How we can help
Small enterprises
We specialize in working with innovative SMEs, providing them with strategic guidance to drive their business growth. Our expertise lies in developing effective business growth strategies, particularly in the context of organizational design, financing, and strategic focus, as well as entering new markets or buying and selling companies.
Our goal is to empower businesses with the tools and insights they need to thrive in today’s dynamic and competitive landscape.
topics we discuss
Mergers & Acquisitions
01.
Finding investors
Get prepared to professionally approach investors to accelerate fundraising. Learn how to start fundraising, which documents to prepare and when to share, How to calculate and challenge your company valuation and many more.
02.
Financial planning
You will learn different valuation methods for startups, how to use valuation methods to prepare for investor meetings, where to get benchmark data from and how to prepare your argumentation and defend the value of a startup.
03.
Business valuation
Learn negotiation tactics with suppliers and customers and differences between customer and supplier negotiations, how to prepare for a negotiation, what is tactically important to achieve good results and to de-brief with style to improve tactics in future negotiations.
04.
Selling a company
Take your negotiation tactics to the next level and learn special features of sales, partner and investor negotiations, how to get more out of negotiations, how to deal with challenging settings and set your focus.
05.
Negotiation
Learn legal strategies to efficiently negotiate and successfully complete your M&A process. Find more about legal documents during the investor process, main rules in Term Sheets and general best practice strategies.
06.
M&A and Legal Terms and Frameworks
Take your negotiation tactics to the next level and learn special features of sales, partner and investor negotiations, how to get more out of negotiations, how to deal with challenging settings and set your focus.
TOPICS WE DISCUSS
Organisation design
01.
Organisational Setup and (Re)-alignment
It gives you the the understanding of cornerstones & variables of organisation design, context & stakeholder analysis. You will see what are organizational challenges and possible responses.
02.
The HR toolbox
You will find out more how do recruiting & onboarding go, what’s talent management & development, job categorisation & evaluation, career management, the importance of feedback and reflection.
03.
Leadership & Culture
You will gain knowledge of the role and purpose of OKRs, how to align team & individual performance with corporate performance and strategy and other dos and don’ts
topics we discuss
Growth
01.
Business growth consultancy
If you are new in the world of business, have innovative idea or progressed a bit beyond the initial stages of ideation and development, we support you from there
02.
Corporate startup collaboration
We guide you in leveraging your existing distribution network to create mutually beneficial partnerships with startups, fostering growth and expansion for both parties.
03.
Go-to market strategy
If you’re seeking funding for your venture, we can create a comprehensive go-to-market plan that showcases the value proposition of your product or service, targets potential investors, and outlines the steps to secure funding.
with whom you are working
Konsultori Experts
Petra Wolkenstein
Business development is Petra Wolkenstein’s passion. She guides startups and innovative SMEs in growth issues, be it in international market entry, lead generation, new business fields, the development of cooperations, the acquisition of investors or in the accompaniment of company acquisitions and sales.
Michael Kubiena
Michael has over 20 years of international experience as a head of HR departments, both in startups and large companies, especially in the ICT and services industries. He is therefore very familiar with topics such as strategic HR, compensation and performance management, talent management and HR systems.
Franziska Kolk
Franziska Kolk is General Partner Startup Wise Guys and CEO of 3EG Technologies. As an early-stage investor, she works with startups in Africa and Europe, where she acts as a startup advisor. She specialises in business development, financing and business operations.
How we support you
Advisory
Individual projects tailored to your situation but based on our proven framework and approach. You work with your Konsultori expert or team.
Digital Academy
Self-learning courses for entrepreneurs who want to drive their growth effectively and quickly.
Draw inspiration from our customers
Petra is definitely one of the very best M&A experts that I met.
In Petra Wolkenstein, we have found someone who will provide us with consistent and targeted support in focusing our services and, building on this, will help us to decisively develop our presence in digital and social media. The contribution of her personal experience in dealing with these media and her corresponding expertise are a decisive factor in the expansion of our customer base. I can only warmly recommend Mrs Wolkenstein. What she develops and drives forward in the start-up scene also has great applications for us as an SME. The positive development of our company over the last 5 years of working with Mrs Wolkenstein is the best proof of this.
