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    in our offices or online
  • + 150 volunteers
    Business plan, marketing…
  • 3 languages
    French, Dutch, English

1 Ask for an appointment with a coach

Enjoy personalized coaching to start up, manage and develop your business. Let us help you with your commercial strategy, your financial management and your bookkeeping.

  • You want to become an entrepreneur
  • You need help to set up your financial plan
  • You want to know the steps to follow to start your enterprise

2 Follow a training

Thanks to the group trainings you can acquire knowledge about business management, accounting, marketing and sales, communication ... or develop your project from A to Z.

3 Make your business plan online

Our e-learning platform will help you create your business plan in 9 steps and with the help of three examples (only available in French and Dutch).

Discover our training courses

  • Workshops Business Model Canvas, Financial plan

    Brussels

    27 and 28 march 2024
    from 09:00 to 13:00

    The BMC workshop will help you to structure your business idea, to define and analyse your project.
    The Financial plan workshop will give you the needed support to create projections regarding your company's revenue, costs and needed resources.
  • Workshops Business Model Canvas, Financial plan

    Brussels

    29 and 30 April 2024
    from 9:00 to 13:00

    The BMC workshop will help you to structure your business idea, to define and analyse your project.
    The Financial plan workshop will give you the needed support to create projections regarding your company's revenue, costs and needed resources.
  • Workshops Business Model Canvas, Financial plan

    Brussels

    28 and 30 May 2024
    from 9:00 to 13:00

    The BMC workshop will help you to structure your business idea, to define and analyse your project.
    The Financial plan workshop will give you the needed support to create projections regarding your company's revenue, costs and needed resources.
  • Workshops Business Model Canvas, Financial plan

    Brussels

    25 and 27 June 2024
    from 9:00 to 13:00

    The BMC workshop will help you to structure your business idea, to define and analyse your project.
    The Financial plan workshop will give you the needed support to create projections regarding your company's revenue, costs and needed resources.

FAQ

  • Yes, in addition to our loan programme, microStart offers business development services. We offer group sessions as well as individual coaching in order to ensure the proper preparation of your activity.

    Do not hesitate to make an appointment even if your professional project is not yet fully completed. However, the application for credit can only take place once you are fully prepared.

  • No, it is not mandatory, but it is good if you have a concrete idea and some key figures. If you have already established a business plan of your idea, do not hesitate to bring it with you to the first meeting.

  • The purchase of stock, machinery, vehicles or other equipment

    Working capital requirements and to support rental costs for the first few months

    Financing the administration costs associated with starting a business

    Meeting cash flow requirements

    Carrying out market research: test a business idea

    More information is available on our microcredits page

  • Your application will be presented to the credit committee. The committee will evaluate/analyze your application on the basis of the following criteria:

    • Your experience in the field / as a self-employed person
    • The feasibility of your business plan
    • Your environment and network
    • Your relationship to money and your possible debts
    • Your attitude

    The credit committees are held weekly. It is the committee members who decide whether or not to grant the credit.

  • For a credit application, we will ask you for the following documents

    From you:

    (Copy of) Identity card

    Bank card

    The document from the National Bank's Central Individual Credit Register OR the PIN code of the identity card1

    Personal and professional bank statements for the last 3 months

    Proof of income (depending on your situation: certificate of unemployment, warning from the roll, pay slips)

    Proof of domiciliation (invoice, an extract of the identity card)

    From your guarantor:

    (Copy of) identity card

    Bank card

    The document from the National Bank's Central Individual Credit Register OR the PIN code of the identity card1

    Proof of income (depending on your situation: certificate of unemployment, warning from the roll, pay slips)

    Proof of domiciliation (invoice, an extract of the identity card)

     

    We don't necessarily need a business plan. All you need is a concrete idea of the key figures of your business. However, if you have a financial plan, you can always bring it to the appointment.

    1 You can consult the document from the Central Credit Register on the nbb website

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