Start-up service

Whether you are a new start-up business, a graduate or a business founder from the region: The Professional School's Start-up Service assists all current and prospective start-ups in their entrepreneurial pursuits and receives support from a great number of experts from the University. They provide you with profound information on all subject-related issues, grounded, among others, on their own start-up research. 

The Lüneburg Innovation Incubator promotes future-oriented service structures in the entire region by establishing a Central Services and Co-ordination Agency at Professional School for all fields related to start-ups and business foundation as well as business succession.  

Students, graduates and staff of Leuphana who wish to set up their own business, as well as external prospective start-up entrepreneurs pursuing knowledge-intensive projects will learn how to successfully prepare and organize a start-up business in a targeted manner through qualification courses and counseling offers.  

Start-up founders can benefit from the coaching courses even as an individual. Another important goal is to optimize the network between all agents involved in regional start-ups. 

Provision of services during individual start-up phases

We will inform, assist and advise you during the various stages of starting up your own business - regardless of whether you have very specific questions or whether you wish to address the topic of start-ups in general. In addition, we will establish contacts with important agents and counselors. 

In the following, we would like to present some typical content of our counseling offers, which you will encounter at least once during your planning phase. 

Before starting your own business

Initial start-up counseling: What do you have to keep in mind before starting your own business? What are common questions arising on starting a business and what is typically being ignored? Is my business idea feasible? 

• Business idea and business concept
• Choosing the right form for your business 
• Business succession
• Industry and market analysis
• Debt financing & funding
• Personal aspects
  
  

During the initial start-up phase

• The business plan 
• General information on taxes and legal forms of business
• Financing
• Trademark protection/patents
• Social security
• Advertising, marketing
  
  

Supervision until the end of your first year in business

• Employing staff?
• How to deal with public authorities
• Coaching & analysis
• Outlook