A young business is not able to do everything on its own. Therefore, it is advisable to start early when thinking about useful partnerships. With suitable partners, you can elevate the opportunities of your own company while also reducing risks. Often there can be very useful relationships in areas such as production, procurement, distribution, HR, R&D and financing.

Tips and links:

• If you are looking for partners in specific areas of technology, you can turn to the competence and innovation center initiative of the Stuttgart region:
  kompetenzzentren.region-stuttgart.de
• For companies in search of partnerships in the areas of biotechnology and health care, you can search the database of the regional network BioRegio STERN:
  http://www.bioregio-stern.de/en