The team behind Unternehmenswerk
About Us
Get to know our philosophy and the dedicated Unternehmenswerk team: personal, transparent, and tailored to your project.
750+
Projects
500+
Start-ups
4.9
on Google
Since 2018
Experience
Qualifications & experience
Your project in experienced hands.
Our credentials and track record at a glance.
4.88 / 5
92 reviews on ProvenExpert
As of September 2026
750+
business plans written
Since 2018
Registration
BAFA register of consultants
Pavel Deuble, management consultant
Consultant ID 191790
What does this mean for you?
Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control (BAFA). Pavel Deuble, consultant ID 191790. Your BAFA-funded consulting must be provided by a listed consultant.
Provider approval
AZAV-approved provider
UW Unternehmensweg GmbH, our sister company
AZAV provider approval Z-000392-2
What does this mean for you?
AVGS programs may only be delivered by approved providers. Our sister company UW Unternehmensweg GmbH, Leverkusen, takes care of this.
Our service
KfW financing support
We put together the documents for your loan application, which your house bank forwards to KfW, and prepare you for the bank meeting.
In practice: Since 2018 we have written more than 750 business plans. 99% of the start-up grant (Gründungszuschuss) applications we supported were approved (internally documented). The start-up grant is a discretionary benefit (Ermessensleistung) under § 93 SGB III; the Employment Agency (Agentur für Arbeit) decides on approval.
Track record & funding notes
Listed in the BAFA register of consultants; AVGS programs through the AZAV-certified provider UW Unternehmensweg GmbH
4.88 out of 5 on ProvenExpert
Based on 92 reviews on ProvenExpert (as of October 2026).
The team
The Unternehmenswerk Team
A motivated, well-coordinated team with flat hierarchies and consultants right in your region.
Pavel Deuble
Owner & managing director · Start-up consultant
Languages: German, Russian, English
Business administration graduate with many years of experience in start-up consulting. BAFA-registered (consultant ID 191790) and AZAV-certified provider through UW Unternehmensweg GmbH. Pavel impresses both professionally and personally. He takes a holistic view of every project, involves the whole team and overcomes even difficult hurdles with strategic skill.
More about Pavel Deuble Pavel Deuble
Owner & managing director · Start-up consultant
Languages: German, Russian, English
Business administration graduate with many years of experience in start-up consulting. BAFA-registered (consultant ID 191790) and AZAV-certified provider through UW Unternehmensweg GmbH. Pavel impresses both professionally and personally. He takes a holistic view of every project, involves the whole team and overcomes even difficult hurdles with strategic skill.
Career & qualifications
- Business administration graduate
- BAFA-registered · consultant ID 191790
- AZAV-certified provider through UW Unternehmensweg GmbH
- Specialist author in the start-up magazine StartingUp (Executive Summary 02/2022; Market Analysis as co-author 04/2023)
- BAFA-funded consulting & start-up advice at Konzept Consulting (2018–2019)
- Setting up the BAFA network at Expertennetzwerk Deutschland (2016–2017)
- Since 2018 · over 500 approved applications for the start-up grant (Gründungszuschuss)
Focus areas
My goal: to guide you safely and systematically into self-employment, with clarity, experience and a plan that suits you.
What clients say about Pavel Deuble
“Pavel and his team worked with me to bring the business plan and financial plan up to the required level and were always available.”
“Thanks to his empathetic skills, Pavel managed to convince even me that taxes, for example, can be interesting.”
“I had the concept in my head and in my heart, but it was only through the coaching with Pavel that it became a plan that also holds up on paper.”
Your Contacts and Coaches
From our consulting in Cologne to our nationwide network, we are here for you in your region as well.
Tatjana Pichlmeier
Start-up & business consultant · Bavaria
Languages: German, Serbian, Croatian
Diplom-Kauffrau (FH; university of applied sciences degree in business administration) with over 20 years of corporate experience in internal audit, auditing and accounting. Tatjana specializes in start-up and business consulting, from funding applications through financial and financing planning to digital processes. She supports founders from Ingolstadt and all over Bavaria online.
