people wanting to start up in Münster on their way to self-employment are also presented.
The project is already in your head, but what needs to be considered in the final steps? Where do common mistakes lie?
In this workshop, participants learn how to prepare for the decisive bank meeting and present a comprehensible and complete business plan. In group work and with the help of examples, they will learn how to avoid the most common mistakes.
Contents:
In this event, brand maker Christina Winter from designerseits* will show what it means to be a brand and how you can learn from strong brands to be and stay successful in the market. The second speaker is Oliver Schumacher. He is one of the best-known sales trainers in Germany today and talks openly about the mistakes he made - and how people with a good offer can do better.