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Idea generation and conception

Would you like to develop a start-up or project idea or do you already have an idea but don't yet know how and whether you can implement it?

Then come to our start-up idea check and we will put your idea through its paces, or test your idea in competition with others and take part in the next idea competition.

Start-up Idea check-up

Do you have an idea that could also be a start-up idea?

Or are you not sure whether your particular start-up idea is feasible?

In an individual consulting session, we check whether your idea is a real business idea and how it is suitable for a start-up.

What is the goal?

  •     You get a decision-making foundation as to whether further start-up consulting makes sense.
  •     You get a clear assessment of your start-up idea.

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Idea competitions

Together with our partner universities, the Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts and the Westphalian University of Applied Sciences, we regularly organise idea competitions.

Do you have an idea for a solution to a technical, social or ecological challenge (product or service)? Are you a member of Dortmund University of Applied Sciences, Westphalia University of Applied Sciences or Bochum University of Applied Sciences? Do you want to secure this idea, to launch it on the market or even set up a company?

Then take part in our ideas competition. The prizes are:

  •     1st place consulting voucher worth approx. 1,500 euros
  •     2nd place consulting voucher worth approx. 1,000 euros
  •     3rd place consulting voucher worth approx. 500 euros

A special prize for the best presentation: a consultancy voucher worth approx. 300 euros.

More information about the next competition