The Tour

First, we discuss your expectations and goals with you in a personal meeting. We then plan and organise a tour tailored to your needs and industry (including accommodation and transport on the tour days; excluding flights and catering) and accompany you on site as a competent partner. The program is rounded off on site with numerous workshops and reflection units in the group. 

To ensure that the experiences and learning contents are also consolidated after arrival at home, we reflect on our experiences in a joint final workshop a few weeks after our return.

In numerous intensive workshops we learn what makes Silicon Valley so unique and how we can combine the Silicon Valley mentality with our own strengths. 

• Inspiration: Be inspired by the vibe of the Silicon Valley hotspot and its thought leaders;

Corporate Innovation: Develop how you can use various corporate venturing and open innovation strategies to bring targeted innovations into your company and how you can awaken creativity, inventiveness and entrepreneurial thinking in your employees and colleagues;

Learn about the importance, effects and components of an “Innovation Ecosystem” and understand why Silicon Valley produces innovations on the assembly line and with which approaches you can do so;

• Disruption: Learn how established companies master the challenges of the “innovator’s dilemma” and recognize disruptive innovations;

Technology: Develop a deep understanding of the latest technologies and learn to assess their impact on your business;

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Corporate Branding: Change begins with visibility – on request we create high-quality photo and video material from your Silicon Valley trip for internal transformation processes and an externally effective staging of your activities;

Networking: Get to know the unwritten rules of Silicon Valley and expand your network continuously;

Team Building: Connecting shared experiences;

Mindset: internalize and understand the thinking and working methods of global digital thinkers;

Fun: exciting days in one of the most beautiful places in the world, palm trees, water, sea & BBQs. Rounded off with (optional) surfing and yoga sessions, an infectious “gold-rush atmosphere” and rousing people.

In order to consolidate the experiences and learning contents in the long term, we reflect on our experiences in a joint final workshop a few weeks after our return.

Yes and please do not hesitate to contact us.

We offer our Silicon Valley Business Tours in German or English. If required, we can also translate into other languages.

I’d be happy to! We firmly believe that planning an individual tour also works with a good online briefing, during a phone call or a Skype interview. The most important thing in a conversation, however, is to hear THAT, which is not said directly. We therefore recommend our customers always a personal discussion before you book a Silicon Valley Tour.

As passionate supporters of the start-up scene, we know how important focusing is for startups and growth companies. In Silicon Valley, the world’s most talented people are working to redefine their own and the future of the world as we know it today. It is therefore of great concern to us not to claim the time of the founders with mere “start-up tourism”. Our goal is rather to sustainably network people and companies. We only visit start-ups if their technologies, products and services are really interesting for the visiting company and the industry and if getting to know each other can be an added value for both sides. To find out, we hold detailed discussions with the founding teams in the run-up to the tour.

All tours are individually planned and conceived for existing groups. The travel period depends on your (and our) availability.

Yes, please contact us using the contact or enquiry form.

A valid, machine-readable passport is required for entry into the United States. An identity card is not sufficient. The passport must be valid for at least another 6 months from entry into the USA.

Nationals of 22 countries of the European Union (including Germany) can enter American territory without a visa. You therefore only need to apply for the entry permit ESTA (“Electronic System for Travel Authorization”) online. Although the majority of applications are generally approved within a few minutes of their submission, it is advisable to allow 72 hours for data processing. It is important to know that in the event of rejection, a new application can only be made after 10 days, provided that the above requirements have been met. So please apply for your ESTA entry permit in good time. Further details and the application form can be found on the Homepage of the US Embassy.

On request we also accompany customers on Innovation & Technology tours to Europe in individual tours.

Please contact us for your Silicon Valley Business Tour via the Request form or via the Contact page.