Unlock external innovations

to master internal transformations
for resilience, new growth,
and digital strength.

We enable enterprises to unlock external innovation for deep internal transformation.

Create resilience, drive new growth, and achieve digital strength.

Enterprises work with us

  • Access external innovation beyond internal constraints
  • Increase organizational resilience through entrepreneurial methods
  • Translate startup collaboration into tangible top- and bottom-line results

You typically

  • Collaborate with consultants and startups to explore new technologies and opportunities
  • Run venture-like initiatives to increase innovation speed and test new business ideas

Startups work with us

  • Become enterprise-ready for B2B collaboration at scale
  • Build credibility and structure for corporate customers
  • Navigate complex enterprise decision-making environments

You typically:

  • Target enterprises as core customers or long-term partners
  • Build your company across go-to-market, strategy, and team development

What we do, in a nutshell

We augment the senior team and help to navigate effectively
in cooperations with external innovations and start-ups.

Enterprises and startups show
highly complementary strengths
and weaknesses, drawing
a perfect fit in theory.

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In real world execution,
we need to consider many details.
A successful cooperation asks for
flexibility and adaptation from both sides.

Solution Space
Discovery

Digital Excellence &
Data-driven Operations

Strategic & Transformation Projects

Go-to-Market
Strategy
(startups)

Organizational
Development
(startup)

Contracting &
Deal-Making
(startups)

That’s us

Johannes Burgard

Managing Director JBG
Strategy, Project Management, Process Optimization

Entrepreneur and senior executive with over a decade of experience in company building, digital transformation, and strategic leadership at the intersection of corporates and startups. Co-founder CEO of an energy data company, scaled it to one of Europe’s leading platforms of its kind. Lead the company through growth, turnarounds, and owned deal-making workflows. With the leadership teams he now turns strategy into execution and results.

Anne Rodenburg

Freelancer
Data & Business Intelligence Engineering

Freelance data engineer with 6+ years of experience designing scalable data architecture, efficient pipelines, and cloud-based analytics solutions. Background in molecular biology and molecular medicine, combining scientific rigor and curiosity with hands-on data engineering. Works as advisor and hands-on in focus projects or within an existing team with a preference for sustainability and life-science driven environments.

Christopher Thanisch

Managing Director Ultra Smashed
Software & Process Automation Engineering

Managing Director of the agency “Ultra Smashed” and a full-stack software developer for over 15 years. His focus is on process automation and resolving systematic organizational bottlenecks in companies, which can be systematically solved through software solutions. With a focus on process intelligence, AI execution engines, scaling & optimization, he provides support in both independently managed projects and within the framework of a service contract.

No pre-made strategies.

The mindset matters.

We are entrepreneurs with two decades at the enterprise–startup interface.
Experience is key, because there is no “off-the-shelf” solution for this space.

We have founded, scaled, and led companies, navigated complex markets, and delivered results across research, manufacturing, IT, and digital platforms.
Our work is grounded in lean principles, operational excellence, and practical execution.

Our partners benefit not only from our experience, but also from our strong industry network.

Previous partners, clients, and projects of the team

No one-size-fits-all

Our collaboration is tailored to your situation and objectives.

Teamwork

We take on tough challenges with a solution-oriented focus and pragmatic execution.

Reliable

From problem definition to successful implementation, we are by your side.

Focused

We work part-time, but never half-heartedly.

We support you through focused workshops, executive advisory, hands-on project leadership, or full project ownership. We integrate seamlessly into your organization, combining entrepreneurial mindset with senior execution experience.

workshop

for strategic challenges

advisory

on executive level

cooperation

at entrepreneurial speed

full project

from A to Z

Let’s work together

Reach out via Linkedin, email hello@jbgai.com, or our contact form
to explore how we can support your organization.