Thrive
Empower your leadership with practical skills and a supportive network from women to women.
Start: 11 March '25
12-weeks, live training
Max. 15 participants
Certificate
Leadership certificate by VLAIO & Start it Accelerate
Investment
€750 (excl. VAT) - Instead of €2500 thanks to a 70% discount from VLAIO
Practicals
7 full days from 9:30 - 17:30
Spread between March and June'25
The Thrive is for you if you want to:
✔ Lead with confidence
Master team dynamics, conflict management, and emotional intelligence to lead with clarity and impact.
✔ Gain practical tools
Learn hands-on strategies for effective communication, conflict management, team empowerment, and decision-making.
✔ Solve your challenges
Get personalized advice through focused one-on-one sessions to navigate complex dynamics, biases, and invisible barriers while staying true to your leadership vision.
✔ Build a lifelong network
Connect with like-minded women in a trusted community where you can share openly, grow together, and thrive as a leader.
Is it worth it?
Our Thrive community speak about the challenging and inspiring for women by women program!
Timeline | The program explained 2025
Supporting female founders on their road to innovative entrepreneurship
Thriveer's (alumni)
Weeks
female founders in our community
experts in leadership
Not sure if the Thrive program is for you?
Book a meeting with our program manager, Christof. Ask all your questions and get all the details.
We don't need additional training, but we do need like-minded people with whom we can share our personal and professional challenges and advice
-Liesl Bebb-McKay of The Thrive Project.
A powerful support network accelerating the success of female leaders.
Thrive is a trailblazing program supporting female founders on their road to innovative entrepreneurship.
- Your investment: 750,- (excl. VAT)
- Capacity: only 15 participants will be selected, creating a valuable community
- Application deadline: 24th February 2025
- Duration: 8 days spread over 4 months (On-site)
In addition to this program, we offer free motivational and informative webinars featuring female entrepreneurs.
Ready to thrive in leadership? Join our 12-week program!
FAQ
The modules are between 9h30 - 17h30 and are usually bundled together to take up an entire day. Attendance is mandatory for the benefit of all participants.
There are very few additional formal work requirements, but we do encourage you to take time to reflect on the sessions in order to maximise your benefit.
Thanks to our collaboration with Netwerk Ondernemen & Vlaams Agentschap Innoveren & Ondernemen, we're able to offer our program at the discounted price of 750,- EUR (excl. VAT) (70% off regular price).
The full amount is due before the start of the program. Registration is complete upon payment in full.
We will select 15 motivated female entrepreneurs who fit the following criteria:
- (Co-) Founder (or shares)
- Innovative and scalable business
- Legal seat in Flanders
- 100k in revenue/funding OR market-ready product/service
The Thrive program has a physical program with meetups in our hubs. These will mostly be in Antwerp, Brussels or Leuven. New environments, bring new inspiration.
Join a tribe of women in leadership
Meet the alumni tribe
Caroline Vercauteren
Leading Lady of BonMush
Tessa Wardenburg
AIFSA
Katrien Van Rompay
The Cornerstone
Alice Tranchant
COO huapiiAbout The Thrive
Partnership with VLAIO: Together for strong, ambitious entrepreneurship
Flanders could be a bit more ambitious when it comes to entrepreneurship. We need more starters, more stayers, and more growers. That is why the Agency for Innovation and Enterprise (VLAIO) wants to set up projects that encourage, support or guide entrepreneurs in their entrepreneurial endeavors. Together with the VLAIO partners, we are bundling our strengths and resources. Start it Accelerate-Thrive Project is part of a network of initiatives that entrepreneurs can use to thrive. Together for #strongentrepreneurship.