From idea to business model
Connect business ideas, customers, prices and finance clearly.
Explore the startup seminar ↗Seminars & workshopsStart a business. Use AI.
Start a business. Use AI.
Make sound business decisions.
Clear knowledge for your next business steps, combining explanations, practical exercises and space for questions.
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Three focus areas01 / STARTUP 02 / ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 03 / TAX & PLANNING
Which topic helps you move forward?
For aspiring founders, self-employed people and businesses. Choose one topic or combine several into a suitable workshop.
Use AI in everyday work
Explore practical uses, write better instructions and check results.
Explore the AI seminar ↗Understand tax optimisation
Understand principles and business relationships to prepare decisions.
Explore the tax seminar ↗01 · Startups
Turn an idea into a clear plan.
Assess your idea and learn which questions matter before launch and how to develop a viable concept.
What we cover
- Business idea: What problem do you solve and what exactly do you offer?
- Customers and market: Who buys your service and what alternatives exist?
- Prices and revenue: How do you calculate prices and realistic assumptions?
- Costs and cash flow: What do you need for launch and ongoing operations?
- Business plan: How do you clearly connect ideas, market and figures?
- Organisation: Which registrations, specialist questions and steps must be planned?
What you take away
Describe your idea more clearly, identify missing figures and information, and develop priorities and a preparation roadmap.
Practical exercise: Structure a business model and explore how prices, costs and revenue connect.
Suitable for: People with an initial idea, aspiring founders and self-employed people reviewing their concept.
02 · Artificial intelligence
Understand AI and use it effectively.
Explore typical AI applications without technical overload, practise clear instructions and critically review answers.
What we cover
- Principles: What generative AI can do and its limits.
- Good instructions: Describe goals, context, examples and desired results clearly.
- Writing and communication: Develop ideas, drafts and clear wording.
- Organisation: Organise information, prepare checklists and simplify workflows.
- Quality: Identify errors, fabricated information and biased results.
- Responsibility: Consider privacy, confidential information, usage rights and human oversight.
What you take away
Find suitable first applications, review results before use and develop reusable task instructions.
Practical exercise: Turn an unclear request into a concrete task, compare responses and improve the draft together.
Suitable for: Beginners, self-employed people, managers and teams. Prior knowledge and tools are agreed beforehand.
Team training considers roles, systems and risks. It can support AI literacy, but a general seminar does not certify compliance with every legal AI requirement.
03 · Tax optimisation
Understand tax. Prepare better decisions.
Learn general tax principles through clear examples and identify the information needed for informed discussions with your tax adviser.
What we cover
- Core concepts: Distinguish revenue, profit, liquidity and tax burden.
- Business forms: Understand business differences between sole traders and companies.
- VAT: Understand principles, invoices and suitable taxation models.
- Expenses and investments: Review documentation, timing and depreciation through general examples.
- Reserves: Include tax payments and potential additional liabilities in cash-flow planning.
- Structures: Prepare holding, investment and international business questions for specialist review.
What you take away
Understand important terms, connect business and tax review, ask better questions and prepare documents.
Practical exercise: Use a simplified example to distinguish available cash, profit and planned tax reserves.
Suitable for: Founders, self-employed people and entrepreneurs seeking a clearer view of tax principles and options.
The seminar provides general knowledge. Personal tax arrangements, individual calculations and returns require an authorised adviser. Specific measures must be individually reviewed before implementation.
Format & participation
A seminar that fits your needs.
One topic or several modules
A compact introduction covers basics; workshops offer more exercises and exchange. Team content can be tailored to shared tasks and existing knowledge.
Online or in person
Format depends on topic, participants and organisation. Location, technical needs and exercises are agreed beforehand.
Clear and practical
Short explanations, examples and questions help you understand connections and apply the learning in daily work.
Your point of contact
Meik Kampmann, CEO, discusses topic, learning goals and scope. Specialist responsibilities are clarified in the offer.
Your offer sets content, format, schedule and fees, including duration, group size, materials and any attendance confirmation.
Discuss your seminar ↗Process
From enquiry to your seminar.
- 01
Choose a topic
Startups, AI or tax optimisation: where do you want more confidence?
- 02
Clarify learning goals
We discuss experience, participants, desired results and format.
- 03
Agree the offer
Content, scope, date and fees are agreed before engagement.
- 04
Learn together
We combine explanations, examples, exercises and your questions.
Questions & answers
What to know before participating.
Who are the seminars for?
Aspiring founders, self-employed people and businesses. Content is tailored to experience and learning goals.
Do I need prior knowledge?
Usually not for introductory seminars. Advanced knowledge and tools are discussed beforehand.
Can startups, AI and tax be combined?
Yes. For example, a startup workshop can combine AI uses and general tax basics. Scope follows your learning goals.
How long is a seminar?
Duration fits the topic. Introductions differ from workshops with multiple exercises. Your offer states the scope.
What does participation cost?
Fees depend on content, duration, format and participants. You receive a clear offer; extra services are agreed separately.
Are there fixed dates or online booking?
Dates and availability are arranged on enquiry. Tell us your preferred period and whether attending individually or as a team.
Can a whole team participate?
Yes. Company workshops can fit shared tasks, knowledge and goals. Group size and process are agreed beforehand.
Can I bring questions and examples?
Yes. Include questions in your enquiry. Use anonymised or fictional examples, especially for customer, employee or financial data.
Do I need a laptop or AI subscription?
It depends on the format. Devices, access and tools are agreed before hands-on exercises. A paid subscription is not generally required.
Does AI training cover privacy and errors?
Yes: selecting information carefully, checking results and recognising limits. Legal and organisational depth is tailored to the intended use.
Is the AI seminar official proof of full AI Act compliance?
Training can improve AI literacy. Compliance also depends on systems, roles, risks and other measures. Attendance alone is not comprehensive proof.
Will I receive a personal tax-saving strategy?
The seminar explains general principles and prepares questions. Individual tax arrangements and assessments require an authorised professional.
Are holdings or Dubai structures covered?
These can be agreed as general topics, considering goals, substance and review needs. A foreign company or Dubai residence does not automatically make income tax-free.
Will I receive materials or attendance confirmation?
The offer specifies materials and any confirmation. Attendance confirmation is not a state-recognised professional qualification.
Can AVGS pay for a seminar?
A privately agreed seminar is not automatically eligible. Voucher, approved provider and programme must match, with written approval before starting. See our AVGS page.
Can I receive individual help afterwards?
Yes, further support can be discussed separately. Services, responsibilities and fees are agreed beforehand.
AVGS and startup coaching explained ↗
Professional sources, checked on 3 October 2026: European Commission: AI literacy · German Finance Ministry: assistance in tax matters · Federal Employment Agency: AVGS.