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BASE

Business Academy for Starting Entrepreneurs (BASE) is а training program designed to enable small business owners and budding entrepreneurs from under-served communities to obtain financial success by starting and operating successful businesses that provide jobs and improve communities.

Inspired by US training programs for small-business owners, BASE shortens the distance from idea to implementation by relying on volunteer mentors with an entrepreneurship background and on learning by doing. During the three-month program, participants master the basics of starting a business, as outlined in ABF’s Practical Handbook on Entrepreneurship: they learn how to develop their business ideas, why it is important to do a market study, how to talk to potential customers and suppliers, where to get start-up capital, how to price their goods and services, and much more. With the help of their mentors, they develop business plans that compete for funding at the program’s end.

Since 2019 ABLE has been a local partner for the Sofia editions of the program. We started BASE Mentor as a follow-up program for the most promising and ambitious BASE alumni who get the chance to work with individual mentors for a period of 6 months. Currently, we run the Sofia editions of the program, BASE Mentor as well as coordinate BASE seasons with local partners around the country.

WHAT DO PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS GET?

Program

A 13-week course, once a week, after working hours.

Participants

Ambitious people with a business idea or an active small business.

Lecturers

Entrepreneurs who have created a successful businesses ready to share their experiences with you.

Plan for success

A business plan developed by you to pitch to funders institutions and investors.

BASE club

You become part of a community whose members are not afraid to share and dream

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ABLE Activator

ABLE Activator ABLE Activator is a 6-week entrepreneurship program providing intensive experiential entrepreneurship training for 30 university students and young professionals under 35 years of age. The program is held in English and designed in the following six modules, which take place over six long weekends (Friday-Sunday): Character & Leadership Building Deep Dive: Idea Formation [...]Continue reading

StartUp Navigator

StartUpNavigator.eu is the digital map of the entrepreneurship ecosystem in Bulgaria and the region.

It provides greater visibility of ecosystem players, reinforces links between them and integrates entrepreneurs, talent, researchers, business partners, investors, and others.

What you can do in the StartUp Navigator is:

Develop and maintain your profile for greater visibility;
View the directory with the option to filter through industries, stages, and venues of 16 different types of stakeholders;
Look for business partners, talented employees, customers and other parties that can boost your business or idea;
Follow the one-stop shop startup event calendar, which sums up for you all the events related to the ecosystem.

The project is realized by the Association of the Bulgarian Leaders and Entrepreneurs with America for Bulgaria Foundation.

Register now for free at startupnavigator.eu and follow our Facebook page to be up-to-date with the latest trends in the entrepreneurial ecosystem and be a part of the startup community in Bulgaria!

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B.O.S.S.

“B.O.S.S. – Business Owner Success Stories” is the newest program of the Association of Bulgarian Leaders and Entrepreneurs (ABLE). Its objective is to stimulate entrepreneurship among unemployed and inactive people from the South-West Region of Bulgaria, to inform and motivate, educate and consult them how to create their own business.

Target Group and Activities

The program includes unemployed or inactive people who are related to one of the following areas:
– Real BOSS – for individuals who want to start a small business from the real economy or develop a free trade or craft;
– Mom BOSS – for mothers raising children up to 2 years of age still in maternity who want to learn about opportunities and start self-employment and/or business;
– Inno BOSS – for students and young people who want to develop innovative business ideas and create a successful startup.

For 22 months starting June 19, 2018, the following program activities will be implemented:
– Activity 1. Informing the target groups on the project opportunities and motivating them for launching their own business or self-employment ventures;
– Activity 2. Educating and training to provide knowledge and skills to start independent business activities;
– Activity 3. Providing consultancy services for the preparation of independent business activities and supporting activities.

We offer 6-days intensive trainings (60 study hours) for creating and implementing a business idea and consultations (40 hours), following the development of an individual plan for each participant.

Subscription for participation

For subscription and additional information, please contact: [email protected] or follow us on www.facebook.com/BOSSbyABLE

Participation in the program is completely free.

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About the OPHRD project

The project “B.O.S.S. – My Successful Story as a Business Owner” with registration number BG05M9OP001-1.023-0045 is worth BGN 341,159.50 and is funded with 100% grant funds under the administrative contract №BG05M9OP001-1.023-0045-C01. It is implemented with the financial support of the Operational Program Human Resources Development 2014-2020, Priority Axis 1 “Improving Access to Employment and Quality of Work”, Procedure BG05M9OP001-1.023 “Support for Entrepreneurship” co-funded by the European Union through European Social Fund through the provision of a grant which constitutes minimum aid in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013.

This document has been prepared under the project “B.O.S.S. – My Successful Story as a Business Owner” under Contract №BG05M9OP001-1.023-0045-C01. The project is supported by the Operational Program Human Resources Development 2014-2020, co-funded by the European Union through the European Social Fund.

Central European Startup Awards

Central European Startup Awards (CESA)

The Central European Startup Awards (CESA) is a unique series of events which aims to connect businesses with entrepreneurs’ ideas in Poland, the Czech Republic, Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, Romania, Hungary, and for the first time this year – Bulgaria. The initiative is organized by the Association of the Bulgarian Leaders and Entrepreneurs (ABLE). The project was convened in 2014 and it seeks to bring together the cream of the crop of the startup community in this part of the continent. CESA strives to reward, encourage and inspire entrepreneurs, while at the same time unite companies, investors, and all other stakeholders of the ecosystem. CESA is one of the four regional events, which are a part of the Global Startup Awards.