Social Entrepreneurship Bootcamp in Cape Town with BonBillo + Startupbootcamp Afritech

Over the last 10 expansive weeks, I've participated in the BonBillo accelerator to help scale my social enterprise (Green Gas Movement).

If you have tried to start your own organization, you'll know how dizzying the process can be- a mountain of tasks that can seem impossible to prioritize and systematize in the best way.

I've been truly grateful for this accelerator because its curriculum and mentors equipped me with a set of gamechanging tools- Disciplined Entrepreneurship, Hubspot's Flywheel, Google's Sprint, and more- that eliminate much of the guesswork from entrepreneurship.

We were never alone in learning these concepts, as the classes taught by Suraj were well-organized, thorough, and accessible. Of course, no new concept learned is valuable unless it's integrated and applied to your specific business- to this, the Bonbillo team was terrific at helping us apply concepts.

Now, our mountain ahead looks a bit more like a hill.

I highly recommend Bonbillo to any social impact entrepreneur seeking more clarity and conviction in your vision and execution. The program was excessively valuable and I know I'll be reaping the fruits of this program for years to come.

Also, if you are an entrepreneur working on a business of your own, and have not heard of Bill Aulet's Disciplined Entrepreneurship (the book around which the Bonbillo curriculum is based), I strongly recommend getting a copy of the book. It's far-and-above the most practical and watertight guide to entrepreneurship I've ever learned.

I participated in the Bonbillo Spring Impact Accelerator in Boston on behalf of Lula. The program was a great experience both professionally and personally. The one on one mentor sessions were really helpful in teams achieving their milestones for not only the week but for the program. The mentors are incredibly hands on, warm, kind and most importantly knowledgeable regarding the themes covered, the industry, networks and events that are important and relevant to you as an individual, your role in the company and the company as a whole. The themes are informative and structured to help you understand key processes and areas of friction in your startup which are crucial in running your business. The guest speakers each week are equally hands on and researched each team so when you received feedback it was always specific to your industry and team dynamics. The experience was incredible and I would highly recommend participating.

This review is based on BonBillo’s Boston spring Impact Accelerator in 2019.

The support of the BonBillo has been instrumental in the traction generated by our startup: our acceptance into MassChallenge, deployment of a crowdfunding campaign, and 11 partnership agreements with community orgs for product pilots.

Compared to other accelerators, the quality and duration of individual attention by BonBillo staff towards our team and startup is incomparable. The curriculum is well-targeted to the needs of our business. Suraj, Rachel and Julia leveraged their extensive network of investors, entrepreneurs, and guest speakers on our behalf.

I can offer no higher personal recommendation to entrepreneurs to attend a BonBillo Accelerator program.

I attended BonBillo’s Online Impact Incubator in Fall 2017 and highly recommend their programs to anyone launching a social impact startup. It's really difficult to get so many experts together over a short period of time and learn so much from them. It was really valuable information we got with a lot of real life examples. It was great to have people tell you how it’s done – we’ve all been through it and there’s a way to structure it no matter where you are in the process. I joined the program while I was in very early stages of my business so it really helped me organize my work and time. I enjoyed every bit of the program and highly recommend it for working on a social impact startup.