WE SUPPORT FOUNDERS AT ANY STAGE OF THEIR ENTREPRENEURIAL JOURNEY
Whether you are at the idea, proof of concept, or growth stage we welcome you to apply to CSE and are looking forward to following and supporting you on your journey! The only two requirements for applying are that you are a student, recent graduate or researcher and you are working on building a startup or committed to exploring an idea!
At CSE you will get to focus on the developing, scaling and professionalisation of your business in a supportive and ambitious environment with other startups.
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CSE | When you have applied and been accepted into CSE, you are free to use all our facilities and offerings.
Office Space
You’ll have access to office space 24/7.
You can apply for a fixed desk if you are at the office more than 3 days a week,otherwise, we have plenty of flex seating free to use.
Community Events
Weekly community breakfast, enjoy lunch together,
Lunch & Learn with alumni founders,
founders’ dinners, and social Fridays.
Internship with ECTS
You can take an internship with ECTS in your elective semester. You can do the internship working on your startup or idea or join another CSE startup.
Meeting Rooms
In varying sizes, some including screens and
whiteboards.
Workshops & Modules
Monthly workshops and modules with internal and external partners covering topics from PR & Branding to Prototyping.
1:1 Sessions
With business developers, coaches, and
external consultants in e.g. law and accounting, access
to a mentor network with senior professionals.
BASE OFFERING
OFFICE SPACE
COMMUNITY
MODULES & SPRINTS
CONSULTING
BIZ DEV SESSIONS
SOFT FUNDING SESSIONS
FOUNDER DEV SESSIONS
Go Grow
The Go Grow program is split into three different intensive tracks all with the purpose of growing your business to a financially sustainable business that will allow you to continue your growth after graduation.
The Go Grow program is split into three different intensive tracks all with the purpose of growing your business to a financially sustainable business that will allow you to continue your growth after graduation.
When admitted into Go Grow you will select one of the following three areas to accelerate your growth and development within for the next 8-12 weeks: B2B sales, digital marketing or investment readiness.
All program tracks are designed with a focus on 1:1 sparring and with a starting point specifically in your business and where you are. Together with a dedicated field expert, you'll under a shorter time period be supported and challenged to push your company within one of the areas and by the end of it having built the capabilities and taken the actions you need in a customised action plan.
B2B SALES
When you have a business model driven by B2B sales. Goal: To build a professional sales setup suitable for your business and learn and execute on sales pipeline and closure.
DIGITAL
MARKETING
When your growth comes from digital marketing channels, and you need to start experimenting and setting up sales through paid and organic channels. Goal: To build a solid marketing setup with tracking of everything from SEO, email marketing, SoMe, Google ads etc. and start converting.
INVESTMENT READINESS
When you are looking for funding as a way to fuel your growth and you need to get ready to pitches, Q&A and investor meetings. Goal: To take your business through all the due diligence aspects that will make or break if you secure an investment.
How we work
CSE is here to help and coach you to set up goals and milestones to test, validate and accelerate your business. Through transparent conversations with the founders, we support you in developing your business. We work on the foundation of business maturity and mutual commitment - translated into a tier-based system, allowing us to aid you on the entrepreneurial journey.
We know, based on experience, research, and conversations with the founder community - that you need different kind of support depending on how far you're on your entrepreneurial journey and how mature your business is. Therefore, the further you are with your startup and the more validation you've done, the more offers will be available for you to utilize.
EARLY STAGE / INCUBATION
When you have applied and been accepted into CSE you will be placed in either Incubation or Acceleration depending on your idea or startup’s maturity.
Are you validating the problem you're trying to solve? Are you having early-stage customer conversations? Are you trying to figure out how to build a prototype to test your value proposition? We're here to support you on how to test and validate your concept until the first sales are in place. In Incubation, we focus on business model innovation, customer and business validation and prototyping.
From experience, the high-quality value your startup will gain comes from comes from utilising the offerings available such as 1:1 sessions, network workshops with
topic-specific experts, and the community of 350+ active founders - the more time you spend at CSE, the more you'll get out of it!
LATE STAGE / ACCELERATION
When you have applied and been accepted into CSE you will be placed in either Incubation or Acceleration depending on your idea or startup’s maturity.
Do you have recurrent customers and revenue? Do you have letters of intent? Are you ready to grow your business and make it financial sustainable?
When you reach the acceleration stage you have proven early traction (sales, user growth or investment) and you are ready to intensify your growth and focus on
scaling your startup. In Acceleration, we offer bespoke workshops and one-to-ones that can help build the best possible foundation for scaling your business.
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Every Wednesday from 14:00 to 16:00 we hold an open house. Come have a look around and find out what we can do to help you on your entrepreneurial journey.
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LEARN MORE ABOUT THE EXPLORE PROGRAMME
Want to create a startup but don't know how to start? Looking to build and strengthen your entrepreneurial skills and competences? EXPLORE is our program where we're aiming to introduce you to entrepreneurial tools and methods.