Kick off with 40 student-entrepreneurs at Start Up Campus Haarlem
Over the next five months, 40 students from seven different locations and more than 19 different studies will work on their own businesses at Start Up Campus Haarlem (SUCH).
SUCH is part of Hogeschool Inholland and offers programs in addition to regular studies. The students who participate consciously choose to invest in their own development as entrepreneurs. “Like-minded people, with enterprising energy and, above all, a lot of fun in being independent of experiences and knowledge,” says SUCH community manager Jorien Stoop.
Many students are enrolled in our program through their teacher. This shows that there is increasing attention to entrepreneurship within our studies and that the value of the extracurricular program is recognized. These referrals from teachers are valuable.
The group is full of equal sparring partners. When I ask a question or have a challenge, immediately everyone starts thinking about me. Everyone wants to help. Every time, I go home motivated and inspired. That helps me so much.
In addition to the Dutch speaking Start and Growth programs, SUCH also offers an English Start program. Because international students can't wait to start their own business too.
I feel that I've made significant progress in my learning goals for this program, particularly in communication and networking.
“The diversity of participants is not only great, but also all their fantastic ideas vary,” says Jorien. “For the next five months, we will be working on startups in fashion, tech, food and sport.” One of our participants developed his product during his Minor ‘Food Challenge Ondernemen’ and is now developing the product into a business with us. Super cool!
The students work with expert trainers in inspiring workshops, events, peer coaching and, above all, expanding their network.
I found my missing pieces. Now I can clearly see it. I know what I need to do, who I need to call and what I need to put in my business plan in order to make it work.
