Creative Leaders Innovating for Market and Business Growth The CLIMB Programme (Creative Leaders Innovating for Market and Business Growth) is a dynamic two-year initiative designed to empower creative entrepreneurs to scale their businesses, embrace innovation, and strengthen their leadership capabilities.
Developed by CREW, the CLIMB Programme supports creative digital entrepreneurs through targeted training, personalised mentorship, and access to a vibrant digital community, enabling participants to transform creative ideas into sustainable, market-ready ventures.
Participants will gain the tools, insights, and networks required to lead with confidence, adapt to industry change, and capitalise on emerging opportunities in Ireland’s growing creative digital economy.
CLIMB is co-funded by the Government of Ireland and the European Union through the ERDF Northern and Western Regional Programme 2021–27.
The CLIMB Programme combines six modular training blocks, a six-month structured mentorship programme, annual acceleration bootcamps, and access to CREW’s digital community.
Each element is designed to nurture creativity, build commercial acumen, and develop leadership capacity within the creative digital sector.
The CLIMB Programme is ideal for:
CREW’s CLIMB Courses offer targeted, flexible learning for entrepreneurs and SMEs across the digital creative ecosystem, focusing on the critical skills needed for market and business growth. Developed as part of CLIMB – Creative Leaders Innovating for Market & Business Growth, this programme supports high-potential digital creative businesses through providing access to tailored growth supports.
Participants can enrol in a single course or combine several. Alongside structured learning, the courses offer networking opportunities, access to mentorship, and a useful collection of digital resources and tools designed to support continued growth and development.
Cost: The cost to participant is €160 – €200 euro per short course. The programme is being offered to the SME at 20% of the market rate (the full programme is valued at €800 – €1000) with the remaining 80% supported by Enterprise Ireland Smart Region scheme.
The cost to participant is €160 – €200 euro per short course. The programme is being offered to the SME at 20% of the market rate (the full programme is valued at €800 – €1000) with the remaining 80% supported by Enterprise Ireland Smart Region scheme.
The CLIMB Accelerator Bootcamp is an intensive growth programme designed to help ambitious founders scale with confidence. Through expert-led workshops, hands-on strategy sessions, and targeted mentorship, participants strengthen their business foundations while building clear, actionable plans for expansion.
The programme focuses on three core areas: investment readiness, market expansion, and leadership development. Founders refine compelling, investor-ready pitches and develop diversified funding strategies to support sustainable growth. They explore new market opportunities through research, partnerships, and strategic positioning, while also ensuring their products and intellectual property are protected and adaptable. Alongside this, participants build scalable team structures and strengthen their leadership capabilities to drive innovation and manage growth effectively.
The Bootcamp provides the practical tools, expert insight, and strategic focus needed to move from ambition to accelerated action.
