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SQuArE start-up service team
From personal consultation, concept development and legal aspects to strategic planning and implementation, we offer you comprehensive support.
Start-up pilot
As a start-up mentor, I support students, graduates and researchers who want to embark on the exciting path of starting a business. My focus is on offering individual advice and coaching to accompany budding entrepreneurs on their way.
- greenhouse.ruhr project in cooperation with the Dortmund Economic Development Agency
- Advice and coaching (e.g. skills assessment)
- Advice on funding opportunities (e.g. EXIST start-up grant)
- Mentoring start2grow, coaching start-up grant NRW
- BMWK funding line: EXIST-Women
Project SQuArE
Training, qualification and workspacesfor (future) entrepreneurs
The SQuArE is the central contact point for the start-up service. Here you can work on your ideas and projects in our makerspace, network and take advantage of our services in the areas of advice, support, coaching, workshops, teaching and training.
Christina Schönberger
- +49 231 91129342
Opening hours of the SQuArE start-up and creative center:
Mon 10-16
Tue 10-16
Wed 10-18
other days/times by arrangement
Management
- Head of the SQuArE start-up, training and creative center
- Curricular and extracurricular events
- Kickstart
- Advice and coaching (including the NRW start-up grant and skills assessment)
- Mediation of legal advice
- BMWK funding line: EXIST-Women(Opens in a new tab)
Management, expansion and support of Makerspace
- Technical and practical workshops (e.g. CAD and 3D printing)
- Supervision of technology projects
- Bicycle workshop
- Repair Café
Communication
- Press and public relations
- marketing
- Internal and external communication
- social media
Employee Module 2
ruhrvalley Start-up Campus
The joint project ruhrvalley Start-up-Campus of the Fachhochschule Dortmund, Bochum University of Applied Sciences and Arts and the Westfälische Hochschule promotes and supports start-ups from all faculties and study programs. Those interested in founding a company are given targeted support in transferring their ideas, technologies and research results into potential business projects.
Project management
- Advice and coaching
- Coaching Start-up grant NRW
- Ideas competition
- Bootcamps
- Topsim business games
Project management
- Organizational development
- Evaluation
- Management workshops and guidelines
- Quantitative & qualitative evaluations
- Consulting and coaching
- Sustainable start-up consulting
- BMWK funding line: EXIST-Women