Startup Edu

Everything you need to know about the typical stages of a start-up. Step by step, from defining the idea to testing, scaling X10 and exit, frequent challenges and how you can overcome them. With valuable insights from entrepreneurs, investors, consultants and experts.

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Startup Edu

Everything you need to know about the typical stages of a start-up. Step by step, from defining the idea to testing, scaling X10 and exit, frequent challenges and how you can overcome them. With valuable insights from entrepreneurs, investors, consultants and experts.

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Opportunities for creative entreprenurs: financing sources, programs, and private investors

Opportunities for creative entreprenurs: financing sources, programs, and private investors

In recent years, more and more support initiatives – both financial and educational – have been launched in order to support the creative entrepreneurial ecosystem. Regardless of their type, they have a great potential of strengthening early-stage initiatives and to contribute to thriving creative scaleups.

Financial projections | How to make them + cashflow template

Financial projections | How to make them + cashflow template

If you open a business or if you want to develop the company's activity, you need to pay attention to the investment that this entails: from options to costs to be covered in the future, related to th...

Absolute Beginner's Guide to Crowdfunding | Templates + best practices

Absolute Beginner's Guide to Crowdfunding | Templates + best practices

Understand the logic behind the crowdfunding process and create your own campaign according to the template: with budget templates, communication strategy and concrete campaign materials.

Opportunities for creative entreprenurs: financing sources, programs, and private investors

Opportunities for creative entreprenurs: financing sources, programs, and private investors

In recent years, more and more support initiatives – both financial and educational – have been launched in order to support the creative entrepreneurial ecosystem. Regardless of their type, they have...

Intro How To Start | What you will learn in this module

Intro How To Start | What you will learn in this module

Welcome! If you're here, you're probably pretty serious about starting your own business. Whether you already have an idea or haven't found the right one yet, this chapter will help you better underst...

What you will learn in this module

What you will learn in this module

Welcome! If you're here, you're probably pretty serious about starting your own business. Whether you already have an idea or haven't found the right one yet, this chapter will help you better underst...

How do you find your business idea. From ideation to innovation

How do you find your business idea. From ideation to innovation

You've decided you want to have your own business, but you still don't have an idea that seems right for you. In order to identify it you will need to study and learn. The important thing is to make a...

Entrepreneur Contract: another different kind of rights and obligations

Entrepreneur Contract: another different kind of rights and obligations

The decision to open your own business comes with a lot of changes: responsibilities multiply, work schedules and priorities are reorganized. Vlad Craioveanu, co-founder of Impact Hub Bucharest, talks...

How to plan your cash flow in stress scenarios

How to plan your cash flow in stress scenarios

When you have control over your cash flow, you are better prepared to handle potential crises (like the pandemic, for example).

Financial projections | How to make them + cashflow template

Financial projections | How to make them + cashflow template

If you open a business or if you want to develop the company's activity, you need to pay attention to the investment that this entails: from options to costs to be covered in the future, related to th...

Checklist – documents a newly established company should have

Checklist – documents a newly established company should have

You've just received your company papers, you got down to business and want to focus on growth. But, first and foremost, you should make sure that you are ready to do so from an administrative point o...

How to set up a company - steps and necessary documents

How to set up a company - steps and necessary documents

Congratulations, you're about to start your own company! In the following material you will find out what steps you must take if you want to establish a legal entity, what documents you need and what ...

Checklist – documents a newly established company should have

Checklist – documents a newly established company should have

You've just received your company papers, you got down to business and want to focus on growth. But, first and foremost, you should make sure that you are ready to do so from an administrative point o...

Shareholder or sole proprietor? Legal aspects

Shareholder or sole proprietor? Legal aspects

Many entrepreneurs choose to partner up to start a business. Because the relationship between the shareholders or founders is very important for the proper operation of the business, it is important t...

How to set up a company - steps and necessary documents

How to set up a company - steps and necessary documents

Congratulations, you're about to start your own company! In the following material you will find out what steps you must take if you want to establish a legal entity, what documents you need and what ...

Checklist – documents a newly established company should have

Checklist – documents a newly established company should have

You've just received your company papers, you got down to business and want to focus on growth. But, first and foremost, you should make sure that you are ready to do so from an administrative point o...

Shareholder or sole proprietor? Legal aspects

Shareholder or sole proprietor? Legal aspects

Many entrepreneurs choose to partner up to start a business. Because the relationship between the shareholders or founders is very important for the proper operation of the business, it is important t...

How to set up a company - steps and necessary documents

How to set up a company - steps and necessary documents

Congratulations, you're about to start your own company! In the following material you will find out what steps you must take if you want to establish a legal entity, what documents you need and what ...

