The start-up phase, also known as the seed stage, follows on from the pre-start-up phase and sharpens the focus on the specific business idea. This phase focuses on the product or service that is to be marketed by founding one's own company.
The basic element of this phase is the free start-up consultation. Here, startups or founders can talk to experienced consultants and ask basic questions about the startup and the business plan. If the answers are more complex or specialized, the startup consulting service can provide a broad support network and refer those interested in starting a business to the relevant offices. Important issues at this stage include the question of financing through banks or the use of subsidies.
In addition to consulting services, prospective entrepreneurs also need a workplace or their own office space in order to pursue their business activities. Single workstations are offered by so-called CoWorking Spaces, which provide a desk and the complete office infrastructure such as printer, mailbox and meeting rooms for little money.
Larger co-working spaces are often also equipped with a tinkerer's workshop. Here, people interested in setting up a business can use 3D printers or CNC milling machines to make their first models or prototypes or playfully test new product ideas.
Our offers
Concept consultation
When your start-up project has become concrete, we recommend that you reflect on it with the start-up experts at the Chamber of Industry and Commerce. The final version of your business plan should be as complete, coherent and convincing as possible. In an individual consultation, the IHK will inform you about data sources, information providers, networks and optimization possibilities for your concept. The fee for the consultation is 40 euros.
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Sabine Schlüter
Lüneburg-Wolfsburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Telephone: 04131 742-193
E-mail to Sabine Schlüter
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Coaching for university start-ups
The free coaching offer in cooperation with the Technology Transfer Office of the TU Braunschweig is aimed at students, doctoral candidates, alumni and academic staff of both universities. Currently, all offers take place online.
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E-mail to Entrepreneurship Hub
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Legal advice
A lawyer advises you on the legal forms suitable for you. You will receive information on the formalities of setting up a company, on the liability aspects of the various legal forms and on the advantages and disadvantages of individual legal forms.
The IHK is involved in the admissibility check of company names by the commercial register. The name must be sufficiently different from company names of other companies and must realistically represent the type, scope and legal form of the company.
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Herbert Blank
Lüneburg-Wolfsburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Phone: 04131/742-172
E-mail to Herbert Blank
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Companies must constantly evolve and adapt their business model to market conditions. The
InnovationsCampus at Wolfsburg AG provides support by analyzing the business model and reflecting on customer benefits, sales channels and the revenue model. This reveals where optimization is needed. The combination of consulting and market research is an important success factor for you in business model development.
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Arndt Zeitzschel
Wolfsburg AG | Innovation Development & Business Models
Major-Hirst-Strasse 11
38442 Wolfsburg
Phone: 05361 897-4567
E-mail to Arndt Zeitzschel
Schiller40
Schiller 40 is the central contact point for the cultural and creative industries and, as a hybrid space unique in its kind in Lower Saxony, combines the areas of coworking as well as other functional areas, studios and laboratories. Among other things, you will find 3D printers, 3D scanners as well as seminar rooms with presentation and workshop technology. It offers an optimal contact and networking area for innovations and digital know-how. So if working alone at home is too boring for you, Schiller40 is the place for you.
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Christian Cordes
Schiller40
Porschestrasse 2c
38440 Wolfsburg
Phone: 05361 89 02 95 2
E-mail to Schiller40
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As a start-up, freelancer or already established company, you can rent a modern and flexible workspace on a monthly basis. There are two different booking packages. Both include W-LAN, the use of a meeting room and a printer. Regular networking meetings and events allow for exchange with other companies in the campus community.
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Wolfsburg AG | Real Estate Management
Sonja Friday
Major-Hirst-Strasse 11
38442 Wolfsburg
Phone: 05361/897-1212
E-mail to Sonja Freitag
Office space at InnovationsCampus Wolfsburg AG
The offices at the ICW are modern and flooded with light. They are rented furnished or unfurnished and from a size of 12 sqm. Variable contract terms and periods of notice allow you the greatest possible flexibility. All office spaces include access to a kitchenette, meeting rooms and common areas. The infrastructure with restaurant, office service, post office, parking garage etc. should support your young company optimally in its daily work.
Contact details
Wolfsburg AG | Real Estate Management
Sonja Friday
Major-Hirst-Strasse 11
38442 Wolfsburg
Phone: 05361/897-1212
E-mail to Sonja Freitag
Office space at the Open Hybrid LabFactory
In the OHLF you will find as a start-up and young company fully equipped modern office space in different sizes from single office to open plan office. Each office is equipped with a daylight window, flat screen TV and matching office furniture. The general office infrastructure (printing and copying equipment, telecommunications and WLAN & LAN) is available for your shared use. A shared kitchen also invites you to exchange ideas with other tenants.
For larger meetings, you can also book additional meeting rooms. These are equipped with video walls, whiteboards and telephone and video conference systems.
Contact details:
Open Hybrid LabFactory e.V.
Stefan Schmitt
Hermann-Münch-Str. 2
38440 Wolfsburg
Phone: 05361/89024522
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You are digitally on the move and are looking for studios to test applications or are on the lookout for "next-level marketing"? Then head to Schiller40! There you'll find various studios and professional equipment at your disposal. Here you can give free rein to your ideas and create everything from podcasts to image films from a single source.
Contact details
Christian Cordes
Schiller40
Porschestrasse 2c
38440 Wolfsburg
Phone: 05361 89 02 95 2
E-mail to Schiller40
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In order to successfully implement your business idea, you need capital above all. Wolfsburg AG provides support in the form of financial engineering, capital acquisition, advice on subsidies and profitability analyses. In addition, regular matching events bring founders and potential investors together. Especially start-ups and young companies are supported by the ICW in close cooperation with IBG Wolfsburg.
Contact details
Arndt Zeitzschel
Major-Hirst-Strasse 11
38442 Wolfsburg
Phone: 05361/897-4567
E-mail to Arndt Zeitzschel
Financing Consulting
In the orientation consultation of the IHK different financing possibilities are discussed to you and you are prepared for the negotiations with investors. If public funding programs are an option for you, we will establish connections to the funding banks and, if necessary, organize a further joint meeting.
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Nina Heyse
Phone: 04131/742-119
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