More about Tatjana Pichlmeier
Tugay Mert
Start-up & job application coach · Stuttgart
Languages: German, English, Turkish
Tugay brings many years of experience in insurance and finance and now supports founders and job applicants as a coach. In the Stuttgart area you can meet him in person if you wish; otherwise, sessions are held flexibly online.
More about Tugay Mert
Simona-C Berges
Start-up & business coach · Dortmund
Languages: German, English
Simona supports founders in Dortmund in person, with experience in start-up consulting and start-up coaching as well as many years of business management. If you wish, you can meet her on site in Dortmund; otherwise, sessions are held flexibly online.
More about Simona-C Berges
Natascha Morina
Start-up and business consultant
Languages: German, English
Start-up and business consultant with experience in purchasing, HR and onboarding. Natascha combines business know-how with human understanding, from the business plan and viability to the start-up grant (Gründungszuschuss). As a stress management specialist (IHK), she also takes the mental side of self-employment into account. She supports founders from Ingolstadt and all over Germany online.
More about Natascha Morina
Ismail Simsek
Start-up & financing consultant
Languages: German, Turkish
Ismail Simsek advises founders and existing businesses on financing and funding. The graduate economist is a BAFA-registered business consultant and has been working as an insurance and financial broker in Hamburg for decades, with a focus on property and project financing, business start-ups and business expansion.
More about Ismail Simsek Tatjana Pichlmeier
Start-up & business consultant · Bavaria
Languages: German, Serbian, Croatian
Diplom-Kauffrau (FH; university of applied sciences degree in business administration) with over 20 years of corporate experience in internal audit, auditing and accounting. Tatjana specializes in start-up and business consulting, from funding applications through financial and financing planning to digital processes. She supports founders from Ingolstadt and all over Bavaria online.
Career & qualifications
- Diplom-Kauffrau (FH; university of applied sciences degree in business administration; AKAD Hochschule) · also certified business administrator (Betriebswirtin HWK)
- Self-employed start-up & business consultant · BAFA-registered (consultant ID 194663)
- Start-up coach in cooperation with AZAV-certified training providers · qualified trainer (Ausbildereignung, IHK)
- Focus areas: funding applications, financial & financing planning, bookkeeping, digital processes as well as organizational & project management
- Over 20 years at the Media-Saturn Group, including internal audit and auditing (review of the internal control system, process audits, reporting) as well as inventory counts and balance sheet preparation
- Languages: German, Serbian, Croatian
Good preparation determines whether you get funding. I make sure your concept and your figures are convincing, step by step.
What clients say about Tatjana Pichlmeier
“Tatjana helped me get the start-up grant (Gründungszuschuss). She worked out a 40-page business plan with me and explained all the basics of self-employment, insurance and taxes to me. Recommended without reservation!”
“Working with Tatjana was simply fantastic. She listened carefully and delivered what I wanted, and more.”
“Very helpful, uncomplicated and always on an equal footing. A very competent and pleasant woman.”
Tugay Mert
Start-up & job application coach · Stuttgart
Languages: German, English, Turkish
Tugay brings many years of experience in insurance and finance and now supports founders and job applicants as a coach. In the Stuttgart area you can meet him in person if you wish; otherwise, sessions are held flexibly online.
Career & qualifications
- Self-employed start-up and job application coach (since 2020)
- Vocational and workplace teaching qualification (Ausbildereignung, IHK Ostwürttemberg)
- Trained insurance specialist with over 10 years of experience in insurance and finance
- General agency owner (HanseMerkur) in the Heidenheim, Ulm and Stuttgart area
- Several years of experience as a trainer and district manager (INTER, SV SparkassenVersicherung)
Starting a business means making decisions. I support you in a practical way, with straight talk, structure and a plan that fits your goals.
