Programme Content
Two days. Six sessions. One concrete plan for your company. Each face-to-face session covers a critical scaling challenge and ends with actionable takeaways you can implement immediately. You'll work through it alongside a group of founders and leaders at the same stage, with dedicated time for peer exchange and enough shared experience to build lasting connections.
Module 1: Company strategy: turn company-wide ideas into one clear plan.
Most growth plans are buried in 50-slide presentations that no one reads. Strip away the noise and build a single, high-velocity growth blueprint: one page, sharp priorities, total team alignment. You leave with a plan that tells your team exactly where you're going, what moves the needle, and what to stop doing.
Miguel Meuleman (Vlerick) + entrepreneur
Module 2: Organisation: build structure that keeps up with your growth
Your company is growing faster than your organisation can keep up: signals are blurring, teams are stretched thin, and the startup energy is starting to fade. Adding headcount without structure doesn't scale; it just scales the chaos. You'll spot the warning signs early and put just enough structure in place to maintain momentum without becoming the company you swore you'd never be.
Veroniek Collewaert (Vlerick) + Jeroen De Wit (Teamleader)
Module 3: Make culture a competitive advantage, not an afterthought
Culture isn't an HR initiative; it's a competitive advantage. The right culture attracts top talent and keeps them; an unplanned one costs you your best people exactly when you need them most. Using the real-world Showpad journey, you hear directly from the founders who built and scaled a global culture from scratch.
Veroniek Collewaert (Vlerick) + Louis Jonckheere or Pieterjan Bouten (Showpad)
Module 4: Models that predict. Dashboards that persuade. Numbers that drive decisions.
Most founders manage cash reactively — checking balances, chasing invoices, hoping the numbers work out. This session turns finance into a forward-looking navigation system that tells you where you're heading, how long your runway is, and exactly what levers to pull. You'll build models that predict the future, not just report the past.
Miguel Meuleman (Vlerick) + Dries Cornelis (Aikido)
Module 5: Fundraising: raise on your terms, not theirs.
Fundraising feels like a black box because most founders go in unprepared: unclear on valuation, unsure about dilution and losing the narrative in the room. This session strips away the complexity from Pre-Seed to Series A and gives you the tools to get funding on your terms.
Sophie Manigart (Vlerick) + entrepreneur/investor
Module 6: Go-to-market: from founder hustle to a sales engine that runs without you.
Founder-led sales have a limit. You can't be in every deal forever, and the moment you step back without a system in place, the pipeline dries up. This session gives you the blueprint to build a repeatable sales engine from your first critical sales hire to a team that closes consistently and improves with every cycle.
