My name is Jan Paul Schirmer (Paul). I hold a BSc in economics and an MSc in Finance & Investments. I started my first company while I was still a University student and have since been involved in the foundation and development of several other successful businesses. In between, I enjoyed an intermezzo into the world of investment banking.
Helping companies to reach the next stage of development gives me the feeling of contributing to this society. Especially seeing the courage and determination in the eyes of founders makes me believe that the best is yet to come.
I offer you my experience as an entrepreneur and my expertise as a finance professional to assist you in taking the best decisions throughout the journey from the idea to exit.
Jan Paul Schirmer
Founder and Managing Director
jpsy ventures
Turning a product or service idea into a value proposition.
This includes tasks such as modeling the cost structure and revenue streams as well as collecting evidence to support the underlying assumptions.
This stage also includes bringing across the bitter truth if we do not see a viable risk/return trade-off for your idea.
Setting up your business: From finding the optimal incentives for the team of founders(shareholder agreement) to finding a tax consultant and other administrative challenges.
Adoption of an effective controlling system to manage operational cash flow and track progress.
Overseeing the implementation of a development budget (e.g.: for a Patent, or the development of a Prototype).
Dealing with Liquidity Issues
Often it is not the quality of the product or service, but liquidity problems that force entrepreneurs to give up on their business prematurely.
We can help you to restructure your business in order to survive the acute problems and to choose the right capital mix for the upcoming financing round.
Vialble Business Stage
You have eliminated a substantial amount of risk in your business?
Now you want to reduce your personal risk towards the business and seek ways to determine an optimal Exit without giving up your influence over the business?
Our services for this stage include formal business valuation, assistance in negotiation with potential investors, preparation of the post-transaction business plan, etc.
Determining strategies to bring your product or service to the market.
Preparing a technically sound financial business plan which allows investors to assess the risks and potential rewards of your strategy (reducing information asymmetries).
Determining a valuation as a basis for investornegotiations.
There will be times when you as the owner of the business feel like you are no longer working on your product or service, but instead, spend all your time on "just keeping the company together".
We can help you manage the growth of your company by setting up a dynamic company infrastructure.
This would typically include a limited period of interim management to analyze the operational processes and the subsequent implementation of changes.
Co-founder and/ or Management disputes are theNumber #1 Killer for young companies.
Success can often mask problems, but as soon as the company faces a bigger challenge, all unresolved problems will surface again. Successful companies do not avoid their problems but actually embrace conflict as a chance to improve.
We can help you in this process as an independent mediator that at the same time also understands the operational challenges the company is facing.
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