BEntrepreneurial Ecosystem

You as an impact entrepreneur

Whether you are still nurturing an idea, have just started out or are growing fast — as an impact entrepreneur you build an organisation that undoes harm to health, society and planet rather than causing it. Whatever phase you are in, there is an entry point that fits you.

01Phase 01

Before you begin

You do not have an organisation yet — and that is precisely your biggest opportunity. What you build now, you can design from day one to reverse damage to health, society and the planet. We help you form a clear vision and lay the scientific foundation before you start.

There is another language for entrepreneurship — one that repairs harm rather than causes it

ROI, equity, exits — the standard language of entrepreneurship is designed for extractive growth that harms health, society and planet. But a richer language is available, designed to reverse that harm and to create long-term value. It gives you a structural advantage.

Financially sustainable and restorative entrepreneurship — it is possible, and there are concrete tools for it

The belief that you must choose between profit and repairing harm to health, society and planet is itself part of the problem. Those who learn how to build an organisation that serves both goals — in the numbers and in the structures — have a head start on everyone who keeps believing in that false dilemma.

What we have in store for you

The City of Dreams

An accessible book that feeds your imagination: what does an economy look like that restores instead of harms? The ideal first step to form your vision.

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Sailor for Entrepreneurs

Map your talent as an entrepreneur and identify where you can still grow as an entrepreneur.

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In development

Sailor for Start-ups

Map the talent of your team members and keep track of the roles they take on — so that, as a start-up, you put the right people in the right place as you grow.

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Money & Behaviour — Pension Plan

An interactive workshop that shows how money steers your choices. Indispensable insight before you start your own venture.

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Happonomy Fundamentals Open Training

The scientific foundation — cognitive sciences, behavioural economics and monetary logic — that helps you think clearly about impact before you start.

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02Phase 02

Just started

You have just started — or are about to. This is the moment to anchor in the DNA of your young organisation that it restores instead of harms. With these workshops and trainings you design your business model, governance and culture to be regenerative from the ground up.

You can grow on your own terms — if you know what they are

Capital always comes with conditions. Those who do not actively choose those conditions take them on passively — and quickly end up back in a model that causes harm. Those who do choose them consciously build an organisation that holds its restorative course, even when its surroundings apply pressure.

A clear narrative about which harm you reverse is your most powerful tool

Systemic change is hard to summarise — but those who can make clear which harm to health, society and planet their organisation repairs attract the people, partners and resources that truly fit. That clarity is not a communication trick; it is organisational strategy.

What we have in store for you

How do I build a regenerative organisation?

A 1-day workshop to design your organisational model regeneratively — from business model to governance to culture.

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Build a regenerative business model

A half-day workshop that examines your business model and makes it regenerative step by step.

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Happonomy Fundamentals Open Training

The scientific foundation that helps you make well-grounded choices now that your organisation is taking shape.

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03Phase 03

Growing

You are growing — and that is fantastic. The question is whether your growth causes harm or restores. These programmes help you scale up while keeping your mission intact, so that more growth also means more restoration for people, society and the planet.

Making your founding vision scalable is a discipline in itself — and one you can learn

The more people, the more structure is needed to keep your restorative values alive. Those who consciously design the organisational culture at the moment of growth hold on to the original direction — reversing harm to health, society and planet — even when the founder can no longer be everywhere.

Growth on your terms begins with knowing what your terms are

Capital always brings conditions with it. But the organisations that keep their restorative course while growing are the organisations that actively defended that course — with clear criteria for which capital contributes to repair and which causes harm anew.

What we have in store for you

How do I build a regenerative organisation?

Reassess your organisational model now that you are scaling — make sure growth strengthens regenerative impact instead of diluting it.

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Build a regenerative business model

Make your business model future-proof as you scale — from shareholder logic to stakeholder logic.

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Catalyse regeneration in my organisation

For scale-ups where culture and processes are under pressure: bring regenerative change back to the heart of the organisation.

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Relevant models

These models guide you through every phase — from first idea to scaling up.

Slingshot Model

The organisational model for regenerative entrepreneurship: from mission-driven structure to stakeholder board and Happonomy Dividend. Keeps the steering wheel with those who carry the mission, in every phase.

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Value Canvas

Analyse which value you create, for whom, and how you do that in a restorative way — ideal to sharpen your idea or business model.

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LEAP Model

Provides insight into how systemic change unfolds in larger ecosystems — useful when you grow and want to make sector-wide impact.

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Articles & insights

Food for thought

Articles and insights relevant to you as an impact entrepreneur.

Universele fundering · Fasen 1–4

Understand the system first

Every role-specific product builds on the same scientific foundation. The stronger your foundation, the greater your impact as an entrepreneur.

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