MeDoFly
Our MeDoFly programme helps prominent, ambitious and committed start ups on their way to international growth.
Spread over three years, this guidance starts with two months of intensive training given by renowned experts.
Candidates are put in groups of 10 entrepreneurs and mentored by the top names in the Belgian business world
Mentoring
Selected candidates will be assigned a mentor selected from our BECI members.
Expertise
Participants will have access to a rich source of knowledge and expertise from our many experts to help them develop their business.
Networking
By joining our programme, the laureates will have access to our entire community and network of entrepreneurs.
Media
Each laureate will have the opportunity to promote their business in our media: BXFM, Beci Brussels Business magazine, newsletters, social network platforms, etc.
The MeDoFly programme has 3 stages
‘Come and listen to inspiring testimonials from scale-up founders and tell us about your project’.
10 Inspirational Scale-Up nights per year: monthly talk show with INSPIRING founders and entrepreneurs followed by networking
Every last Tuesday of the month, we invite managers of fast-growing companies to talk about their journey and the challenges they have faced in their professional careers and private lives.
These business owners are also mentors of the MeDoFly programme.
‘Come and develop your action plan for your growth project in close collaboration with experts in various fields’.
Action programme:
• +/- 40 hours of training over 3 months (see schedule below)
• ½ day INTAKE to define candidates' needs + 1 individual “challenge” meeting
• Tools: Vlerick Growth Scan, personality and leadership tests, Pimento Map…
• 12 ‘Growth Hacking’ sessions in the evening from 6 pm to 9 pm, tailored to the needs of each participant by our experts in: financing, leadership, sales, marketing, strategy, HR, international, innovation, pricing, sustainability, legal, pitching... catering included
• 1 full day of preparation with the Beci team to present your action plan
• 8 companies are selected per cohort
Presentation by the company manager of his action plan to the ‘Fly Commitee’ made up of experts and partners
‘Implementation of the growth plan''
3 years of assistance
• Quarterly monitoring of participant figures
• Connections with the entire BECI community and its network of entrepreneurs
• 12 months' support from a mentor
• Funding research, fund-raising, subsidies, etc.
• Highlighting projects/businesses in the Beci MEDIAi
(BXFM, Magazine BBB, Newsletter, Podcasts…) and more.
Alain Heureux - Strategy
Bruno Wattenbergh - Strategy
Layla El Mourabit - Leadership
Philippe Szombat - Sales
Pierre Hermant - Funding
Laurent Van Duyse - Human Resources
Steven Beckers - Sustainability
Gabriel Goldberg - Marketing
Stefaan Sonck Thiebaut - Innovation
Frederik Tibau - International
Pierre-Alexis Léonard - Legal
Melanie Hussel - Communication
Geoffroy van Kan - Human Capital
André Lejeune - Strategy
Joëlle Evenepoel - Sustainability
Georges Copetinas - Pricing Strategies
Course of the training
For 2 months, the laureates will follow 50 hours of intensive, personalised training given by renowned experts. At the end of the course, they will defend their project/business in front of our sponsors and experts.
Evaluation and selection of candidates
by Alain Heureux, Eric Vanden Bemden & the programme mentors
Kick off & Intake
Project/business presentations, networking, group facilitation, definition of the growth hacking plan; an opportunity to put together a custom programme and follow-up
Leadership
Personality, leadership, management, resilience, assertiveness, etc. -tests
Strategy
Defining precise objectives and priorities for allocating resources (tangible, intangible, human and financial).
Sales
Learning how to rapidly transform the dynamics of your sales to give a real boost to turnover, margins and cash flow.
Marketing
Enhancing your reputation, increase sales and grow your business.
Human Resources
How to meet the HR challenges of exponential growth: talent acquisition and retention, day-to-day and long-term people management, employer branding, outsourcing, training, etc.
Funding
Overview of the different financing solutions available depending on your stage of development and your capital requirements.
International
Learn how to prospect for international markets and grow worldwide.
Sustainability
The transition to sustainable entrepreneurship is crucial in order to maintain the competitiveness and growth of businesses.
Pricing Strategy
A pricing policy is essential for determining the structure and level of pricing for goods and services offered to existing or potential customers.
Communication - Pitch
The aim is to prepare each winner to efficiently present their action plan for the next 36 months and convince their future contacts of the feasibility of their business development.
Presentation to a panel of investors, business leaders and personalities ←
Selection of projects/businesses for the next stage of the support programme with the Captains of Industry & the CEO of BECI
Follow-Up « FLY » 36 months
Implementation of the entire acceleration programme
Quarterly monitoring of participants' figures
Integration of the entire BECI community and its network of entrepreneurs into the acceleration programme
Shape the future of your business with the best possible support by bringing together a unique group of sponsors, mentors, experts and purposeful contacts.
Becoming a market leader is no mean feat. While the journey is full of unknowns, it is also, and above all, an extremely rewarding experience. It's an experience that brings unparalleled satisfaction and is a source of great pride.
But you can't become a real scale up company on your own. You need to be surrounded by the right people. People who add expertise to your own as an entrepreneur, people who have the network to open doors abroad, people who know how to help businesses succeed..
The MeDoFly acceleration programme relies on a community of renowned entrepreneurship experts.
With backgrounds in specific areas such as leadership, sales, marketing strategy, HR or finance, our experts run on demand training courses for selected candidates to help them optimise and boost their business.
BECI not only represents and supports all of Brussels' businesses, but is also the gateway to foreign markets for our laureates through its connections with international chambers of commerce.
Beci, with its thousands of members, is opening up its entire community and network of entrepreneurs to the laureates of the MeDoFly acceleration programme, helping them grow both nationally and internationally by sharing their knowledge and expertise, getting actively involved and opening up their network.
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