Author: Melanie Stuetz

As Thought Leader at the Global AI Hub, Melanie Stütz supports the 10million.AI project, a non-profit & social good initiative to educate 10 million people for free on AI, robotics, data, and other digital technologies.

Thank you Selçuk Boydak, Fuat Beşer, Ali Osman Toprak & team for this initiative. This project puts a major emphasis on equal opportunities for everyone. That is why – above all – it aims to mobilize women and wants to achieve the goal of educating at least 5 million women around the world for more Women in Big Data, Women in AI & Robotics, and more Female Founders in AI.

Now, it is your time to make a difference and get one step ahead 🚀

We invite you to join us at the next session: “Increasing the Company Value with AI”. You’ll learn at first hand:
1. Why do most startups fail?
2. What do venture capitalists (VCs) look for?
3. How can AI be used to scan, score & scale business ideas?

To learn all these and much more, click here to attend this LIVE Webinar on LinkedIn on October 13th, 2022, 6 pm CET 📆

“The energy crisis is accelerating insolvencies or company closures that would have been expected anyway,” so economist Veronika Grimm in Handelsblatt.

Patrik-Ludwig Hantzsch of the Verband der Vereine Creditreform e.V. says that companies need to address their problems and adapt their business models to the new conditions, Business Insider reports.

According to Süddeutsche Zeitung, the spokesperson from the Federal Ministry of Justice around Dr. Marco Buschmann let it be known that companies should gain time with the change in insolvency law to be able to adapt their business models.

Sequoia’s #1 recommendation is to conduct situation analysis and adapt quickly. Now more than ever, it’s important to put the current business model to the test, analyze the data and make appropriate adjustments.

That is exactly what we help with. IDEASCANNER leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to drive the company value. With our digital tool and proven method you get answers to
1. SCAN: What is the status quo of your current business positioning?
2. SCORE: What is the measurable potential for improvement?
3. SCALE: How can the business model be improved?

Simply email us with the URL of the company website to be scanned and receive a free pre-scan. Contact us here.

“There are many unknown variables and subjective opinions to consider when valuing a company. Will founders be up to the challenge? Are market conditions to remain favorable? How long can a company sustain its competitive advantage?

Both a science and an art, valuing a business is notoriously hard. But knowing a company’s value is crucial.

Business valuations help venture capital (VC) firms track their portfolio performance, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) teams analyze acquisition targets, and entrepreneurs raise money,” according to CB Insight’s report on “How To Value A Company”. This is a great report about:
1. what data is needed to value a company,
2. how to spot undervalued or overvalued businesses, and
3. which valuation methods to use.

And if you are interested in how to increase your company value, contact us for a free initial consultation here!

With the formation of a new advisory board, Engel & Zimmermann (E&Z) is strengthening its expertise in the three important future fields of Human Resources, New Food, and Digital.

E&Z is one of the top PR agencies and communications consultancies in Germany and sets the pace in precisely those transformative fields that move its clients. With Gabriele Kaminski (founder, GK Personalberatung), Godo Röben (ex-MD, Rügenwalder Mühle) and Melanie Stütz (CEO, IDEASCANNER), E&Z has been able to win three renowned entrepreneurial and consulting personalities for the newly created advisory board. With their industry expertise, the members of the advisory board will support and accompany E&Z in the future as important sparring partners and impulse generators in their respective areas.

We at IDEASCANNER are also delighted about this innovative and forward-looking collaboration with the management – Andreas Bachmeier, Eva-Maria Eichenseher, Frank Schroedter, Sybille Geitel – and the #vonEbisZ team! Thanks, also to Christian Wolfram for the press release.

Which tools are currently crucial for entrepreneurs and managers? How can you increase the value of your company? What is the “Periodic Table of Business Strategy”?

To answer these and other questions, we at IDEASCANNER, together with our cooperation partner, HelfRecht Unternehmerische Planungsmethoden AG, cordially invite you to the webinar “Increasing Company Value Through Artificial Intelligence”, on July 29, 2022, 1 pm.

In approx. 30 minutes, you will learn in this interactive webinar together with Andreas G. Stütz & Philipp Riedel, how

1. artificial intelligence (AI) makes business ideas and business positioning measurable for the first time, based on pattern recognition of attributes critical to success,
2. the IDEASCANNER Experts evaluate these attributes and identify new business models for the IDEASCANNER Strategy, based on our “Periodic Table of Business Strategy”,
3. we can support together with HelfRecht AG in an entrepreneurial partnership in the implementation of new business opportunities.

👉 Click here to register free of charge.

Webinar: Increasing Company Value Through Artificial Intelligence

When: 07/29/2022, 1:00-1:45 pm (incl. discussion)

Where: Online (link will be provided after registration)

We look forward to the interactive exchange together with you! For questions in advance or afterwards, you are also welcome to contact us directly here.

IDEASCANNER contributes to the European Innovation Area (EIA) Manifesto in the key focus area: From Education to Entrepreneurship.

Thank you to Roland Strauss and the entire team at K4I Forum in the European Parliament, Marceline du Prie, Jara Pascual, Antonija Mrsic Radas, PhD, Jolanda H., Eunika Mercier-Laurent for your initiative and work on the EIA Manifesto that outlines the key focus areas for accelerating Europe’s transition towards a single European innovation ecosystem – one dedicated to delivering the world’s first climate-neutral continent by 2050.

Check the selection of the most pertinent ideas published here. Those ideas will be further discussed, also during the 1st EIA Summit hosted by K4I under the patronage of the European Parliament, supported by the European Commission and the French Council Presidency.

Don’t miss the keynote of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel on how we can jointly deliver on the European Innovation Area, followed by a high-level panel discussion, together with Maria Da Graça Carvalho, Roland Strauss, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Victor NEGRESCU, Bernd Schäfer, Jara Pascual, Lambert van Nistelrooij, Pekka Koponen, Zygmunt Krasiński, Servaas Duterloo live here.

“What will Covid-19’s legacy be? From healthcare to education to entertainment to manufacturing, technology innovators are stepping forward to help answer that question”, so the latest research “25 Industries & Tech Shaping The Post-Covid World” by CB Insights.

Leading analysts predict a $350B market valuation for the ed tech industry by 2025 even prior to the pandemic. More and more digital tools are also being used in education. IDEASCANNER benefits from this. For example, our digital tool is part of the certification program for startup advisors at colleges and universities at the Entrepreneurship Think Tank. Entrepreneurship professors also use IDEASCANNER in lectures to quickly evaluate business ideas and show how the current business model can be improved in a peer-to-peer approach.

But what are the implications of these 25 industry & technology trends for the next generation of family businesses? How do they need to position themselves to be future ready? Let our IDEASCANNER experts put your current business model to the test and contact us!