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Why do we share something that others keep secret?
The Innovations Hub Foundation, in collaboration with experts, develops template documents for startups, promoting the standardization of legal documentation in Poland. We help founders build businesses that comply with the law and meet investor expectations, allowing them to focus on growth.
The documents created by our partners are shared with the ecosystem free of charge supporting the education of the startup community, accelerating the process of company formation, team building, and securing investments
Additionally, we have gathered sample templates of other startup-related documents available on the market which can serve as a reference point for discussions with investors.
These document templates and guides provide a foundation for further customization, which can be discussed with our supporting lawyers - the authors of Poland's first publicly available legal guide for startups.
The first tutorial for startups in Poland: key arrangements and investor relations
The guide provides practical knowledge for startup founders and emerging entrepreneurs, which they can use both at the company formation stage (when designing relationships between partners) and at the later stage of company growth—preparing for the first investment (relationships with investors).
The document contains practical comments developed by lawyers, as well as questions and tips to help you design the relationship in a way that suits your needs.
Jakub Dąbroś
Vice President of the IHF Foundation
Template documents
Below you will find a list of documents and agreements developed by the Foundation and its partners. We are constantly working on standardizing more documents and creating additional guides that collect best practices.
The Foundation team has also compiled a collection of documents shared online by third parties, which may serve as inspiration for you.
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Investment Teaser Guide – How to Prepare a Document for VCs
Polski
Innovations Hub Foundation
A comprehensive guide on creating an investment teaser – a key document for startups seeking funding. It provides insights on structure, content, and best practices to effectively attract venture capital funds.
Source: Fundacja Innovtions Hub
Market Sizing Analysis – TAM, SAM, SOM
Polski
Innovations Hub Foundation
This document explores the importance of market sizing analysis for startups, explaining the concepts of TAM, SAM, and SOM. It outlines methods for estimating market value, emphasizing their crucial role in business planning and investor acquisition.
Source: Fundacja Innovtions Hub
Monkey on Wall Street – A Financial Guide for Startups
Polski
Innovations Hub Foundation
A practical guide to startup finance that explains key aspects of financial modeling, KPIs, startup valuation, and building investor relations. It helps founders better manage finances and successfully raise capital.
Source: Fundacja Innovtions Hub
Business Innovation – Building a Startup Model
Polski
Innovations Hub Foundation
This document outlines key aspects of building an innovative business model for startups. It covers methodologies like Lean Canvas and Business Model Canvas, explaining how to align the model with market specifics and growth strategy.
Source: Fundacja Innovtions Hub
Competitive Analysis – How to Assess the Market and Your Startup’s Position
Polski
Innovations Hub Foundation
A guide to competitive analysis explaining how to effectively research the market, identify competitors, and visualize data. Covers tools like SWOT, BCG matrix, Venn diagrams, and competition mapping to help startups develop a solid market strategy.
Source: Fundacja Innovtions Hub
Founders' Agreement Guide - Part I - Planning the Collaboration
Polski
Innovations Hub Foundation
How to start a business together the smart way? This section of the guide helps lay the groundwork for co-founder collaboration — from defining roles and commitment to protecting confidential information and intellectual property.
Source: Fundacja Innovations Hub
Startup Puzzle Canvas,
A Modular Approach to Business Design
What is SPC?
Start-Up Puzzle Canvas (SPC), also known as a modular business model template, was created to help startups design their business models in a clearer and more convenient way. With this tool, the canvas doesn’t have to be filled out intuitively or roughly, it is tailored to its users - young startup founders.
Why?
BMC and LSC are tools from the previous decade…
We created Start-Up Puzzle Canvas—the world’s first modular business model template, designed by the ecosystem for the ecosystem. Traditional tools like Business Model Canvas and Lean Startup Canvas, developed in the previous decade, fail to keep up with the rapidly evolving needs of modern startups. They are outdated, inflexible, and often not tailored to the specifics of different industries. Start-Up Puzzle Canvas overcomes these limitations by offering a modern, modular, and fully customizable solution that addresses the real challenges of today’s startup landscape.
How to fill it out?
Convenient because it's modular
a simple solution tailored to the needs of industries, companies, and even individual products!
Base
The base of the Start-Up Puzzle Canvas is built on seven main segments: the problem, the product, the market, the business model, finances, the team, and key activities. Each of these segments contains a brief description in the form of a watermark, designed to clarify the content of the section. So, how should you start using SPC? The entrepreneur begins by downloading and filling out the base elements, which form the foundation for building the business.. The user completes each section by answering questions related to each area. In each base section, there is an additional field for the „unfair advantage”—the unfair advantage the startup may have. If the entrepreneur has a particular advantage in a specific area that sets them apart from the competition, they should mark the appropriate field and describe why they believe this advantage is „unfair.”
Downloadable Templates
Base with guidelines
Base blanc
Companies Supporting SPC
