The client does not buy a heavy permanent structure and does not assemble a company before its necessity is proven. Only the layer of function the initiative needs right now is switched on – and the next phase starts the day the decision is made, with no new cycle of hiring, department-building or organisational run-up.
A separate mandate and budget; an external contour that does not load the core business; a decision made on facts – not internal politics.
Independent validation of a target or portfolio company; project frame, economics, risk map, pilot data.
Strategic Option Map, feasibility, protection of rights and IP, a route to market: licence, JV, spin-off, sale.
A clear frame of the opportunity
The initiative as a whole system: product, meaning, model, economics
What exactly must be tested – and how you would know
Business model and preliminary economics
First materials, prototypes, first external contacts
Minimum required actions in the market.
Criteria: proceed / rework fundamentally / stop
Product development and R&D
Packaging, positioning, brand
Site, presentation and commercial materials
Producer and supplier search
Costing and unit economics
Samples and test batches
B2B outreach and negotiations
Local DACH representation · CRM · pipeline
Logistics / legal / regulatory coordination · pilot
Product development as one system
Production and supply chain
Marketing and market presence
Sales and representation
Contractors and specialist mandates
Budget, deadlines, key decisions
A transferable asset by the time of scale
Launch without incorporation, hiring or role-setting – same day.
No pause appears between idea, decision and execution.
Not a standard package – every function is part of the designed architecture of the initiative.
New functions only after confirmed need; no standing costs held in reserve.
Rights, data, brand and contacts stay with the client.
By the time of scale, a working, transferable system already exists.
Fees are set by contract. Where the services relate directly to the business and are properly documented contractually and in the accounts, the client can generally treat these costs as Betriebsausgaben – operating expenses reducing taxable profit. Final tax qualification depends on the project, jurisdiction and supporting documents, and is agreed with the client's tax adviser.
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