Kickstart your career as an entrepreneur

You have a clear business idea, or maybe are already running your own company. You just finished your studies, and it’s time for the next step: You want to give entrepreneurship a fair shot. The Post-Graduate track of the Kickstart Lab program supports you with structure, knowledge and network during these steps in your entrepreneurial journey.
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Overview of Kickstart Lab: Post-Graduate track

• ‍August and September 2025: Recruitment & selection
• October till March 2026: participation in the program
  
  • October 3rd 2025: Kick-off of the program 
  • April 3rd 2026: Festive closing event

The program consists of the following elements:

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Workshops & inspiration sessions

Throughout the program you’ll have workshops on fundamental entrepreneurial skills, hear inspirational stories from more experienced entrepreneurs and go on field trips.

Community & workspace

Become part of our community and gain full-time access to our co-working and makerspace or storage if needed. Next to the Kickstart Lab Post-Gradutate group, you’ll also become part of the vibrant and diverse community at New Future Lab.

Coaching & expertise

You’ll receive 1-on-1 coaching from a member of the New Future Lab team, can get consults from our marketing or design experts and get access to our administration and legal consultation hours.

Closing-event with pitches & guidance in next steps

We’ll wrap up the program with a festive closing event open to partners, network and family and friends where you get to pitch your business. During the program, we’ll look into your next possible steps together, and see where and how you’ll continue to grow.

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For who?

You want to give your career as an entrepreneur a real shot. Maybe you already have a company, but at the minimum you have a very concrete idea. The program is open to all sorts of entrepreneurs: from all-round freelancers to start-ups, from creative studio to tech. 

• You graduated between February 2025 and September 2025 
• You live in Delft, The Hague or Rotterdam (or somewhere in between those)
• You belong in one of these categories:
  
  • You are running a (part-time) business and want to make this your full-time job
  • You have an idea for a business and want to see if you can take it to the next level

Good to know: The main language of the program will be English.

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What to expect?

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‍Support/facilities

Throughout the program you get free support and access to:

• Our co-working including makerspace and storage if needed
• Individual coaching by a team member of New Future Lab
• An experienced entrepreneur as a mentor
• A motivated group of peers
• The New Future Lab community & network
• Administrative and financial advice from our partner Cijfers & Co
• Legal advice from our partner BrandMR

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Program structure

Every Friday is Program Day: All participants of the PG track work together in the co-working. We start the day with a joint stand-up, have lunch together and end the day with informal drinks. Alternating on Fridays we’ll host a workshop, or you’ll have a 1-on-1 session with your coach. 

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The following topics will be addressed throughout the program:

• Formulating and validating your value proposition
• Personal leadership
• Legal 101 for entrepreneurs
• Setting goals and strategizing
• Business models
• Sales
• Marketing
• Finance & administration
• Operations & internal processes
• Making and measuring impact
• Finding your next steps
• Pitching

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During the program, we will organize optional excursions and company visits for extra inspiration. In March, we’ll wrap-up the program festively with a closing event for friends, family and other network opportunities.  

What we expect from you

Joining the Post-Graduate track of Kickstart Lab means to actively participate in all workshops, and to be present during the weekly program-day on Fridays. If you can't make it on occasion due to holidays or illness, we will of course understand.

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Additionally, we expect you to work on your idea or company for at least 24 hours per week. You are more than welcome to do so in our co-working, but that is optional (apart from the mandatory program-day on Fridays).

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Enthusiasm and dedication are more important than experience. To us, it is more important that you take the program seriously, and put in the work to take the next steps. Entrepreneurship can be unpredictable, and it is very well possible that you change direction during the program. That’s all part of the process, the main thing is to try and give it a real shot. 

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Want to know more?

Join one of our Q&A’s, interest drinks or fill in the contact form.

• August 11th 13:00 - 13:30: Online Q&A | link
• August 22nd 17:00 - 19:00: Interest drinks & co-working tour | sign-up

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Free

The program is 100% free of charge and we don’t take any equity. 

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Want to join?

You can sign up for the program till September 12th. Missed the deadline? Please reach out to us, so we can see if one of our other programs could be a match for you.

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Send an e-mail to kickstart@newfuturelab.nl to sign up or learn more. 

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