Masterclass
Ready to take your scaleup to the next level – fast? Skip the trial-and-error phase and get straight to the best practices.
April 2, 2026
(Full cost: 9,775€. If your company meets the eligibility criteria and is a Flanders based company, VLAIO will bear 70% of the cost.)
Learn from top experts & business leaders
Intensive group & individual coaching
Exchange experiences with like-minded entrepreneurs
What you’ll gain
This unique programme equips you to thrive in the fast-paced world of high-growth scale-ups, creating lasting impact for your company, yourself and your team.
Individual and group coaching
The group and 1:1 coaching is designed to help you turn the research-based know-how into a tailored action plan for your company. By applying everything to an in-company project, you’ll walk away with a strategic plan that’s practical, personal, and ready to implement.
3 Live group sessions
Our three live group session tackle the core challenges of scaling: internationalisation, go-to-market strategy, sales, culture, performance management, and marketing & PR. This equips you with the right insights and tools to accelerate growth and sustain success.
Extra online modules & webinar
As a bonus, you will join our exclusive reward management webinar, where you can ask all your pressing questions and get expert answers. You’ll also gain access to our platform with five self-paced online modules. Choose the topics you need and learn at your own pace.
The 3 Face-to-Face Modules
Over the course of 3 months, you’ll get all the research-based know-how, practical business & tech insights and tools you need for rapid growth in 3 value-packed live group sessions.
Internationalization, go-to-market strategy and sales
Learn to expand your reach by exploring international markets and optimising your organisational structure for global growth. Accelerate your sales process, shorten the sales cycle, and implement a customer-first culture while building a strong sales team and leveraging partnerships to drive growth.
People, performance and Marketing & PR
Learn to evaluate your company culture, attract and motivate the right talent, and build an HR organisation that aligns with your company's DNA. Discover how a strong PR and communication strategy drives growth and visibility, what works in PR, and how our digital dashboard boosts your online presence.
Strategic in-company project
Apply your new insights to a real key business challenge in your company. Get group coaching, expert feedback, and peer guidance and walk out with a strategic plan that outlines your business's future, complete with actionable milestones and goals.
It doesn’t stop there
Intensive 1:1 coaching
Between modules, you’ll get to schedule individual coaching sessions with our experts. Pick their brains, ask them all your burning questions, and prepare to go deep.
No fluff, no irrelevant advice, no evergreen insights, only the know-how you truly need to apply everything you’ve learned right away.
Bonus: 5 online modules & live webinar
Join us for a live webinar on Reward Management, and get access to 5 extra online modules. Pick and choose the ones you need, and work through them at your own pace.
1. Managing Partnerships and Alliances
2. Product Management Organisation
3. Raising Finance & Engaging with Financiers
4. Emerging Technologies
5. Digital & Sustainability
Why the Masterclass is in a league of its own
Scaleup Flanders and Vlerick Business School offered the 2 most popular and most value-packed masterclasses for scaleups. Now, we’re joining forces to bring you the best of both worlds.
Unparallelled combo of business & tech
Learn how to accelerate your sales process, shorten the sales cycle, and implement a customer-first culture. Gain insights into building a strong sales team, leveraging partnerships, and negotiating deals to drive growth.
Laser focus on digital & cleantech
Built for digital & cleantech scaleups like you, this masterclass focuses only on the challenges you’re facing. Examples, best practices and tips? We’ve gathered them all from real-world business cases of your peers and industry leaders.
The biggest and brightest international network
You’ll get to know a bunch of like-minded founders and C-levels of fast-growing companies. With both Vlerick & our networks at your fingertips, you’ll have access to the finest experts and leaders in the Belgian tech scene and beyond.
Here’s how you get in
- You’re a founder, co-founder, CEO, or part of the scaleup management team.
- Your company has a sales turnover > 500,000 EUR or has raised at least 1 million EUR capital or has at least 1 customer abroad.
- Your product-market fit has been established, your market readiness level (MRL) is level 6.
- Your product/service is complete, operational, and ready to scale up, your minimum technology readiness level (TRL) is level 8.
Discover our bundles
Scaleup Flanders organizes deep dives with everything you need to know about hot topics on scaleup founders’ minds. Brought to you by industry and topical experts in interactive half-day sessions.
When booking a Masterclass, you can join our deep dives at a reduced rate!
Masterclass + 3 Deep Dives
Our Masterclass and 3 deep dives for 3.688 EUR instead of 4.298 EUR
3 Deep Dives
3 deep dives for 955 EUR instead of 1.365 EUR
Any questions?
Ready to leap into the fast-paced world of high-growth scaleups? Awesome. We’re here to help you jump.
Community Manager Scaleups, Vlerick Entrepreneurship Academy
What you'll get:
- Learn from top experts & business leaders
- Intensive group & individual coaching
- Exchange experiences with like-minded entrepreneurs
Leuven - Brussels - Ghent
(Full cost: 9,775€. If your company meets the eligibility criteria and is a Flanders based company, VLAIO will bear 70% of the cost.)
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