Habemus Accelerator!
The pandemic still has a grip on all of us and caused changes in many aspects of our lives. It made us rethink our routines, slowed down or even paused activities, maybe forced us to make shifts and in the best case find silver linings. But let’s also take the current situation as a wake-up […]
Social Start-up Initiative found! 2020: Vienna Hobby Lobby sichert sich den ersten Platz
Deloitte Österreich und Impact Hub Vienna fördern mit der Initiative found! innovative Social Start-ups, die mit ihren Geschäftsideen neue Perspektiven für geflüchtete Personen schaffen. Seit Anfang des Jahres feilten sechs vielversprechende Teams mit Expertenunterstützung an ihren Businessplänen. Nun wurden die Gewinner gekürt: Vienna Hobby Lobby und FoodStories überzeugten die Jury mit ihren gelungenen Pitches. Wien, […]
innovate4nature insects edition: die Finalistinnen und Finalisten stehen fest!
Startups kämpfen gegen Insektensterben: Aus 67 Einreichungen hat eine Jury sechs spannende Business-Ideen für Insektenschutz gekürt. Wien, 18. Juni 2020 – Aus 67 Einreichungen für den Start-Up-Wettbewerb innovate4nature hat eine Fachjury am 17. Juni 2020 die sechs besten Ideen für den Schutz unserer Insekten gekürt. Gemeinsam mit erfahrenen Fachleuten werden die ausgewählten Teams in den […]
Founder Spotlight – Ariane Olschak, Farah Saad, Marianna Mkrtchyan and Philipp Schmidtmayr from frida
Since 2015, we have gained completely new perspectives on the topic of barriers to inclusive societies. While we are more aware of the existing hurdles and manage to build bridges in the job market, we are also still innovating the best possible solutions to making the entry obstacles easier to overcome. For a person who […]
Founder Spotlight: Rosa Haltmeyer from Vienna Hobby Lobby
When we talk about decreasing and closing the gaps preventing the achievement of social inclusivity in Austria, we often focus on barriers to accessing the job market, barriers to education for all, language learning and cultural integration. With today’s conversation, we want to add to this list an important topic, explored by one of the […]
found! Accelerator Program Announces the 2020 Finalists
The fourth round of found! has officially started! Deloitte Austria and Impact Hub Vienna selected the most innovative teams for their jointly organised social start-up program from numerous interesting submissions. The six ventures are now starting a 5-month incubation phase to work with experts on their business plans. Their unifying goal is to create opportunities […]
Why Transport Poverty is an Issue of Social Exclusion
I come from a small village in the south of Poland, which does not have public transport. It also doesn’t have local government-funded transport connections to the bigger cities in a travelling distance. A private network of minivans, the only mode of transportation for those without a car, goes back and forth between Cracow and […]
Open Piano for Refugees Selected as the Winner of the found! 2019 Accelerator Program
Originally posted in German by Deloitte Austria here The found! Program promotes start-ups that focus on creating prospects for refugees. Six young social entrepreneurs had been working on optimizing their business plans for the past six months. Now, Deloitte Austria and Impact Hub Vienna announced this year’s winners – the jury chose Open Piano for […]
RE:WIEN 2019 Launches for the 5th Time – Meet the Cohort!
Amongst many other accelerator programs run by Impact Hub Vienna, RE:WIEN is the only incubation program focused exclusively on making Vienna a more sustainable place to live. RE:WIEN supports start-ups and ventures which are based in Vienna and have developed an innovative product or service with great market potential. The areas in which the ventures […]
An Interview with Katha Schinkinger about Habibi & Hawara
This week I sat down with Katha Schinkinger, director and shareholder of Habibi & Hawara. Habibi & Hawara is a restaurant and catering business in the heart of Vienna that serves Austrian Oriental cuisine. Their mission is to hire staff with refugee and migrant backgrounds to train them with the relevant skills to become successful entrepreneurs of their […]
