Quintessenz GmbH

What Quintessenz GmbH does

Quintessenz GmbH is a privately held German coaching and consulting firm headquartered in Mülheim an der Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia, incorporated in 2020 under HRB 38102 at Amtsgericht Duisburg. The company is led by managing director Dina Sterzenbach and operates with approximately ten employees. Its service offering combines marketing and communication expertise with intuition-based "energy work" to help clients resolve self-sabotage patterns and build authentic personal visibility. The practice serves solo self-employed professionals and multi-talented service providers in the German-speaking market who have struggled with conventional marketing approaches.

The core product suite comprises Authentisches Marketing Coaching, Intuition & Energiearbeit, Präsenz-Coaching for public speaking, and a Website-Entwicklung add-on module. There is no proprietary technology platform; all services are delivered through one-on-one Zoom sessions rather than via software, automation, or scalable digital product. The underlying methodology blends nearly two decades of marketing experience with subconscious-pattern work and nervous-system awareness, with the founder personally conducting client engagements and discovery calls.

Commercially, Quintessenz employs three bespoke engagement models—project-based, flat-rate ongoing accompaniment, and revenue-sharing—each priced per client rather than via published tiers. Go-to-market is sales-led and direct: the founder runs 30-minute Zoom discovery calls booked through Calendly, supported by organic social media presence and a content-rich Wix-hosted website. The firm has no external investors, no disclosed partnerships, and no technology integrations, making it a bootstrapped, founder-dependent professional services practice rather than a scalable platform business.

Name

Quintessenz GmbH

Legal name

Quintessenz GmbH

Website

https://quintessenz-ideen.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Quintessenz GmbH is a founder-led German coaching practice that helps solo self-employed professionals and multi-talented service providers build authentic marketing presence and overcome self-sabotage through one-on-one Zoom sessions blending marketing expertise with intuition-based energy work.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Marketing and Personal Development Coaching Services

NAICS

Marketing Consulting Services (541613)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Integrated Full-Service Creative Agencies (MPAAAAAA)

Keywords

• Marketing coaching services
• Business visibility coaching
• Personal branding consulting
• Intuition energy work
• Presence coaching services

Headquarters

HQ city

Mülheim an der Ruhr

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Project-Based Consulting: Fixed-scope marketing and coaching engagements for specific projects such as website optimization, social media presence development, or public speaking preparation.
2. Flat-Rate Ongoing Accompaniment: Monthly or contract-based continuous coaching and marketing support, providing sustained guidance over time.
3. Revenue Sharing Model: Performance-based arrangement where the coach receives a share of the client's revenues, aligning interests until the client can comfortably accept success.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Quintessenz GmbH is a founder-led coaching and consulting practice that delivers one-on-one marketing and personal-visibility coaching, intuition- and energy-based consulting, presence coaching for public speaking, and supporting website development work. The service is sold primarily to solo self-employed professionals and multi-talented service providers in the German market who need help building authentic marketing presence and overcoming self-sabotage patterns, delivered remotely via Zoom under project-based, flat-rate subscription, or revenue-sharing arrangements.

Product overview

Quintessenz GmbH is a consulting and coaching practice offering a unified suite of services centered on authentic marketing and personal visibility. The core offering combines marketing expertise with energy work and intuition-based consulting (Intuition & Energiearbeit) to help clients identify their unique value proposition. Additional services include Präsenz-Coaching for public speaking and authentic self-presentation, and Website-Entwicklung support for creating authentic web presences. All services are delivered through individual coaching, project-based engagements, or ongoing accompaniment models, with pricing based on project scope, monthly packages, or revenue-sharing arrangements. The company is led by Dina Sterzenbach and operates primarily via Zoom consultations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Authentisches Marketing Coaching (Authentic Marketing Coaching) One-on-one coaching service that helps solo self-employed individuals identify their unique strengths, overcome self-sabotage patterns, and build an authentic marketing presence across websites and social media platforms.
• Intuition & Energiearbeit (Intuition & Energy Work) Intuition- and energy-based consulting service that uses energetic perception to quickly identify what makes a client unique, addressing subconscious patterns and self-sabotage behaviors that prevent business success.
• Präsenz-Coaching (Presence Coaching) Coaching service focused on helping clients present themselves authentically when speaking to audiences or in public settings, addressing patterns of self-doubt and visibility fears.
• Website-Entwicklung (Website Development Support) Website development support service helping clients create web presences that authentically represent their unique offerings, strengths, and personal brand.

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Mindvalley: Global personal growth and coaching platform offering courses and coaching across transformation, mindset, and entrepreneurship. Comparable to Quintessenz as both serve knowledge-worker/solopreneur clients seeking personal and professional development, though Mindvalley is a tech-enabled scaled platform versus Quintessenz's 1:1 boutique practice.
• Strategic Coach: Coaching firm for entrepreneurs and solopreneurs focused on growing businesses and personal effectiveness. Comparable target market to Quintessenz (solo self-employed and service-based businesses) but with a structured group program model rather than 1:1.
• Hay House: Personal development publisher and event/coaching organizer covering mindset, intuition, energy work, and self-help. Comparable to Quintessenz's energy-work / subconscious-patterns dimension and serves a similar psychographic buyer, though via books and large events.
• Dean Graziosi: Business mentoring and personal development figure offering courses and coaching for entrepreneurs. Comparable in combining mindset work with business/marketing growth for self-employed clients, though at much larger scale via digital products.
• Tony Robbins Companies: Large-scale personal development, business, and performance coaching company with seminars, books, and 1:1 coaching. Comparable in combining business/marketing guidance with mindset and psychology work, but operates at vastly larger scale and broader audience.

Direct peers

• Lewis Howes: Business and life coaching brand for entrepreneurs and high-achievers, combining marketing visibility with personal development content. Comparable target customer (ambitious solopreneurs) and overlap in positioning around visibility, purpose, and authentic self-presentation.
• Jenna Kutcher: Marketing and business coaching brand built around a personal brand targeting female solopreneurs and creative entrepreneurs. Directly comparable to Quintessenz's niche: coaching solo self-employed on authentic marketing, visibility, and offers.
• Marie Forleo International: Business and life coaching brand serving entrepreneurs and solopreneurs with online programs and training. Directly comparable to Quintessenz's positioning — helping self-employed professionals build authentic, purpose-driven businesses through coaching and marketing guidance.
• Pat Flynn (Smart Passive Income): Online business coaching brand helping solopreneurs with marketing, visibility, and authentic online presence. Directly comparable target customer and value proposition to Quintessenz, though Pat Flynn operates at much larger digital scale.

Emerging players

• Insight Timer: Global meditation, mindfulness, and personal growth platform with a marketplace of coaches and teachers. Comparable in serving the personal-development/intuition-adjacent buyer that Quintessenz targets, but as a scaled marketplace versus 1:1 boutique.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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