Cost / Benefit Efficiency Example - Start-up

MIC CHF 0.2 Mio 1.5 yrs invested, 10 yrs benefit CHF 30 Mio profit

Involved countries: Switzerland - Germany - South Africa

• Breakthrough blocked by required technological innovation; problem seems insolvable
• Experts: "Impossible - against laws of physics" - applied discontinuation
• Interdisciplinary team of NON-Experts: 20 "crazy" proposals
• Best proposal implemented against experts' will: CHF 20 k risk
• Didn't work - when "solution" was taken out: Mistake happens - result found accidently - cheapest possible alternative: one whole, solving free of charge 2.nd additional problem
• Breakthrough - new patents: Experts: its logical why it works
  
  

Innovation statistics: 50 % of innovations are accidental - Do it


Start-up example



Cooling water -driven blasthole rockdrill for ultra deep gold mines in South Africa, 180 bar, 10 kW , 2 m/min drilling speed in Granit with 1,25" standard jumper

Coaching, from definition of project, product specification to development & prototype tests, transfer of technology & production know-how via license to South Africa. Local market entry via flat rate contracted meters drilled; instead of selling machines, services and spare parts.

• More than 150 Start-up opportunities screened, out of which 25 were pursued after initial, promising market investigation
• Several International "New Ventures" coached from the very beginning
• Three of them coached to successful market entry, one in Canada / USA, one with Swiss basis, both wolrdwide businesses
• Coached selling of a trendsetting technology in embryonic stage profitably
• Coached one MBO for two technology-driven spin off New Ventures
• Gaining experience as ad interim CEO in setting up MedTech Start-up ready for market entry