Manuel Bubori

Manuel Bubori · Villingen-Schwenningen, Black Forest

I am looking for ideas worth joining.

Not a service provider and not a consultant. Someone who pushes back, thinks it through and then builds the thing.

Manuel Bubori
Manuel Bubori, Villingen-Schwenningen

What I am looking for

Four ways we can come together. Which one it turns out to be usually shows in the first conversation.

  • A business idea

    Early is better, while it still wobbles. Once everything has been decided, all that is left for me is execution.

    Equity possible

  • A partnership

    Two people with the same goal, no client and no supplier. Who owns what gets settled at the start, not at the end.

    Long term

  • A startup that needs to be seen

    Founding is the fast part. What is usually missing afterwards is exactly what I do: brand, presence, space, visibility.

    Per project

  • Sparring

    For founders and owners who want to walk a decision through with someone who gains nothing from agreeing with them.

    Single sessions

Who I am

Born here, still here. Villingen-Schwenningen in the Black Forest.

Started on the commercial side, trained as a designer, carried on as an entrepreneur. Two apprenticeships, my own company, then taking over my parents' one.

Today I run two companies. BUBORI GmbH is a studio for brand, design and web. Atelier Bubori GmbH is a workshop for custom solutions and hands-on production, with the brands EXFAIR and EXPRESS Messestand.

Brand, space, image, technology. My work sits exactly in between.

What stayed from the commercial side: a design has to add up. What stayed from the workshop: it has to be buildable, in the time promised and at the price promised. I check both early, not at handover.

This page belongs to neither company. It is the person behind them. 

Not a commission. A shared venture.

That I cover brand, space and production myself is only the tool. The difference is that I think along, instead of waiting for a brief.

How it starts

  1. Talk

    45 minutes, free, no documents. A napkin will do. You talk, I ask.

  2. An honest assessment

    I tell you what I think holds up and what does not. Even when that means we will not be working together.

  3. Find the form

    Per project, as a partner for a while, for equity or fully on board. What fits depends on the thing, not on a price list.

Looking for a company, not a partner?

Then I would rather say so right away. For commissioned work there are two addresses, depending on whether something is to be designed or built. Studio BUBORI for brand, design and web. The workshop with EXFAIR and EXPRESS Messestand for everything that actually gets built. Both have a team, set processes and clear prices. You will get there faster and cheaper than through me.

Frequent questions

  1. What does the first conversation cost?

    Nothing. We talk for about 45 minutes about what you are working on. Afterwards we both say honestly whether we fit. If we don't, you still have an assessment and I had a good conversation.

  2. Does my idea have to be finished?

    No. Early is better. If everything has already been decided, all that is left for me is execution, and for that the studio serves you better than I do.

  3. Do you also work for equity?

    Yes, that is open for discussion. Shares instead of a fee, or joining as a co-founder, also at a later point. One condition holds for now: my two companies stay. I still go all in on the thing itself.

  4. Who owns the idea?

    You do. That does not change, no matter how much I contribute. If you like, we put it in writing before the first conversation.

  5. How many projects do you take on at once?

    Few. That is not a marketing line, it is arithmetic. I cannot think seriously about five ideas at the same time, so I say no more often than yes.

Hello.

Tell me about it

Write me what you are working on. However rough it still is. Whatever you write stays between us.

hello@manuelbubori.com

Or here