Startup support: from the initial idea to market entry
Do you need support founding your startup? Or on the road to self-employment? Partners who help you realize your goals? Or do you need starting capital? CyberLab will help you out: from your first idea to entering the market.
What is a startup?
A startup is a newly founded company, often in the technology or innovation sector, that develops and launches an innovative product or service.
How do you found a startup?
Startup checklist: 8 steps to your own company
Step 1: Find a business idea
To found a startup, you need an innovative business idea that solves a problem or serves a gap in the market and has growth potential.
Step 2: Startup consulting
A start-up consultancy is an indispensable navigator if you want to found a start-up. It offers general tips for startups as well as individual and professional support in exploring your (digital) business model, creating your business plan, formal aspects, team building, marketing and financing.
Step 3: Find a startup team
You need a competent team. Selecting team members with different skills and experience will help build a diverse and effective working group that can successfully tackle the challenges of starting a business.
Step 4: Further development & validation of the business idea
This step includes fine-tuning your business model and strategy, product-market fit, clarifying legal and financial aspects, expanding the team and employee management and planning marketing and sales strategies. Accelerators can provide you with valuable help here. In accelerator programs, such as the CyberLab, start-up teams are supported by mentors, coaches and investors over a certain period of time.
Step 5: Plan and secure funding
Do you need start-up capital? Whether public funding, start-up grants, crowdfunding, venture capital or bootstrapping. Finding the right funding is an important step. Start-up advice, matching events and contacts with investors and business angels are now the focus for you.
Step 6: Startup-Community
This step is about building a strong connection with other startups. Exchanging ideas in a startup community shows you that others have similar challenges and how they overcome them. Participating in relevant events helps you to think outside the box, get through difficult times, meet potential partners and increase the visibility of your startup.
Step7: Test, measure, learn
This is where the continuous improvement process begins. Iterative and customer-centric testing allows you to adapt your product to market conditions and customer feedback in an agile way to maximize the success of your company.
Step 8: Grow & expand:
You have a valid business idea, the right co-founders and the necessary funding? Then you can focus on growth. This step is not only about the optimal working environment and production infrastructure for your growing team, but also about your personal growth. Acquire a leadership mindset early enough to be optimally prepared for your leadership challenges.
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