A rocket as a symbol of a successful startup?
You see this a lot. But I’d take this image with a grain of salt: shooting straight up, usually without any steering, and then either burning up in space or crashing back to Earth? We need a better propulsion system!
A special driving force! It really exists: the TFU, the startup and Innovationszentrum for the Ulm/Neu-UIm region—this is where you’ll get that extra boost for startups and young companies.
An article by Anja Dreher, Dipl.-Ing. (FH), owner of AHE Engineering, Memmingen
Good ideas are the foundation of all development and progress. Information about patents, licenses, and funding opportunities provides the confidence needed to make decisions on the path to success.
At the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA) alone, approximately 63,000 patent applications and about 15,000 utility model applications were filed in 2013. However, the number of innovations worthy of protection is significantly higher.
It is often small and medium-sized enterprises in particular that shy away from the effort and/or costs associated with intellectual property rights. But help is available specifically for them:
An article by Ulrike Hudelmaier, Managing Director of TFU
It’s no coincidence that TFU has featured the goal of all our efforts in the header: the relaxed entrepreneur. But in order for you to develop creative ideas for your future with the same positive mindset, you’ll need to roll up your sleeves and get involved yourself. For example, by keeping your taxes under control.
An article by Gerd Schramm, <data> S
The scandals involving excessive intelligence activities, which have recently been brought to light by whistleblowers, have alarmed citizens and businesses alike. One thing has become clear: If we implement targeted protective measures to secure communication over insecure networks—such as the Internet—against unauthorized data interception, we are not defenseless against such schemes.
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