Corporate - Identify start-ups

Malek Chaabame, habemus!: Best Practices in Finding Startups

Malek Chaabane

Malek Chaabane, Tunisian Branch Manager at German Mittelstand company habemus!, talks about what to look for when searching for and evaluating start-ups in Tunisia, but this is valid in any country.

  • A very valuable source for finding great start-ups is your network, so try to build one around the entrepreneurship scene and interact with it frequently.

  • One of the best things you can get for a start-up is a direct recommendation from another firm, so make sure to tell your plans to engage with start-ups and your search fields to firms you know about. Maybe they can recommend a start-up they’ve already worked with!

  • If this is not available, ask the start-up for prototypes and/or reference projects to get a feeling for whether and how well it can deliver on what it promises.