The cooperation of Alba Graduate Business School, The American College of Greece with the Bizrupt establishes in Crete the successful VentureGarden program to support entrepreneurs, startupers and those with a business idea.

The programme

The programme is addressed to people with vision and dedication, who aspire to join the entrepreneurial ecosystem or develop their existing business.

The potential entrepreneurs who will be selected to participate in the VentureGarden, will attend 8 lessons in 5 weeks. The courses are based on proven training program of the VentureGarden. After completion of course, a selection of participants is made, who enter a process of mentoring for a period of 3 months. The programme is free of charge and the courses are conducted in Greek.

True to VentureGarden's motto "Helping People Grow Ideas", the trainers and mentors of the program will provide the right skills to those interested in cultivating their entrepreneurial skills. Participants will test their ideas by learning modern strategy and marketing tools for implementing business ideas, including:

• the Value Proposition Canvas
• the Empathy Map
• market research methods

Graduates of the program will receive from Bizrupt annual packages of the integrated system for the organization of daily business life, income/expense management and electronic invoicing of the Pelatologio .

The VentureGarden courses in Crete will start on 25 January. They will take place every Monday and Wednesday. The program will be implemented with physical presence at Fairlo 's offices (107 Sofoklis Venizelos Street, Heraklion).

Already since the launch of the programme in Heraklion in 2019, more than 170 applications have been received. The first 3 cycles of the programme have been attended by 50 participants. More than 165 hours of supportive mentoring have been offered to VentureGarden participants. 99% of programme participants say they would recommend the programme to friends and acquaintances.

Those who are interested in attending must fill in the application form by 26 December: https://resources.alba.acg.edu/vgheraklionregistration-1

A short personal interview will follow to select the entrepreneurs who will attend it.

Interested parties can learn more about the program by contacting the VentureGarden Manager at Alba Graduate Business School Sofia Foukaraki ( sfoukaraki@alba.acg.edu , 210-8964531) and the program manager for Bizrupt Konstantinos Vassakis ( kostas@bizrupt.gr , 281-0335660).