Munich Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Founding experts on the IHK Startup Couch at Bits and Pretzels

In less than a week the big Founder Festival Bits and Pretzels As every year, the IHK Startup Unit will be present with a booth – this time featuring its new booth concept – the IHK Startup Couch.

The concept of the IHK Startup Couch

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IHK) Startup Couch offers startups the opportunity to receive on-site consultations. In addition to experts from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, external experts from the startup scene will also be present to answer questions from interested visitors. The slots are open to anyone. no registration is requiredInterested startups can come to the IHK booth at the specified times and sit on the Startup Couch. Plenty of space is available. Members of the Startup Unit will also be available at the IHK booth for one-on-one discussions. The IHK can be found at Bits and Pretzels in the ICM Lower Level at booth L23—right next to the Munich Startup booth.

The first IHK Startup Couch at Bits and Pretzels will cover the following topics:

Slot program for September 25, 2016

time Theme Speaker
10:00 to 11:00 a.m. Funding programs – all must-knows at a glance

David Stephenson

Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Munich and Upper Bavaria

1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Sales & Distribution for Startups

Christoph Sedlmeir

doo GmbH

2:00 PM to 3:00 PM From Backers to Perks – Crowdfunding for Founders

Linette Heimrich

Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Munich and Upper Bavaria

3:00 PM to 4:00 PM Let's start up your Startup: How the Chamber of Commerce and Industry can support you in your start-up project

Annemarie Grund

Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Munich and Upper Bavaria

4:00 PM to 5:00 PM Why corporates need startups and why startups need corporates

Manfred Tropper

mantro GmbH

Slot program for September 26, 2016

time Theme Speaker
9:00 to 10:00 a.m. Funding programs, network partners & patents – all-round carefree IHK information package

Dr. Ute Berger

Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Munich and Upper Bavaria

10:00 to 11:00 a.m. Corporate meets Startup: How to make collaboration work

Dr. Birte Gall

Berlin School of Digital Business

11:00 to 12:00 Sales strategy for startups

Jens Köster

Strategic consulting

12:00 to 13:00 Formation formalities – a common thread

Steffen Pollmer

Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Munich and Upper Bavaria

1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Off to the mountains: Internationalization with a country focus on Austria & Switzerland

Philipp Axamit

Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Munich and Upper Bavaria

2:00 PM to 3:00 PM The best of both worlds: Working between corporation and startup

Yannic Metz

mantro GmbH

3:00 PM to 4:00 PM General terms and conditions of business
– effectively agree on the small print

Dr. Anna Klein

Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Munich and Upper Bavaria

4:00 PM to 5:00 PM The world is yours: Internationalization & how the Chamber of Commerce and Industry can help

Ilga Koners

Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Munich and Upper Bavaria


What exactly does the IHK Startup Unit do?

Offers from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry for startups:

The Startup Unit of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Munich and Upper Bavaria offers startups cross-topic advice on all questions relating to

Startup Unit

  • Founding
  • financing
  • internationalization
  • Networking
  • Crowdfunding
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