Here’s a quick look back at what our team has been doing for you the past year.
We’re glad to see that so many companies are continuously growing and scaling their business. From attending a session with our experts to coming along with us across borders, our community of entrepreneurs have been improving their skills and been extending their network to the max. Cheers to 1375 event attendees, 463 Expert Sessions, 7 In The Spotlight talks, 33 Workshops, 7 Bootcamps, 3 Launchpad Meetups, 2 Go Global Missions, the Firestarter Hackathon and tons of Pitch Events!
Internally, within EY, we’ve also been busy working on enabling innovation. A lot of bright ideas have found a way to EY Belgium’s leadership with the means to improve EY’s business flow. If you’re one of our EY colleagues, you’ll probably have seen the astronaut passing by in our offices or even attended one of our internal trainings in Design Thinking, Agile or Business Modelling. We’re excited to see how a mindset of innovation and change is eagerly growing inside our very own firm, EY.
Lastly, we’re so grateful for our 11 (!) new crew members in 2019, and are extremely proud of our EYnovation team winning the Global EY Better Begins With You Award for exceptional client service.
We hope to see you all again and look forward to welcome new members in the upcoming, promising year (and decade). From all of us at The Factory: have a wonderful, happy, 2020!
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EYnovation
The First Stages
- In The Spotlight: Startup Valuation
- Workshop: Business Model Canvas
- Workshop: From Impact Idea to Business Case
- Workshop: How to Hire as a Startup?
- Workshop: Setting up a Co-Founders agreement
- Workshop: How to set up a Startup Advisory Board
- Workshop 2: How to set up a Startup Advisory Board
- Workshop 3: How to set up an advisory board ft. Omar Mohout
- Workshop: Valuation
- Workshop: Groeipijnen? Dat is normaal!
- Workshop: Lean Canvas ft. Carl Danneels
- Workshop: Starters Charter
Free Expertise
- Birdhouse Sessions Ghent
- Birdhouse Sessions Antwerp
- Mass Expertise Day – Corda Campus Hasselt
- Mass Expertise Day – Birdhouse & Humgy Antwerp
- Mass Expertise Day – Watt Factory & Birdhouse Ghent
- Mass Expertise Day – Hangar Kortrijk
Pitching & Investor-readiness
- In The Spotlight: The VC Landscape
- Workshop: How to give the Perfect Sales Pitch
- Workshop: How to Pitch for Investors at The Big Squeeze
- Workshop: Negotiating a Term Sheet with Investors
- Workshop: Negotiating a Term Sheet with Investors ft. CNBB Venture Partners
- Workshop: Pitching for Investors ft. Bruno Wattenbergh
- Workshop: Vind de juiste financiering voor jouw zaak!
- Workshop: Negotiating a Term Sheet with Investors ft. LRM
- Bootcamp: Get Investor Ready!
- Bootcamp 2: Get Investor Ready!
- Bootcamp: Pitching
- Investment Day
Marketing
- In The Spotlight: Growth Marketing for Startups
- In The Spotlight: Digital Marketing
- Bootcamp Digital Marketing with Clo Willaerts
- Workshop: Business Models in Media and Publishing – Who will pay the bill?
- Workshop: Instagram a boon or a bane? Let’s get you Insta-Ready!
- Workshop 2: Instagram a boon or a bane? Let’s get you Insta-Ready!
- Bootcamp: Growth Marketing

Finance
- Workshop: Intellectual Property & Alternative Remuneration – Lunch & Learn Session
- Workshop: Finance Navigator
- Workshop: Find the right financing options for your business!
- Workshop: CFO Roundtable
- Launchpad Meetup: Belgian FinTech Night
Corporate Collaboration
- In The Spotlight: Blockchain and Corporate Venturing
- Workshop: Groeien door overname | Bedrijfsoverdracht en Groei
- Workshop: Familiale bedrijfsoverdracht – Nieuwe Regelgeving | Bedrijfsoverdracht en Groei
- Workshop: Working with Corporates
- WDP Launchpad Meetup: Logistics & Real Estate
- FinTech Launchpad Meetup
- Hackathon Netwerk Brandweer – powered by VIAS & EYnovation
- Vlerick iGMO Launchpad Meetup
- Bootcamp Innovation for Aertsen
Going Global

- In The Spotlight: Lessons Learned
- In The Spotlight: Going International
- Workshop: Overname in het Buitenland | Bedrijfsoverdracht en Groei
- Workshop: How to set up an office abroad. USA edition
- Workshop: How to set up an office abroad. UK edition
- Go Global Mission: Belgian FinTech Night
- Go Global Mission: Paris FinTech
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