Phase: build

Scal­ing your impact: strat­e­gy, val­i­da­tion, and growth for star­tups

Ready to take your impact to the next lev­el? Then you need a clear strat­e­gy, reli­able tools to mea­sure your impact, and third-par­ty val­i­da­tion. These are essen­tial for mak­ing informed deci­sions, improv­ing over time, and build­ing trust with investors and part­ners. A struc­tured approach to man­ag­ing…

Grow with impact: team, process­es, and cul­ture for impact star­tups

Long-term suc­cess isn’t just about growth – it’s about build­ing the right team, set­ting up strong process­es, and shap­ing a cul­ture that sup­ports your mis­sion. This chap­ter will help you get your start­up ready for the next phase of growth – while stay­ing agile and com­pet­i­tive.

Keep your impact start­up on track: Strate­gies for sus­tain­able growth

Your min­i­mum viable prod­uct (MVP) has shown that your solu­tion works. Now you’re enter­ing the growth phase – the stage where you bring your prod­uct to mar­ket, reach new cus­tomers, and take your start­up to the next lev­el. This sec­tion is for you if ……

Wach­s­tum mit Ver­ant­wor­tung: Wirkungs­man­age­ment für Impact-Star­tups

In der Wach­s­tum­sphase wird der Impact eures Star­tups größer. In diesem Kapi­tel geht es darum, ihn noch bess­er mess­bar zu machen und zu steuern. Das kön­nt ihr tun, indem ihr eure Impact-Indika­toren schärft und neg­a­tive Auswirkun­gen iden­ti­fiziert. So behal­tet ihr eure Wirkungsziele im Blick und bleibt…

Devel­op­ing a fund­ing strat­e­gy for your impact start­up

A sol­id fund­ing strat­e­gy is key to grow­ing, scal­ing and sus­tain­ing your start­up. It gives you the resources you need to bring your vision to life and cre­ate long-term impact. This sec­tion is for you if … Not quite there…

Devel­op your MVP: Test your solu­tion under real-world con­di­tions

Once you’ve built a pro­to­type, the next step is cre­at­ing a min­i­mal viable prod­uct (MVP). The goal? To learn as much as pos­si­ble about your cus­tomers and tar­get audi­ence while using as few resources as pos­si­ble. An MVP lets you test your solu­tion under real con­di­tions.

Mar­ket analy­sis for impact star­tups: How to carve out your space

Before you dive into what your pro­to­type is telling you and start shap­ing your busi­ness mod­el, it’s essen­tial to under­stand the mar­ket you’re enter­ing. A clear, well-informed mar­ket analy­sis lays the ground­work to grow your impact start­up and find the right product–market fit.. This sec­tion…

Pro­to­typ­ing for impact star­tups: Build your first pro­to­type and iden­ti­fy key met­rics

In the pro­to­typ­ing phase, you turn your val­i­dat­ed idea into a sim­ple ver­sion of your solu­tion and start gath­er­ing real feed­back from your tar­get audi­ence. Here, you’ll learn how to build a func­tion­al pro­to­type, and how to start mea­sur­ing your impact ear­ly using one key met­ric.

Solu­tion design: Find­ing a solu­tion that cre­ates impact for your start­up

You know the prob­lem you want to solve with your impact start­up. Solu­tion design is now about devel­op­ing inno­v­a­tive and impact-ori­ent­ed solu­tion ideas. Tools such as the impact stair­case and the SWOT analy­sis help with this. You’ve come to the right place if ……

Prob­lem, tar­get group and stake­hold­er analy­sis: Your first step toward launch­ing an impact start­up

When you’re devel­op­ing a sus­tain­able solu­tion to a social prob­lem through your impact start­up, you’re like­ly to begin with a lot of ques­tions: Who’s actu­al­ly affect­ed? What are the root caus­es and con­se­quences? And how can we effec­tive­ly address them? To…