{"id":5265,"date":"2026-01-07T12:17:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T11:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omegaconsulting.de\/guide-start-up-through-succession-in-smes\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T09:36:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T08:36:40","slug":"guide-start-up-through-succession-in-smes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omegaconsulting.de\/en\/guide-start-up-through-succession-in-smes\/","title":{"rendered":"Guide “Start-up through succession in SMEs”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Entrepreneurship without a start-up: Why buying is often the smarter way<\/h4>\n

Anyone who buys rather than builds their own home is making a rational decision – for good reason. The same logic applies to entrepreneurship: founding is building, succession or MBI (management buy-in) is buying. While start-ups are associated with high costs, a long duration and unclear risks, buying a company offers an existing foundation, functioning structures and transparency regarding potential. <\/p>\n

Experienced managers have long been acting this way in their private lives: stability before adventure, substance before vision, clarity before speculation. In a professional context, however, this option is often missing from the mindset – and the opportunities are historic: hundreds of thousands of companies are looking for successors, many entrepreneurial families want to hand over to suitable personalities, and mature managers strive for impact instead of rounds of applications. <\/p>\n

The new guidelines of the Bundesverband Deutscher Unternehmensberatungen (BDU) e. V.<\/a>, written by omegaconsulting Managing Director Jean-Claude Baumer<\/span><\/span><\/a> and his fellow association board member Michael Hofnagel<\/span><\/span><\/a> describes this path in a professional, strategic and structured manner.<\/p>\n

Entrepreneurship without foundation. Succession without chance. Leadership without application.
For many, MBI is not just an option – it is the logical next step. <\/p>\n


\nClick here to download the guide.<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Jean-Claude Baumer and Michael Hofnagel also answer questions in an interview<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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