Innovation Coach · Spark Innovation
For founders and teams facing a decision: fresh perspectives, better questions, and a clear next step.
Me as a Human – and three ways forward
Each role, its own world. Choose your path.
The quality of your results depends on the quality of the questions you ask.
Georg Fischer opens perspectives, sharpens the questions that matter, and connects founders and teams across the Rhine-Neckar ecosystem. Not a framework to work through – a sparring partner who turns thinking into decisions.
A concrete starting point
Three situations where Georg’s outside perspective quickly creates movement.
A focused reality check for an idea, business model, or story. Blind spots become visible, assumptions sharper, and the next step more concrete.
Last Thursday of the month · 4–7 pm · MAFINEX NEXT Hub
When a second perspective is missing
One concrete challenge, honest sparring, and questions that reveal the problem behind the problem.
Request a sessionWhen a team is stuck
For teams that need to test assumptions, sharpen their value proposition, or prepare a sound decision.
Share your contextHow we work together
The method is not the point. What becomes clearer afterward is.
“The biggest mistake I keep seeing is also the most common one: the product takes centre stage instead of the problem – the actual need.”
“His input is a real asset to our ecosystem.”
“Calm strength, deep listening, and clarity in tough moments.”
“Georg hat herausragende Fähigkeiten, Startup Teams dabei zu unterstützen, ihr wahres Wertversprechen herauszuarbeiten.”
“Working with him is a privilege that sets the bar very high.”
“Georg doesn’t just mentor, he lives and breathes purposeful action, and that passion is contagious!”
Four contexts, one stance.
Rooted in Mannheim
Georg has called Mannheim home for almost 20 years and is connected across the Rhine-Neckar startup ecosystem – MAFINEX, NEXT Mannheim, and beyond. He connects founders with the people and opportunities that make the difference.
“For me, it is always about the people – and the ambition to make the world we live in a little better every day.”
About Georg
27 years at SAP – Chief Innovation Officer at SAP Austria, most recently Chief Product Manager of the Business Technology Platform. First Coach in Residence at NEXT Mannheim. Tutor in the European 4EU+ EIPM program with student teams from four universities. Based at the MAFINEX technology center, Mannheim.
“What shaped me most was my time at SAP: I not only built broad business know-how there, but also trained as a design thinking and business model innovation coach.”
Next step
Choose the context. One sentence about your situation is enough to get started.
“There is no such thing as too early – if anything, there is a too late.”
