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Reports, stories,
signals.

What we learn, what we publish, and what moves in Belgium's entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Cover of the 2025 annual report

Featured report

Annual report 2025

The year Pulse measured five years of impact, introduced regenerative philanthropy, and restated its conviction: entrepreneurship is not a privilege, it is a right.

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Annual reports

Every year, on the record.

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  • Cover of the 2023 annual report2023Annual report 2023FRNL
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  • Cover of the 2021 annual report2021Annual report 2021FRNL

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BE.Entrepreneur

Where it hurts, and what to change.

A collective initiative with Belgium's 40 under 40 and the Itinera Institute. More than sixty entrepreneurs, researchers and investors turned lived experience into concrete recommendations, then followed them into policy.

  • Cover of the BE.Entrepreneur report
    2024

    BE.Entrepreneur

    Twenty-five concrete recommendations for making entrepreneurship easier in Belgium, built with Belgium's 40 under 40 and the Itinera Institute around three axes: Educate, Enable, Boost.

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Failure report

The year’s failures, in writing.

Everyone publishes their successes. Once a year we publish what did not work, because the missteps behind a good year are the part other people can actually learn from.

  • Cover of the 2024 Annual Failure Report: one broken light bulb beside one that is lit
    2024

    Annual Failure Report 2024

    Once a year the team writes down what went wrong: the missteps, the near misses and the blunders behind the year’s successes. Published under the title "Beauty in the ugly".

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Library

Studies and publications.

Research on entrepreneurship in Belgium and beyond, gathered by Pulse Foundation. A short list on purpose: the studies we would actually hand to someone.

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