Open Course: New Opportunities for Venture Growth with Andreas Antonopoulos – March 2025
March 24 @ 9:30 am - March 25 @ 5:00 pm
OPEN COURSE – New Opportunities for Venture Growth with Andreas Antonopoulos
In an increasingly dynamic European market, startups and SMEs need more than traditional strategies to thrive. They require agile methods to secure financing, forge strategic partnerships, and scale effectively.
This 2-day workshop – “New Opportunities for Venture Growth”- explores new and emerging venture growth options tailored to early or later-stage startups and SMEs. We’ll review innovative financing approaches, from established methods to alternative funding models, as well as channel or partnership-based schemes that open up novel opportunities for expansion. Over the course of two days, participants will assess the relevance of these growth options to their own ventures and brainstorm ways to practically apply them.
New Opportunities for Venture Growth – Open Course with Andreas Antonopoulos serves as a hands-on exploration of the latest models for scaling a business. By integrating academic expertise with practical entrepreneurial insights, this workshop helps startups and SMEs pinpoint the most viable pathways for sustainable growth. Participants will leave with tangible strategies they can immediately adapt to their own companies.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Discover Emerging Growth Trends: Learn about financing and partnership options developing in the startup ecosystem.
- Evaluate Alternative Financing: From crowdfunding to secondaries to shareholder loans to country specific sources and to various other options; understand how to diversify your funding sources.
- Foster Intrapreneurship: Explore strategies for leveraging internal talent to innovate and scale, turning employees into active growth champions.
- Consider ESOP & Sweat Equity as financing tools: Delve into how such tools can be applied and used for accelerating growth.
- Leverage Corp-Up Opportunities: Understand how to collaborate with larger corporations for rapid expansion and market traction or how to co-operate with partners to expand into difficult to reach geographies
- Hands-On Case Work: Bring your own venture challenges to the table and workshop them in real time with expert facilitation.
AGENDA
24–25 March, 2025
BISM HQ
Day 1 – Exploring Emerging Growth Options (9:30-17:00)
- Emerging venture growth options/approaches in the European space.
- Established and novel financing options for startups and/or SMEs
- Corp-up and/or Geography Partner Opportunities
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Examples and Cases
Day 2 – Practical Application & Action Steps (9:30-17:00)
- Capitalizing innovation and intrapreneurship options
- ESOP and sweat equity approaches and applications
- Breakdown and facilitated group work to apply discussed concepts to the actual ventures represented in this open course
ENROLLMENT
- Tuition Fee: 775 EUR + VAT
- Discounts: 150 EUR discount for BISM community members; additional discounts may be available – see the registration form.
- Capacity: 15–20 participants (max. 20)
This workshop caters to founders, owners, shareholders and leaders of startups and SMEs looking to expand their growth options. Join us for two days of actionable insights, interactive learning, networking and some fun with peers on the same growth journey.
SPEAKER
Andreas Antonopoulos
- Rector & Professor of Entrepreneurship, University of New York in Prague
- Partner, Venture Growth Partners
Over the years, Andreas has successfully bridged the gap between academia and real-world entrepreneurial execution, having started/failed/grown/exited startups, invested in startups and mentored numerous new ventures on taking off, growing, market expansion and raising capital.
Andreas has extensive experience in entrepreneurship and venture capital, bridging academic excellence with practical insights. His hands-on approach makes this course an invaluable experience for forward-thinking entrepreneurs and business leaders.
REGISTRATION
Secure your place in this comprehensive exploration of the emerging venture growth landscape. Don’t miss this chance to evaluate, brainstorm, and apply new financing and partnership strategies that could transform your venture’s potential.
Seats are limited—register now.