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These documents matter for you.
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Prepare your business plan and financial plan with EntroPilot
EntroPilot guides you through these documents step by step – with sources and flagged assumptions. Sign up to get early access.
Guidance based on common requirements, as of October 2026 – not legal, tax or immigration advice. The programme, bank or authority decides what applies.
Terms explained
- Capital requirement
- How much money you need until income covers costs – including start-up costs and a reserve.
- Cash flow plan
- Month by month: what comes in, what goes out? Shows whether you can pay at all times.
- Canvas
- One page with the building blocks of your business idea: customers, value, channels, revenue and costs.
- Idea paper
- A short description of your startup idea that many funding programmes start with.
- Residence permit
- Permission to live in Germany. It sets whether and how you may work or be self-employed.
- Legal form
- The legal structure of your company, e.g. sole proprietorship, GbR, UG or GmbH. It determines liability, costs and paperwork.
- Criteria report
- Shows which requirements your document meets, where something is missing and what is still open.
- Assumption
- A statement without evidence. EntroPilot flags it visibly so you can check it.