Shareholder or sole proprietor? Legal aspects

Shareholder or sole proprietor? Legal aspects

Many entrepreneurs choose to partner up to start a business. Because the relationship between the shareholders or founders is very important for the proper operation of the business, it is important t...

Product market fit: what it is, how it helps, and why it matters

Product market fit: what it is, how it helps, and why it matters

The product market fit shows you that there is a market for your product. This is how you ensure that you are developing a product that your target audience wants and is willing to pay for the value i...

Identification of the problem. Validation of the need

Identification of the problem. Validation of the need

As part of the widespread lean startup philosophy, the identification of a problem to solve for a specific customer segment and the validation of a need are fundamental to building a successful startu...

8 questions that help you get relevant feedback

8 questions that help you get relevant feedback

When you want to test your business idea, it's important to ask the right questions to the right people. It is important to formulate them as such, but only after you have established very clearly wha...

The value proposition | How to write it and how to fill in a Value Proposition Canvas + Template

The value proposition | How to write it and how to fill in a Value Proposition Canvas + Template

The value proposition describes the value you bring to your customers in a concise, relevant and simple way. Find out how to use a Canvas to make it clear

Market Research | Templates + used sources and information systematization

Market Research | Templates + used sources and information systematization

If you have a new business idea or a new business vertical, a thorough documentation will help you explore the potential of the market you are addressing, anticipate the competition and be able to obj...

5 marketing principles for entrepreneurs

5 marketing principles for entrepreneurs

“I don't have funds to invest in marketing, the product is not promoted, so I don't have enough sales, and the circle closes with me still not having funds." - does that sound familiar? The good news ...

Telling the story of your business

Telling the story of your business

A well-told story inspires, mobilizes and sticks in the minds of those who hear it. The same goes for your company – the story becomes a way to connect with those who might use your product, but also ...

Absolute Beginner's Guide to Crowdfunding | Templates + best practices

Absolute Beginner's Guide to Crowdfunding | Templates + best practices

Understand the logic behind the crowdfunding process and create your own campaign according to the template: with budget templates, communication strategy and concrete campaign materials.

Investors: how build the relationship & what to keep in mind

Investors: how build the relationship & what to keep in mind

In order for a business to grow rapidly, it also needs supporters who provide the necessary funds and contribute to the development of the company with their own experience. Investors are an important...

The ABCs of Startup Funding Rounds

The ABCs of Startup Funding Rounds

In order to grow rapidly, you need a healthy business, resource people to support and guide you, and investments to support your growth. Depending on the stage you are in, there are specific investmen...

Recruitment process in a startup

Recruitment process in a startup

For startups, finding the right people to complete the teams is a challenging process, and in the context of the pandemic, team dynamics and human resource management seem even more complicated. Here'...

Identifying and attracting talent to your team

Identifying and attracting talent to your team

When you're looking for a new person for your team, you're looking for more than just an employee: yes, you need someone with a certain experience, but some jobs sometimes require rarer skills as well...

How your team can achieve performance

How your team can achieve performance

Once you've found the right people, who are now part of your team, it's time to get down to business. And since a business grows together with the people who build it, it is important to allocate reso...

What tools you can use to accelerate the growth of your startup

What tools you can use to accelerate the growth of your startup

How can you make your startup grow faster? There are several options - their effectiveness varies depending on a process-related factor: the clarity you have learned about in the previous materials. E...

Clarity, the key to good decisions when you are an entrepreneur

Clarity, the key to good decisions when you are an entrepreneur

The direction you want to take in business can sometimes seem unclear - you don't know what steps to take or what resources you need. Entrepreneur programs can help you get the clarity you need for th...

5 tools to help you make progress

5 tools to help you make progress

The most important resource you have, no matter what stage your business is in, is clarity. It helps you get closer to your goal, one step at a time.

How do you choose the right platform for you? Consulting, coaching or mentoring

How do you choose the right platform for you? Consulting, coaching or mentoring

When difficult decisions or dilemmas arise, entrepreneurs and managers can turn to 3 types of support: mentoring, consulting or coaching. Since there are similarities between them, you should identify...

Preparing for entering international markets

Preparing for entering international markets

Before expanding to other markets, you need to do your research. Even if your product is very popular in our country, things may work differently on another market. Find out from the following materia...

How to plan your cash flow in stress scenarios

How to plan your cash flow in stress scenarios

When you have control over your cash flow, you are better prepared to handle potential crises (like the pandemic, for example).

Financial-banking tools you can use for scale-up

Financial-banking tools you can use for scale-up

As you grow, your business challenges diversify — luckily, so do your options when you want to scale up. At this stage, it's good to know that you can access financial-banking tools that were not avai...