Paderborn University's start-up centre celebrates social and sustainable innovations at the "Impact Festival"
Social and conscious entrepreneurship is becoming increasingly important. At the "Impact Festival" on Thursday, 11 July, four teams will show how they want to change the world with their innovations. The students will present entrepreneurial solutions for current social or ecological challenges at the Start-up Campus OWL. Interested parties are invited to an inspiring event about sustainable business ideas at garage33, the Paderborn University's start-up centre (Ausblick 1, 33100 Paderborn), starting at ten o'clock, followed by a get-together. You can register for the event on the event page.
"Social entrepreneurs" are innovators who develop business models that are both economically viable and socially and ecologically sustainable. "In a finite world with finite resources, an economy with an 'ever more and ever further' mentality can only live out its social and ecological costs at the expense of society and the environment. We want to counteract this," emphasises Sumaya Islam, doctoral candidate in the field of "Entrepreneurship" at Paderborn University. In the "Social Entrepreneurship" module, in which the students participate, theoretical and practical knowledge about founding a social enterprise is learnt and directly applied. The focus is on generating a possible start-up idea with social or ecological added value.
Exciting pitches and presentations
Over the past few months, students have formed four teams with the aim of developing an entrepreneurial solution to a current social or ecological challenge. In addition to the pitches in which the students present their results, the Impact Festival also offers exciting presentations and opportunities to network and familiarise yourself with the regional start-up ecosystem. Lea Menke, a certified sustainability manager in the sports industry, will also give a short presentation on SC Paderborn 07's sustainability strategy.
Focus on social and sustainable innovations
"Social Entrepreneurship" is one of the focus topics of garage33 alongside "Female Entrepreneurship", the promotion of female company founders, and "Corporate Entrepreneurship", the integration of innovative entrepreneurship into existing organisations. Paderborn students have been sensitised to social entrepreneurship in the "Social Entrepreneurship" module since 2016.
