Programmes - nyuko

nyuko’s programmes are designed to support entrepreneurs like you from idea phase through to business launch. Our dedicated team will put your idea to the test at each step and do their very most to prepare you for the entrepreneurial adventure ahead.

Creation is the destination!

Support every step of the way

Starting a business is not to be taken lightly. We have designed support programmes based on the vital steps of challenging, structuring, validating and launching your business idea:

Duration

1 month
(part-time)

admission

upon application

Challenge and structure your idea

Have one or more ideas but don’t know how to assess them? Unsure where to begin when it comes to structuring your project? Looking to acquire the essential knowledge for entrepreneurship? Want to make sure your project is right for you?

The Idea Shaker programme tackles these issues, offering an in-depth look at the things you need to know to make a great start in entrepreneurship.

Target group

Result

the programme

- Introductions
- Is entrepreneurship for me?
- Assessing an entrepreneurial opportunity
- Structuring and shaping your project using the Business Model Canvas
- Differentiating yourself to better utilize market opportunities
- The profile of an entrepreneur
- Intellectual property: what can you protect and how?
- Analyzing your competition
- Understanding the financial analysis of a project
- Closing and action plan

Duration

3 months
(part-time)

admission

upon application

Validate a specific project

Looking to start a business and wish to test your project’s viability? Interested in learning to conduct a market study? Have a solution in mind but usure whether or not the market will be receptive? Want to put your project in numbers?

The Idea Tester programme offers methodology and tools for validating the existence of customers willing to pay for your product or service.

Target group

The Idea Tester program is designed for project leaders who:

Have a specific project whose viability they wish to test on the market
Want to discover and/or validate their market in order to adjust their offering
Are open to strategic reorientations that may arise from exchanges with target customers
Are active across all sectors, indiscriminately
Are independent, curious and have the capacity to quickly learn and apply new methodologies

Result

The programme

Introductions
Validating your project by listening to your customers: “development via the clientele”
Defining a strategy using the Business Model Canvas
Building a customer survey and finding respondents
Analyzing the results of your questionnaires
Defining the ideal offering for your customers
Optimizing your customer experience
Prototyping: how to materialize your product or service
Using the web to further your project
Building your financial business plan
Validating your creation opportunity – action plan

Duration

4 months
(part-time)

admission

upon application and presentation before a committee

Start a business with a social impact

Have a social impact business project? Eager to get started but don’t know where to begin? Need help assessing the feasibility and implementing your idea?

Impuls offers two-phase support in an enabling environment and with all the necessary tools to learn the fundamentals and get your project off the ground, with an emphasis on your social impact.

Target group

The Impuls program is designed for project leaders who:

Have a specific project that responds to a social, societal and/or environmental need as defined by the Ministry of Labour, Employment and the Social and Solidarity Economy
Wish to validate their idea and shape their project with an emphasis on their social impact
Are working toward a certain degree of realism and an economic model
Are available and can commit to following the guidance offered by this support program

Result

The programme

Introductions
The mindset of an entrepreneur
Defining your vision
Identifying and analysing the ecosystem of your stakeholders
The key steps to starting a business in Luxembourg
Prototyping and testing your project
Choosing the legal form best suited to your project
Maximizing the impact of your actions and making them viable
Overview of financing options
Drawing up a financial plan for your project
Preparing for action
Interview with a “Stop or Go” committee to move to support phase two

Duration

1 - 6 months
(on-demand)

admission

upon application

Implement your project

Looking to fine-tune your business plan, your financial plan, your strategy before your launch? Want to verify the overall viability of your project before opening your business? Do you have a mature project that’s ready to become reality?

The Idea Launcher programme offers flexible support for implementing your project and turning it into a sustainable business.

Target group

result