Social Entrepreneurship

Strengthen your organisation, grow as a leader and expand your social impact. For experienced social entrepreneurs beyond the start-up phase.

Duration & format

10 months with masterclasses, workshops, intervision, coaching and in-depth sessions where business development and personal leadership come together.

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Who it’s for

For experienced social entrepreneurs who want to develop their organisation further while growing in their role as a leader.

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What you’ll learn

Strengthen your revenue model and strategy, develop your leadership, and explore what growth and change require from you and your organisation.

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Cathelijne Lania — A Beautiful Story

Since Cathelijne Lania joined the Social Entrepreneurship Programme in 2012, A Beautiful Story has grown from an ambitious social enterprise into an international B Corp jewellery brand with €5 million in annual turnover, 1,000 points of sale in Europe and a fair income for more than 600 artisans in Nepal and India.

Cathelijne Lania
Founder A Beautiful Story
Social Entrepreneurship Programme, 2012

“The programme helped me give direction to my company and provided a framework for growing as an entrepreneur. It challenged me to make choices and take action. Learning together with other entrepreneurs was incredibly valuable — some of those connections are still part of my network.”

About the program

As a social entrepreneur, you are building both a healthy organisation and social impact. The more your enterprise grows, the more this requires choices around your revenue model, financing and governance. At the same time, what is expected of you as a leader changes. That is why, alongside business knowledge and skills, there is space to pause and reflect on yourself as an entrepreneur: how you lead, which patterns you carry and what growth asks of you personally.

When do you focus on stability, and when is it time to innovate? Which business and scaling model fits your ambitions? How do you approach financing and governance? And what does your organisation need in order to continue growing without losing sight of its social mission?

Strengthen your leadership

Develop your leadership and the skills you need to guide your organisation and team through growth and change.

Build a sustainable organisation

Strengthen your strategy, revenue model and financial base and shape your organisation for sustainable growth.

Scale your social impact

Learn how to measure, make visible and grow the social value of your organisation.

Social entrepreneurs

Social entrepreneurs with a clear social or ecological mission who have moved beyond the start-up phase and want to develop their organisation further.

Beyond the start-up phase Your social enterprise has outgrown its first phase and you are ready to develop the organisation further.
Ready for further growth You want to strengthen your revenue model and financial base and get clarity on which strategic choices fit that growth.
With concrete challenges at the table You bring choices, challenges and ambitions from your own organisation and use new knowledge, reflection and feedback to work on them.

Programme details

Duration 10 months

Start date February 2027

Group size Maximum 20 participants

A small group with room for personal attention, learning from each other and deeper exploration.

Time investment

180 hours, including preparation and assignments
15 sessions / training days
Monthly intervision sessions
Business and buddy coaching

Investment €7,695

Includes all study materials, two overnight stays and full catering.

In collaboration with

Academic partner in strategic leadership and social impact.

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Deepened your knowledge of growth, innovation and scaling social impact and applied it to your own organisation.

Gained a sharper sense of which strategies, business models and revenue models fit your organisation and ambitions.

Worked on a stronger financial and organisational foundation for further growth.

Gained more insight into governance, legal forms and legal issues relevant to your social enterprise.

Sharpened your positioning and marketing strategy.

Further developed your leadership and gained more insight into how to use it during growth and change.

Made concrete strategic choices to move both your organisation and your social impact forward.

Funding

To make the programme accessible to social enterprises, Achmea Foundation, Stichting DOEN, Rabo Foundation, ING Nederland Fonds and Goldschmeding Foundation offer scholarships of €3.000 up to €5.000.