Consultation and information

After you have booked a suitable appointment via Calendly, we will meet at the premises of the start-up centre. We usually start with an introduction to our funding requirements and the associated framework conditions of our free counselling service. In the next step, you explain your expectations for the meeting and present your project to us. We will then address and answer your questions in an informal discussion.

The following questions can be answered as pre-start-up counselling:

• Identification of the business idea

• Preparation of a business plan

• Selection of the legal form

• Communicating the differences between main and secondary business start-ups

• Steps to setting up a business

If you have already set up a business, in-depth counselling is unfortunately not possible due to our funding guidelines. Nevertheless, please make an appointment so that we can find the right contact person for you.

You should allow approximately one hour for the orientation meeting. Don't worry - no special preparation or specific documents are required. It is important to us that all your unanswered questions are clarified at the end. Follow-up meetings can be arranged at any time.

Counselling can take place both physically and digitally. On the Waldcampus, the office of the Start-up Centre is located in Building 10 (side entrance, on the right). The StartupLab of the Startup Centre is located at Breite Straße 46 (the entrance is on Jüdenstraße), opposite the Löwenbrunnen (Eberswalde market square). If you are not on site, we can also offer digital meetings via MS Teams. Simply select your preferred location when requesting an appointment.