The Italian banking and business administration platform Tot announced the launch of Tot.Circle, an initiative designed to support and inspire the leaders of the future. The program, which is completely free for selected participants, combines hands-on training, high-level mentorship and networking and is aimed at anyone who wants to develop the skills needed to successfully lead a business.
Within the first 24 hours of its launch, the initiative received more than 100 applications, testifying to the interest in training and mentoring initiatives aimed at those doing business. Tot.Circle stems from Tot's mission to promote entrepreneurial culture and support the creation and growth of businesses, both in traditional and innovative sectors. The program is designed for three categories of entrepreneurs and future business leaders:
- leaders of family businesses, committed to picking up the baton of tradition and innovating the business;
- experienced managers and professionals who have decided to leverage their industry expertise to found a startup;
- freelancers with entrepreneurial ambitions, who have decided to evolve their work into a structured and scalable business.
“At Tot, we believe that entrepreneurial success is not just a matter of ideas, but mostly a matter of people. Tot.Circle wants to be an additional resource for those who have just started or are starting an entrepreneurial journey and are facing many challenges, operational, managerial and psychological,” explained Doris Messina, CEO and Co-founder of Tot. ”Doing business means learning every day, questioning oneself constantly, learning new rules of the game at every step: with Tot.Circle, we want to offer something really useful to those who have embarked on this path.”
Tot.Circle includes a four-day intensive course to be held in April 2025, partly online and partly in-person in Milan. During the program, selected participants will have free access to:
- hands-on training sessions on key topics such as administrative, financial, legal, and human resource management;
- workshops on soft skills, with a focus on leadership, communication and innovation;
- high-level mentorship, with experts and role models from the entrepreneurial world, who have gone through similar paths as the participants;
- networking opportunities, to build meaningful relationships with other entrepreneurs and professionals.
Applications for Tot.Circle are open online from January 16 until February 28, 2025. Places are limited and the selection will be made on the basis of motivation, entrepreneurial potential, and consistency with program goals.
“Tot.Circle represents a unique opportunity for those who want to turn their ambitions into reality and for those who want to consolidate their entrepreneurial skills. We want to offer an opportunity to those who are preparing to lead a business, with concrete tools to increase their awareness and competence,” added Bruno Reggiani, COO & Co-founder of Tot. ”We know closely the needs of Italian SMEs and the characteristics of the entrepreneurial fabric of our country and, with this initiative, we want to make our concrete contribution, addressing, for example, those who are facing generational change in family-run businesses, which also represent an opportunity for growth for the whole country system.”
Tot.Circle is just one of the initiatives of Tot, which works every day to offer simple and innovative tools to all entrepreneurs. Through Tot.Circle, the company further strengthens its commitment to supporting the growth and success of those doing business in Italy.
The initiative, which will be unveiled in March at an event to be announced soon, has the support of key partners including the business incubator I3P, The Techshop, Ulixes Capital Partners, B Heroes, Club degli Investitori, Feat. Ventures, Fintastico, Fintech District, Fluida, GLOW, GRLS, Hi!Founders, Impact Hub, ItaliaFintech, LifeGate Way, Notion, Over Ventures, SheTech, Silicon Drinkabout Italy, WDA and Zest Group. The list of partners is still being updated and more collaborations will be announced in the next weeks.
For more information about Tot.Circle and to apply for the program: https://tot.money/landing/circle
