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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Understanding Migration and Inclusion

Many of us remember the busy train stations of Vienna when thousands of refugees were arriving or passing through in 2015. It was a chaotic scene, but dozens of volunteers and several organizations stepped up to help them pass through or arrive, giving them supplies and providing them show that these migrants were welcome here. […]