Startiger is a new approach to conducting research and development (R&D) which aims to reach a quantum increase in a promising technology within a short period of time. The fundamental concept is, bring together a small group of highly motivated researchers, grant them full access to laboratory and production facilities, remove all administrative distractions and let them work for an intense period of four to six months. The first Startiger project demonstrates that the turnaround time can be dramatically reduced in state-of-the-art technology research and development in certain areas.