What clients say about Tugay Mert
“I would especially like to thank Mr. Mert. He was always very friendly, patient and helpful and took the time to explain everything to me in a way I could understand.”
“The collaboration was absolutely professional, reliable and very pleasant at the same time. I would particularly like to highlight the individual, personal support.”
“Very competent support on the path to self-employment.”
Simona-C Berges
Start-up & business coach · Dortmund
Languages: German, English
Simona supports founders in Dortmund in person, with experience in start-up consulting and start-up coaching as well as many years of business management. If you wish, you can meet her on site in Dortmund; otherwise, sessions are held flexibly online.
Career & qualifications
- Coach and managing director of her own business (since 2020)
- Strengths: communication, people management, analytical and strategic thinking
- First-hand start-up experience as the owner of a fashion shop
- Many years of management experience in retail: managing director of Adler Modemärkte AG, store management (Mensing Holding)
- Experience as a business consultant (RuhrKonzept, Essen)
My goal: to guide you safely and systematically into self-employment, with clarity, experience and a plan that suits you.
Natascha Morina
Start-up and business consultant
Languages: German, English
Start-up and business consultant with experience in purchasing, HR and onboarding. Natascha combines business know-how with human understanding, from the business plan and viability to the start-up grant (Gründungszuschuss). As a stress management specialist (IHK), she also takes the mental side of self-employment into account. She supports founders from Ingolstadt and all over Germany online.
Career & qualifications
- Self-employed start-up & business consultant · BAFA-registered (consultant ID 227302)
- Stress management specialist (IHK)
- Coaching training: mindfulness, solution-focused coaching & positive psychology (Slawomira Glosser Akademie)
- Focus areas: start-up grant, business plan & viability, financial & liquidity planning as well as mindset & resilience
- Over 7 years of corporate experience in purchasing at Media-Saturn as well as HR, training & onboarding as a management consultant
- Languages: German, English
Focus areas
I make sure both hold up: the figures and the person.
What clients say about Natascha Morina
“Working with my start-up coach Natascha Morina was very pleasant on a personal level and built on trust. She helped me sharpen my ideas and turn them into a coherent, viable overall picture. Especially when preparing my start-up grant application, this gave me extra confidence and clarity.”
Ismail Simsek
Start-up & financing consultant
Languages: German, Turkish
Ismail Simsek advises founders and existing businesses on financing and funding. The graduate economist is a BAFA-registered business consultant and has been working as an insurance and financial broker in Hamburg for decades, with a focus on property and project financing, business start-ups and business expansion.
Career & qualifications
- Graduate economist (Diplom-Ökonom, Bergische Universität Wuppertal)
- BAFA-registered business consultant (consultant ID 177132)
- Insurance and financial broker in Hamburg
- Focus areas: property financing, project financing, business start-ups & business expansion
Our philosophy
The client at the center: not a platitude, but the core of our work
As start-up consultants, we support you from the idea through to implementation. We are aware of this great responsibility. That is why a professional, trustworthy, and transparent way of working is our highest priority. Your future in self-employment needs a reliable source of support that is tailored to your project. That is exactly what we want to be for you.
Holistic support
From the first idea to successful implementation, we are with you every step of the way: professional, trustworthy, and transparent.
Your future in focus
Self-employment needs reliable support that is precisely matched to your project. That is exactly what we offer you.
Experience & expertise
A well-coordinated team with flat hierarchies, many years of experience, and comprehensive industry knowledge.
Expert network
Steadily expanded since our founding: a broad range of skills for a consistently high standard of consulting.
Track record
More than 750 supported projects and more than 500 successful start-ups speak for themselves.
Motivation & dynamism
A partner at your side who is motivated, dynamic, and competent and who turns your ideas into action.
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First-Hand Experiences
See how founders experienced the path to funded self-employment, with real names and verifiable on request.
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