Founder Mindset
Start thinking like an entrepreneur.
Work on the entrepreneurial perspective, spotting opportunities, handling uncertainty, risk-taking, resilience and leadership.
B School Fellow
Raising the Entrepreneurs and Founders of the Future.
Learn. Build. Create What's Next.
Have an idea? Want to start your own venture? Or, even without an idea yet, are you ready to explore entrepreneurship, gain new skills and make something?
B-School Fellow is a five-month, online, hands-on founder development programme designed to raise the entrepreneurs of the future. Open to 3rd and 4th year students at universities across Türkiye, it helps participants build an entrepreneurial mindset, create business ideas from real problems and turn them into viable business models.
Be one of those who build the future, not just watch it!
Apply nowDeadline: 30 November 2026
Why B School Fellow?
Because entrepreneurship is learned by doing, not just listening.
At B-School we design a new-generation learning experience that goes beyond traditional education — focused on applying knowledge and creating value rather than just acquiring information.
In B-School Fellow you won't just learn concepts. You'll analyse real problems, develop solutions, design business models, test product ideas and learn to pitch your venture — while getting to know the ecosystem through the experience of Türkiye's successful founders and investors.
What will you gain?
Entrepreneurial Mindset
Seeing opportunity in uncertainty, taking initiative and acting.
Real Problem Solving
Discovering the real needs of people and businesses and building solutions.
Product & Business Model Development
Turning an idea into a sustainable business model and a testable product.
Meet the Ecosystem
Hear directly from successful founders and investors.
Pitching & Storytelling
Communicate your idea effectively to customers, partners and investors.
Next-Gen Skills
Explore the role of technology, AI and digital tools in building a venture.
What awaits you in the programme?
Hands-on training and experience-sharing sessions covering the six core stages of the founder journey.
Problem Definition & Validation
Great ventures start with problems worth solving.
Learn to discover real customer needs, define problems correctly, test your assumptions and identify solution opportunities.
Business Model Development
Turn your idea into a sustainable business.
Build your business model with value proposition, customer segments, revenue models, cost structure and the Business Model Canvas.
Product Development & MVP
Don't wait for the perfect product — build the first version.
Learn the Minimum Viable Product approach. Make ideas tangible through prototyping, user feedback and rapid testing.
Pitch Deck & Investor Presentation
Turn your idea into a compelling story.
Learn to communicate your venture's value briefly, clearly and persuasively — pitch decks, presentation skills and the investor's perspective.
Testing & Improving the Business Model
Learn, test, improve and get ready to grow.
Refine your model through customer feedback, key performance indicators, go-to-market strategies and growth approaches.
Learn from Founders and Investors
Real stories. Real experiences. Real lessons.
Entrepreneurship isn't just theory. Learning how a startup won its first customer, what challenges founders faced, how they learned from failure and how investors evaluate ventures is a vital part of the journey.
B-School Fellow hosts experience-sharing sessions with successful founders and investors from Türkiye's startup ecosystem, where participants hear the realities first-hand and ask their own questions.
Who can apply?
B-School Fellow is open to 3rd and 4th year students at universities across Türkiye. You don't need a startup, coding skills or previous entrepreneurship training.
What matters to us:
- You are curious and open to learning
- You notice problems and want to solve them
- You are eager to develop new ideas
- You're not afraid to take responsibility and experiment
- You're ready to act to shape your own future
Even without a startup idea, you may have founder potential. B-School Fellow is designed to help you discover and develop it.
Schedule & participation
- Programme period
- 1 January – 31 May 2027
- Format
- 100% Online
- Who
- 3rd and 4th year university students across Türkiye
- Content
- Hands-on entrepreneurship training and experience-sharing sessions with successful founders and investors
- Certificate
- Participants attending at least 75% of sessions earn the B-School Fellow Certificate of Participation
- Application deadline
- 30 November 2026
Ready to become a B School Fellow?
The founders of the future start somewhere. Why not start today? Wherever you are in Türkiye, you can join this journey — from idea to product, from learning to building, from student to founder.
Apply nowDeadline: 30 November 2026
Learn. Build. Create What's Next.
Leaders and ideas that build tomorrow.
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