Design your business
- Who it's for
- You have an idea, a new product or a new business model.
- What you get
- You validate it before investing — from the business model to the MVP and the first launch.
- How it works
- Validate → Build → Launch
Studio for SMEs and startups
Turning an idea into a business.
We help SMEs and startups design, innovate and take their business to the world.
They chose Next Trade Studio
Where are you starting from?
Got an idea for a new business, or want to improve the one you already run, and don't know where to start? Everyone talks about AI and automation, but nobody tells you where to begin? Your business works, and maybe it's time to take it abroad?
For SMEs
Manufacturing, food and beverage, and professional services.
For startups and scaleups
B2B tech, applied AI, foodtech and agritech.
The three paths
Three paths, one goal: helping you grow.
We don't sell hours. We start from your problem and take you to the result, in clear steps.
Innovate your business
- Who it's for
- Your business exists, but it could work better.
- What you get
- Digitalisation, AI and automation (or the right partnership) all the way to real adoption.
- How it works
- Diagnose → Implement & adopt
Grow your business worldwide
- Who it's for
- You're ready for international markets.
- What you get
- Your export sales network, built and activated, market after market.
- How it works
- Validate markets → Operational with a business developer
The method
People first, then the evidence.
We start with the people who live the problem every day. We validate with data, not opinions. Only then do we build.
Design Thinking, Lean and Agile: a method that cuts risk at every step and lets you decide with something solid in hand.
Understand
Empathy with the people who live the process.
Validate
Fast, cheap tests and an honest go/no-go call.
Build
Iterations, no waste.
Results, not promises.
- years of experience
- 15+years of experience
- companies supported
- 100+companies supported
- markets
- 50+markets
- of export managed
- €15M+of export managed
A historic flour mill (>€100M)
From a sales network running on spreadsheets and memory to an AI-native CRM with real-time data.
An Italian winery
Entry into a new product market, from strategic validation to execution with operational partners.
Resources
Two tools we use with our clients — free for you.
People-First Innovation Canvas
To innovate starting from people, not from technology.
Idea-to-Business Canvas
To find out whether an idea can become a business
Let's talk about your project.
30 minutes, no strings attached. Tell us where you are, we'll tell you if and how we can help.
Let's build it