Incubator

Our incubation programme is an intensive 10-week bootcamp focused on understanding the principles of post-growth entrepreneurship, bootstrapping, developing a pitch, personal coaching, and finding the early indications of product/market fit.

The programme currently takes place online and is priced very affordably at just EUR 245 per participant (EUR 145 for those needing support).

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Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. The next cohort is scheduled to start in June 2026. Need-based scholarships are available.

The Accelerator is a longer-term six-month programme designed to get you to profitability.

This is for you if…

You want to optimise for positive impact, and are looking for like-minded peers and mentors to walk this path with you. This typically includes:

  • Entrepreneurs who want to create meaningful environmental and social impact
  • Experienced entrepreneurs who want to understand post-growth and non-extraction
  • Values-aligned activists without business expertise interested in degrowth, inequality, profit-for-good, social enterprise, steward-ownership, and co-operatives.

Structure and Content

The Incubator takes place online over the course of ten weeks, with two sessions per week which are divided into theory and practical work.

During the theory sessions, group sessions are held based on the University of Amsterdam Post Growth Entrepreneurship course, where participants actively explore applications of the theory to their businesses.
In the practical sessions each week, participants are led through exercises to help them define their business, test product market fit, and iterate, based on Lean Startup methodology.

The course is concluded by an public Demo Day, where participants pitch their ideas to a wide audience to ask feedback and spur community connections.

Following successful completion of the Incubator programme, participants are invited to apply for the Accelerator.

Ideal for

  • Entrepreneurs who want to create environmental and social impact 
  • Experienced entrepreneurs who want to understand post-growth and non-extraction
  • Values-aligned activists without business expertise

Eligibility

There are no restrictions on who can participate in the first phase of the incubator.

We welcome individuals and teams from any background, country, demographic, or life situation.

The requirement is that you are genuinely committed to creating a non-extractive, socially or environmentally impactful business.

FAQs

You can join the incubator whether you already have a business idea you’re working on or whether you are still figuring that out.

Participation in the incubator costs EUR 245, payable after application. This helps us cover administrative and infrastructure costs.

In some cases we may provide a reduced or waived fee on a needs-based basis. You can indicate your requirements on the application form.

No.

No, you may join as a solo founder or as a solo founder in search of a team.

The minimum time commitment is 6 hours per week, broken down as follows:
– 3 hours for live sessions – consistent attendance is essential, as the group`s collective knowledge benefits all participants.
– 3 hours for independent work for reviewing materials and doing practical work to your project.