Start-up Survival

15/06/2021

"Every single founder is struggling with time. Actually, the number 1 thing you don’t have as a founder is… time."

One of our founders, Robin Geers, was lucky to meet hundreds of founders, CEOs and investors from all over Europe.

He spent two years on the road interviewing 50 top founders for our book Start-up Survival, so founders like you could make better decisions.

At the time, he didn't own a car, so you can imagine how many trains and busses he took to interview these people…

Once the book was published, he went back on the road to convince the world’s best experts to teach in our Masterclasses.

And suddenly, after a few weeks on the road, it hit him: every single founder is struggling with time.

Founders like you need to balance many things at the same time (finding customers, hiring employees, staying fit,...).

Next to that, you have to be in this constant “learning mode” and absorb knowledge from reading books, following courses, listening to podcasts,...

You need to learn as much as possible in as little time as possible.

So Robin wondered: “Is there a way that I can help you to make better decisions in less time than reading a book or following a course?”

And, he found a way.

Instead of spending countless hours searching for answers in books and courses, he found a way to get practical content in only a few minutes.

How? You can read about it here:
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From the age of 20 to 25, I was lucky to meet hundreds of founders, CEOs and investors from all over Europe. They share their knowledge so you can make better decisions.

13/03/2020

"The combination of an online course and physical events is very good because we get the best out of two worlds".

Last week we kicked off the Scale-up Masterclass with more than 80 Founders and C-levels from high-growth companies!

Now that a lot of our European participants are acting upon the COVID-19 within their companies, they can luckily follow the content of the Scale-up Masterclass completely online 👊

Keep posted about the next edition here:
👉 https://www.scaleupmasterclass.com/

05/03/2020

Scale-Up Masterclass Kick-off

📸Hilde Lenaerts

29/01/2020

Sophie Manigart (Professor Vlerick Business School) makes sure that Founders and C-levels in the Scale-up Masterclass:

1. Understand that the right investor depends on the scale-up’s needs and ambitions,
2. Identify the goals of different investors,
3. And lastly, design a powerful investment syndicate. This means a mix of investors, such as VC funds.

Founders and C-levels of fast-growing startups can still apply here:
👉 http://bit.ly/3apkgVb

23/01/2020

Katie Madding, VP Product at adjust.com (Raised $255 million), teaches founders in the Scale-up Masterclass how to build a product management organisation.

From creating a product roadmap to building data-driven feature priority systems, Katie explains you how to implement it all in a practical, hands-on way.

Apply now, there are only a few seats left:
👉 http://bit.ly/36oc58d

20/01/2020

As a founder of a fast-growing startup you'll be surprised by how many other founders are facing the same growing pains as you.


That's why we believe in the power of bringing together a community of 50 like-minded founders and C-levels on our 2 offline events. Here you can share the good, the bad and the ugly experiences with each other.


Request more information about the Scale-up Masterclass here:
👉 http://bit.ly/2ZZe5ST

16/01/2020

As a founder of a fast-growing startup you'll be surprised by how many others are facing the same challenges as you.

That's why we believe in the power of bringing together a community of 50 like-minded founders on our 2 offline events. Here you can share the good, the bad and the ugly experiences with each other.

Request more information about the Scale-up Masterclass here:
👉 http://bit.ly/2ZZe5ST

14/01/2020

Here's how Thomas Poelmans (Founder Namé Recycling) deals with internationalisation and expanding to new geographic areas.

Learn just like Thomas how to choose which countries you should enter and what the consequences are in terms of financing, in the Scale-up Masterclass.

Apply here for the Scale-up Masterclass:
👉http://bit.ly/2sT5jtv

10/01/2020

Are you struggling to hire the right people?

Janet VanHuysse, Head of People at Cloudflare teaches you in the Scale-up Masterclass how to hire the right talent to drive a high-performance culture.

While Scott Tomtania, Head of Recruitment at Cloudflare explains you how to bring culture in the hiring process to nail your culture fit with a candidate.

If you're a founder of a fast-growing startup, facing lots of growing pains, you can still apply for the Scale-up Masterclass here:
👉 http://bit.ly/2sTKDS6

07/01/2020

We're happy to announce that we're launching the second edition of the Scale-up Masterclass, co-organized with Vlerick Business School!

After the first successful edition we now have 50 seats available for founders of fast-growing startups, who are facing growing pains.

Why do we organise the Scale-up Masterclass?

Because we believe that learning from those who have experience with the journey ahead, will help you avoid making the same mistakes.

Combine that learning with networking with like-minded founders, who are facing the same growing pains, and you get an incredible community.

Request more information here:
👉http://bit.ly/scale-up-mc-program

14/10/2019

Frederik Dewitte (co-founder of FleetMaster): "Especially the concept of online modules (in combination with an app for downloads), and lesson material provided by people that faced similar challenges in the trenches as well makes it much more approachable than an old fashioned class setup."

Curious which topics we'll delve into during our second edition next March 2020? 👇

Find out what to expect from the Scale-Up Masterclass

07/10/2019

One of the most recurrent growing pains of scale-ups? 🤔

Efficient organization management based on a well-thought-out structure. That’s exactly where Scale-Up Masterclass comes in 👍

Kees Zorge, founder of Omniboost - Hospitality accounting made easy, participated in the first edition of the Masterclass: “We have a strong ambition to keep on growing internationally, being present in 24 countries already. How do you manage a scale-up and its growing pains and how do you optimize your customer journey?”

Scale up your company by gaining new insights into scaling your sales process, attracting top talent, expanding internationally and much more.