It is time for another episode under my segment Consultants Corner where I invite in private consultancy companies working with EU R&D funding schemes to share their approach, their business models and conditions in that peculiar shadow sector.

Updates from EMDESK often pops up in my LinkedIn feed. The company has developed a tool for funding proposal developers and project managers that makes life a little bit easier for coordinators and partners. The combined process of proposal development and project implementation is one long exercise in coordination and planning capacities for all involved. Especially for the coordinator. And when activities and deadlines start to slide sideways, as it often does, good planning is vital for getting things back on track.

I love when professionals invest blood and sweat in making this world a little bit easier to work and navigate in. I therefore invited Chief Technology Officer and company initiator Stefan Detschew into the virtual podcast studio to have a talk about what sparked the concept idea, how they built it up and of course about the tool.

This episode gives you an idea of a tool that might make sense to investigate if you are looking for ways to better handle the complex processes of proposal development and project implementation.

Time codes:

00:02:24 Introduction

00:04:37 Background and motivation

00:17:10 Proposal preparation tool

00:36:47 Project implementation tool

01:09:14 Practical examples and pricing

01:18:06 EMDESK Academy

01:23:43 The toughest challenge