English December 03, 2025 3 min di lettura

Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs: what I’m really learning

Discover what I’m truly learning through Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs: structure, business growth, and a clearer way to manage clients and processes.

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Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs: what I’m really learning

In this article, I’m sharing my experience with Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs:
why I applied, what I’ve found so far, and how it’s changing the way I work

My experience with Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs inside an agency

When I decided to join the Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs program, I wasn’t looking for a “CV booster”. I wanted a real way to change my environment, break out of my routine, and see up close how a structured agency works.

This European exchange program for entrepreneurs gives new or aspiring entrepreneurs the chance to work for a few months with an experienced entrepreneur in another country, learning directly how to really run a business.

For me, it was immediately clear what I wanted to achieve:

Grow on the business side, not just as an advertising technician

Break the routine that makes you repeat the same patterns

Have a strong mentor to challenge me daily on numbers and decisions

The program became the tool to bring more method into my work and to understand whether my way of managing clients and projects is sustainable in the long run.

What I expected and what I found in the first days

Before starting, I had a rather “soft” idea in mind: a few alignment calls, some theory about the program, general advice on how to structure my activity.

Reality, from day one, was very different. We immediately started with:

Alignments: we review what happened, what worked, what needs fixing, and where to focus our energy

Hands-on learning: not abstract theory, but KPI analysis, funnels, budgets, ecommerce margins, real case studies.

Developing commercial processes: we are reshaping how leads come in, how they are managed, and how to avoid losing opportunities due to lack of process.

Work with the mentor: every important decision goes through a discussion. We refine, simplify, cut the superfluous, and keep what actually adds value to the business.

We’re also using AI and automations to speed up some parts of the commercial and marketing workflows. Not to “do the work for us”, but to reduce repetitive tasks and free time for the activities where human reasoning really matters.

What gives me energy

Changing environment isn’t just a professional thing. It pulls you out of the tracks you’re used to and forces you to rethink how you organize your time, make decisions, and react to problems.

At first, it’s tiring. Then you start to feel the positive effect.

What gives me the most energy is seeing that every week something becomes clearer:

a process that used to be confusing is now linear

a decision I would have postponed is now taken more decisively

a doubt doesn’t stay closed in a file but is brought to the table and discussed

My final goal with Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs

The program is still ongoing, but my goal is already clear. I don’t want to simply say “I did Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs.”

I want to finish with three concrete outcomes:

What gives me the most energy is seeing that every week something becomes clearer:

a commercial method that’s simple but solid, starting from numbers, not just instinct

a new approach to clients, focused on long-term and sustainable relationships, not just individual campaigns

In this sense, the Erasmus is not a parenthesis—it’s a phase that must change the way I work even afterwards.

If by the end I’ll have lighter decisions to make, less chaos in my files, and more clarity about where I want to take my business, then this entrepreneurial exchange will truly have done its job.ete outcomes:

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