Bootstrapping is Not a Survival Strategy
*The ticket price for this event is €22, including lunch. We are grateful to A Beautiful Mess for generously offering their space to support this event series. To contribute to their incredible mission of empowering those who have sought refuge in our country, we invite you to consider adding a donation to your ticket price. 100% of any additional contribution will go directly to A Beautiful Mess. Thank you for your generosity!
This event will be in English and in-person.
Bootstrapping is Not a Survival Strategy
Bootstrapping, where small businesses grow using only their own resources and money instead of borrowing or seeking outside investment, is often seen as a last resort for founders. But bootstrapping is much more than just scraping by. In the first event of the Regenerative Capital Room series, you'll learn how bootstrapping can be a powerful strategy for building a profitable, resilient business from day one. Learn from a successful founder who has successfully leveraged their own resources for long-lasting positive growth, and discover how to keep full control of your business. You will bring a challenge you face connected to bootstrapping, discussing it with experts and peers after the expert talk, and walk away with tangible advice on your next steps. This event is aimed to create hands-on advice on how to access capital while safeguarding your impact mission as a founder,, and connect you with the entrepreneurship community for mutual learning.
What to expect
Expert Session with Melle Schellekens (co-founder of The Good Roll), who successfully grew The Good Roll through bootstrapping.
Lunch & Learn - Enjoy food from A Beautiful Mess while solving your business challenge together with experts and peers.
Programme
10:45 - 11:00 | Drop-in
11:00-11:05 | Opening 1
11:05 - 11:30 | Expert session
11:35 - 12:30 | Discussion session
12:30 - 13:00 | Lunch & Informal Networking
Who is it for?
This event is suitable for founders looking for innovative and impact-focused strategies to fund their businesses, as well as investors and entrepreneurship industry professionals that are looking to create positive impact through their work.
Introducing the Regenerative Capital Room
Regenerative Capital Room is a space for progressive investors and changemakers to connect, learn, and invest, ultimately fostering growth in impact investments and introducing new opportunities for impact funding. Regenerative Capital Room is a collaboration by WorldStartup and Capital House.
About the Capital, Governance & Ownership Event Series in Amsterdam
We need to change our systems, including our capital systems. The Regenerative Capital Room in Amsterdam is a unique space dedicated to fostering progressive conversations and learning about the future of our capital systems.
The Regenerative Capital Room is hosting a thought-leadership event series in Amsterdam to bring together impact-driven startups, investors, city representatives, and ecosystem players to explore new ways of funding, owning, and governing innovations. Participants will engage in expert talks, group discussions, and workshops to collaboratively tackle these challenges. The event series is founded on three pillars:
Progressive: Challenges the status-quo and inspires big-picture thinking.
Inspirational: Conversations that spark new ideas and motivate action.
Community: Informal, activity-based sessions fostering mutual learning.
About WorldStartup
WorldStartup offers a global platform to people who live and breathe social and impact-driven entrepreneurship. To trailblazers who care for nature and strive for equality.
We co-create remarkable and progressive experiences with and for changemakers to catalyse positive growth. We support social entrepreneurs, run innovation programmes like hackathons and challenges, and offer capacity building to stakeholders in entrepreneurial ecosystems. With a team in The Hague, we work on global and local programmes to support ambitious social entrepreneurs.
About Capital House
The agency supports purpose-driven founders & organisations by connecting them with knowledge, talent, funding, and networks for growth.
Since 2015, they’ve organized 100+ events in the Netherlands, with over 10,000 attendees. From unique experiences like startups sailing with investors to a deserted island to cycling around the city to meet investors, Capital House strives to foster meaningful connections.
In 2019, they introduced Amsterdam Capital House to further support founders and create a closely connected ecosystem where capital meets co-creation.
Sponsored by StartupAmsterdam
Amsterdam is leading the way as the top hub for startups, not just in the Netherlands but across Europe. With this position comes the responsibility to reimagine the startup landscape to make a positive impact on society. Startup Amsterdam is proud to support this series, dedicated to fostering innovation and meaningful contributions.
www.iamsterdam.com/en/business/startupamsterdam
About A Beautiful Mess
A Beautiful Mess is a social enterprise in the Netherlands that blends creativity with social impact. Their concept focuses on empowering people who have fled to the Netherlands by offering them training and employment opportunities in the hospitality and creative industries. Food is served from the chefs' home countries, celebrating their diverse cultures while creating a vibrant space where these individuals can rebuild their lives and contribute their unique talents to society.
We are happy to host this event series at A Beautiful Mess, an organisation that in their own way aims to create system change by empowering people who once fled to the Netherlands. A beautiful mission aligned with our strive to support impactful and inclusive ventures.