The Changemaker Program
Our free 6-month program to empower you as an immigrant founder with the network and knowledge you need to launch a successful business in Norway.
Our next program starts in 2025.
The program provides:
A bigger network
Better business knowledge
Confidence in yourself as a founder!
A feeling of belonging in a community
The program is completely free of charge and we do not take any equity in the projects we accept!
The 2024 program consists of these 3 parts:
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This intro phase gives you theories and tools you need to build a solid foundation for your business. Learn the following:
Purpose and resources
Business idea
Business model
Set up objectives and tasks
Project presentations
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This phase will challenge you to step out of your comfort zone, by getting you ready to contact your target group early, so that you gain insights to grow from. Learn the following:
Founder mindset
Customer discovery
How to do networking in Norway
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The goal of this phase is to get your solution to the market as fast as possible. Each week consists of practical sprints where you’ll go through the following:
Build and MVP through prototyping and testing
Learn marketing and build a sales strategy
Learn to pitch in front of an audience.
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We don’t have any industry specific focus.
We are looking for talented founders who:
• Want to contribute to a better society and planet
• In the idea stage or have started a company less than two years ago
• Live in Oslo or Viken and able to commute to Oslo to attend workshops
Accepted participants are expected to attend at least 80% of all the sessions.
We expect you to be active in the sessions and that you work on your project throughout the program.