Community Event: Creating value in early-stage businesses

Creating value
in early-stage businesses

Horizon37 Community Special Event

📍 Oxford, 12 February 2026

You design, run, or invest in cohort-based programmes. You care deeply about the results your participants achieve.

At Horizon37, we don’t just deliver leadership programmes — we partner with accelerators, investors, and innovation hubs to design evidence-based systems for growth.

This focussed value-creation day brings together senior stakeholders who want to understand what separates programmes that create millions in value from those that don’t. Expect sharp insight, coached reflection, and practical conversation about what drives commercial traction and mission-aligned outcomes in early-stage businesses.

This event is for you if:

  • Your interest lies in programme outcomes, not just activity
  • You want clearer insight into which design choices actually influence results
  • You are refining an existing programme or developing a new one
  • You want practical ideas that can be applied immediately

If you’ve ever asked yourself, “Is there more value to be created?”, this day will give you clarity.

Katy Tuncer delivering a workshop as part of the accelerator programme
Source: Science Creates

Why this day matters?

Many accelerators and cohort programmes are well-intentioned and well-resourced — yet their outcomes are uneven.

The difference is rarely budget or effort. It comes down to design, structure and delivery. This day focusses on the levers that consistently drive meaningful outcomes, so you leave with both insight and practical actions to strengthen your programme or portfolio support.

A glimpse into the agenda

During the day, we’ll explore:

  • How design choices influence founder behaviour and programme outcomes
  • Practical ways to strengthen selection, curriculum and coaching without adding unnecessary complexity
  • What high-performing programmes do differently — and why it works
  • How to spot and correct value leakage across cohorts

What makes our events special?

Our alumni events are deliberately small, focussed and practical. Last year’s session explored Leadership Mindsets and was praised for its clarity, depth and immediate applicability to real programmes and portfolios.

A short reflection from last year’s event is available here.

Mighty Mindsets Festival, 2025

Event details

📅 Date: Thursday, 12th February 2026
Time: 10:00–16:00
📍 Location: Oxford (venue shared with registrants)
💷 Investment: £500

We look forward to sharing a productive, insightful day where you’ll:

  • gain a clearer understanding of where value is being created and lost,
  • take away practical ideas to strengthen your programmes or portfolio,
  • and leave confident that your interventions produce measurable, meaningful results.

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