As we enter our 9th year, NBT (Next Big Thing) continues to embrace its mission of discovering the Next Big Thing within an ecosystem dedicated to fostering growth. Building on the momentum of previous years, our motto remains "#itsallaboutGROWTH🚀," symbolising our commitment to sustainable and collective progress.
For us, the headline of 2022 was ‘The Year of Seeking the Next Big Thing as an Ecosystem,’ and the headline for 2023 is ‘Expanding the Growth Ecosystem Globally’.
In our 9th year, we introduced an additional motto: #itsallaboutGLOBALGROWTH🚀🌍
We strongly believe that growing together leads to better outcomes.
Growth Community:
Our thriving Growth Community, comprising Entrepreneurs, Mentors, Investors, Fellows, and Growth Enthusiasts, has reached 7000+. This community serves as a vibrant hub for collaboration, knowledge sharing, and inspiration, making our growth ecosystem possible.
Growth Programs:
In 2023, we were fortunate to deliver impactful programs in collaboration with partners such as ITU, Innogate, and ITU Seed, along with our esteemed mentors, also known as growth navigators.
Innogate UK 2023 was a 10-week marathon designed by NBT (Next Big Thing) and İTÜ ARI Teknokent teams for scale-ups looking to go global through the UK market. In the first five weeks of this pioneering program, scale-ups in the cohort worked on their UK and global expansion plans, focusing on market discovery, marketing, sales, business development, growth, and investment readiness. Cohorts charted different paths according to their globalisation goals, which include reaching customers, potential partners, investors, and more. In the second phase, they received one-on-one coaching from our esteemed growth coaches, tailored to their expansion needs and objectives. The final phase, set in London, saw cohorts engaging with mentors, investors, and potential partners, all while implementing their UK expansion plans. Additionally, they participated in London Tech Week.
We, together with the ITU team, have come together to deliver a program that offers international startups an opportunity to explore the Turkish market, as well as enable global expansion.
Throughout the program's duration, we have delved into a diverse range of vital aspects aimed at fostering the growth of our remarkable cohort, both within the dynamic Turkish market and on a global scale. A heartfelt thank you goes out to our esteemed speakers and mentors who have generously shared their expertise and insights.
In Q3, NBT and ITU teams delivered a three-week online growth bootcamp delving into the depths of global expansion through the Innogate Online Bootcamp. Our distinguished experts navigated us through essential topics, providing the compass for global navigation. Throughout the program, we covered a wide range of essential aspects for global growth.
To illuminate the experiences of experts and share pertinent growth insights with our community, we have relaunched our Growth Spotlight Series. We are actively producing new interviews with industry experts, covering a broad spectrum of topics, including sales strategies, effective public relations, navigating collaborations with large corporations, and much more.
NBT's commitment to excellence in digital and growth marketing has been acknowledged by the prestigious Digital Marketing Institute (DMI) with the Platinum Badge award. NBT is committed to empowering growth and digital marketing professionals to thrive in the industry through DMI courses.
We are proud to continue our journey as strategic partners of London and Partners' exceptional programs for the past six years. We are passionate about supporting London startups in accelerating their growth, both at home and abroad. We look forward to continuing our collaborative efforts to support thriving business ecosystems in London and beyond.
As we are committed to helping businesses around the world achieve their global expansion goals, we have initiated offering international marketing masterclasses as part of the UK Export Academy of the Department for Business and Trade.
In addition to our partnerships with DMI, London & Partners, the UK Export Academy, we continue to support the ecosystem as a Gold HubSpot Partner and SAP Digital Marketing Service Bureau (DMSB). We have also joined forces with AWS Startup Loft Accelerator and the Virgin StartUp Mentor Programme to offer our growth expertise to visionary entrepreneurs.
In 2023, we delivered over 500 workshops and mentorships in several accelerators worldwide. Additionally, we established new partnerships with accelerator and VC partners in Miami, Milan, Berlin, and Amsterdam to run programs and workshops together in 2024. Stay tuned!
Leveraging our growth marketing agency, growth academy, and venture studio, we continued to assist inspiring brands worldwide in achieving substantial growth. In 2023, we conducted more than 2000 tests in 25+ countries. Each test has contributed to our knowledge and expertise, propelling us forward.
In addition to our mobile game launch in 2022, NBT Ventures continued to invest in the world of mobile gaming in 2023 and launched a new mobile game, Sudoku: Colors & Numbers! 🎮
2022 and 2023 set the foundation for a global ecosystem for us. In 2024, we will increase our speed in terms of global penetration with our growth programs by adding new growth partners and mentors in important startup hubs to support more inspiring entrepreneurs and projects.
Dear NBT (Next Big Thing) team, a.k.a. #NextBigThinkers 💜, and Dear NBT Community, thank you all for making 2023 a great year. We wish for a fulfilling 2024 that will bring health, happiness, joy, and success to all of us.
If we grow together, we grow better.
#itsallaboutGROWTH🚀
