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:

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

 

  • 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.

 
 

See what earlier participants have had to say about the program:

“This is a great opportunity to meet new people, and get knowledge about doing business in Norway specifically while you gain confidence in your idea!”
— Bianca (Changemaker 2022)
“This program is the drive every entrepreneur needs to get going with their idea. It has been amazing working with likeminded people and getting feedback from experts. ”
— Mariam and Zakaria (Changemaker 2022)
“The program encouraged me to go out of my comfort zone! It gave me tools and confidence to move forward with my project. My quality of life in Norway has changed in a positive way!”
— Ruta (Changemaker 2022)