The Happy Startup School

The Happy Startup School We’re helping a new breed of entrepreneur to realise their dreams, startup founders that put people first and place happiness before profits.

19/04/2026

Eating in nature, moving between inside and out, at your own pace.

It might be a quiet coffee in the morning.
Breakfast with friends.
Conversations that continue between sessions.
Dinner that stretches a little longer than planned.

There’s something about sharing a table that makes conversations flow a little more easily and if you’d rather have a quiet moment to yourself, there’s space for that too.

That’s always been part of Summercamp.

Join us 💛


14/03/2026

Many founders spend a lot of time overthinking their audience.

Personas.�Avatars.�Demographics.�Psychographics.

Before you know it, it starts to feel overwhelming but often the answer is much simpler.

Start by looking at the clients in front of you.

Who do you have the best relationships with?�Where of you get your work from?
What are their challenges?

If you are starting a new business, what are you bringing and what are the benefits to your audience?

Clarity doesn’t just come from asking who wants your help. It also comes from noticing who you love helping.

When those two things meet, the work becomes much easier and much more meaningful.

Our next Happy MBA tribe begins on Tuesday, and conversations like this are exactly the kind of reflections we explore together inside the program.

10/03/2026

What keeps people moving in the Happy MBA?

We gather as a full cohort, but you also meet the same buddy group every week.

That’s where the connections deepen and the accountability really begins.

Because it’s easy to say, “I’m done. I don’t want to think about this stuff.”

It’s much harder to drift when you’re walking alongside people who are showing up too.

You don’t stay in the process just for yourself.�You stay because you’re part of something and that changes everything.

Unlike online courses where you watch videos and hope for change, Happy MBA gives you:

✔️ Live interaction with mentors and peers each week�✔️ A supportive cohort capped at 20 people so you’re seen and heard�✔️ A proven curriculum refined over 6+ years�✔️ Your own accountability coach and small buddy group
✔️ A flexible rhythm (2–4 hours a week) that fits real life
✔️ Fully remote with optional in-person meetups

Next tribe begins 17 March.

Apply today at happy.mba

07/03/2026

“Your brand is what people say about you when you’re not in the room.”

It’s your authenticity behind closed doors.

Yes, people will talk and perception matters, but the real work is deciding:

Who are you showing up as?
Who are you speaking to?
Are you aligned with the version of yourself you want remembered?

You can’t talk to everyone, but you need the right people to recognise you.

That’s the work we do inside Happy MBA

Happy MBA is not about textbooks or theory. It’s for people at a turning point.

If you’re now ready to build something more meaningful, and want to work smarter not harder in this next chapter, then you’re in the right place.

Learn more and apply at www.happy.mba

06/03/2026

Your next chapter starts here.

Many people join Happy MBA at a moment of transition, when what used to make sense no longer quite fits.

The question becomes: what’s next?

Carlos co-founder of The Happy Startup School shares the moment he turned uncertainty into a decision.

Happy MBA is for people at a turning point.

It’s a program for solopreneurs, founders and midlife professionals seeking more fulfilment in their next chapter.

You’ll craft an exciting new vision for your work and bring your ideas to life.

Together, you’ll come away with:

✔ new-found clarity on your purpose
✔ your excite strategy for the next 10 years
✔ your own mentor and personal advisory board of 6 peers
✔ your fledgling ideas brought to life

And most of all you’ll have found your tribe.

If you’re curious to learn more, join our Open Day this Tuesday · 12pm GMT and hear how the program works.

Register here ➡️ https://bit.ly/happymba-openday


03/03/2026

Even though every Happy MBA session was online, the connection was immediate.

There was something special about the way Simon and Sarah showed up for each other. Playful, energised, sometimes a little unruly, but always committed to doing the work.

That’s what happens when people feel safe enough to be fully themselves.

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🎓 Now enrolling for our next tribe of Happy MBA

The business program that takes your happiness seriously

20 people · 3 mentors · 5 months

www.happy.mba

26/02/2026

How to monetise your knowledge in 30 seconds.

Carlos, co-founder of The Happy Startup School explains how people buy outcomes not knowledge.

To learn more, join our bitesized workshop on Zoom tomorrow at 12pm GMT.

We’ll take you through a tool we use on our Happy MBA program – the product brainstorm canvas.

If you have any questions about launching your own products, bring them with you too.

Link to register is in the bio.

25/02/2026

Want to monetise your knowledge?

Carlos, co-founder of The Happy Startup School shares three things you must know in order to monetise your knowledge.

To learn more, join our bitesized workshop on Zoom this Friday at 12pm GMT.

We’ll take you through a tool we use on our Happy MBA program – the product brainstorm canvas.

Link to register is in the bio.

15/11/2025

“You can burn out even if you do something that you love. While we were running a sustainable business, maybe we were not sustainable as a business.”

Apurva Kothari first spoke at Summercamp back in 2016, sharing the inspiring story of how he started his company, No Nasties an ethical clothing brand based in his beloved Goa, India.

Almost a decade on, he came back to tell a new story.

It was an honest and vulnerable sharing of Apurva’s 15-year journey starting and running one of India’s pioneer sustainable brands.

Funny, moving and humble, this talk was Apu in a nutshell.

If you want to learn more, watch his Summercamp talk in full here (along with others from our archive):

happystartupsummer.camp/talks/apurva-kothari-2026

       

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