Thank you, Petra for the great insights and helpful advice. Our startups gave great feedback and had a successful virtual conference!
Petra Wolkenstein from Konsultori was very supportive and gave us an additional perspective. That’s very important, because inside a company you often perceive things differently than from the outside. We received a lot of good input on the topics of target groups, strategy in the crisis and positioning. The counselling helped us to see our own strengths.
I regularly attend coaching sessions with Petra Wolkenstein from Konsultori because I need someone who can show me the right route like a navy officer. Petra does this in a very respectful way and in such a way that I never feel like I’ve done anything wrong. She’s always positive: “Yes, you’ve made it this far, how can we continue now?” That helps me a lot.
Working with Michael Kubiena was a really fruitful experience. He combines tons of experience and strong conceptual skills with a hands-on attitude: Exactly what we needed. Together we were able to create something entirely new & unique for the Turkish retail & hospitality industry as well as for the global Metro world, something which has become a reference point in terms of quality, innovation and customer focus. Michael not only was instrumental in designing our learning curriculum, he also successfully facilitated the development of our overall organization.
Michael really understands how an organization ticks, what it needs and what it can handle. The entire management team and, subsequently our employees, appreciated how he went about our project. The solutions he designed are fit for our purpose and future-proof. I truly enjoy working with Michael and can highly recommend his work.
I feel full of energy every time I leave Petra’s office and am much clearer and more positive. That’s what I say when someone asks me why I’ve been talking to this power woman regularly for years.
I am delighted with the innovative impulses that Mrs Wolkenstein has brought to my company. I identify 100% with the positioning we have developed and my potential customers know immediately what we at HUBER GESTALTUNG stand for. Together, we will be able to tackle new marketing measures more quickly.
Petra Wolkenstein has a remarkable perceptive faculty, as she is able to fully engage with her counterpart. This enables her to identify business challenges extremely quickly and precisely and to point out possible solutions. What is invaluable for her clients: Her extensive network.
Thank you very much for the workshop. My colleague and I really enjoyed it! We also think that we really learnt a lot from your presentation. In order for the implementation to take effect, we need a reserved time window, which we now have.
I enjoyed the workshop on customer acquisition measures for civil engineers so much that we are now going to get the whole office on board to implement the measures. The practical examples are motivating and show how customer acquisition can be strengthened on several channels – and that acquisition is something that can be learnt! Highly recommended.
Petra Wolkenstein demonstrates a high level of expertise and professionalism from the very first second. The workshop remained exciting right to the end and gave me lots of refreshing ideas. I look forward to further dates!
Growing with (network) co-operations. A practical workshop. With pragmatic tools, each participant works out their personal next steps!!! It couldn’t be more efficient and to the point! Respect and high praise for Petra Wolkenstein!
Petra Wolkenstein shares our enthusiasm for our work, thinks strategically and implements with us.
Petra led a strategy revision process in a dynamic, expanding medium-sized company across several divisions under time pressure. She has the ability to get the most diverse division heads on board, even with difficult topics. The result was a perfect fit.
The sale of the company together with Konsultori went extremely well. The consultant’s experience helped with such a complex issue. The sales concept and the negotiation support were decisive.
Petra’s support with the sale of the company gave me the expertise and experience that I lacked in this area. I am delighted that we were able to bring the project to such a positive conclusion. The industry is not easy.
Petra’s highly structured and positive approach proved to be golden for Goldkehlchen. Her multiple challenges and understanding of our business challenges made her an indispensable sparring partner in the consulting process. She joined us as a coach and remains with us as part of our extended team.
Petra helped us in structuring the key message and all relating documents for finding venture capital for a newly founded start-up in the field of green chemicals. Petra also provided us contacts and venture opportunities for our mission. We totally appreciated Petras’s very experienced, well-skilled but still hands-on way of working with us. Petra is perfectly capable of sensing what her customers really need. We really learned a lot! Thank you, Petra.
Petra Wolkenstein’s coaching for LENA is brilliant. She works in a structured way but is always open to out-of-the-box thinking. She takes an analytical approach and inspires us with her input and ideas. Her great sense of humour makes every session feel more like fun than work.