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Social businesses create impact. Are you contributing to a better society with your business or organisation? Become part of our community or network!

Are you happy withbusiness as usual?

If you're looking for new solutions, you have to explore new approaches. "Business as usual" quickly reaches its limits. We provide you with a compass for your journey, build bridges where you need them and help you to overcome obstacles.

Our focus

Our mission

We make social innovations grow

Social Business Hub Styria is a social business incubator and network for people who solve social challenges in an entrepreneurial way. We develop, promote and support social innovations, inspire and advise founders in Southern Austria, build strong networks and disseminate our expertise, thus working towards a fair and sustainable society.

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Our focus

The topic of social and green entrepreneurship with all its different dimensions represents the central element of our work: Social entrepreneurship for different target groups – for people who want to found or further develop their own company or intrapreneurs who focus on social innovation within companies. Social entrepreneurship offers opportunities for rural regions and creates perspectives for people facing difficult life situations. We build networks with national and international partners. Together we research and develop strategies how to build vibrant social entrepreneurship ecosystems.

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Social and Green Entrepreneurship

Social Intrapreneurship

Social Innovation in Rural Areas

Social and Green Entrepreneurship for All

National and international Social Innovation Ecosystem

Research and Strategy

We offer a variety of support options for people interested in starting a business and for organizations and companies that want to increase their social impact.

Participate

Our programs include creative workshops for idea generation, an incubation program for social entrepreneurs and an acceleration program for social businesses that want got scale their social impact.

Social Entrepreneurship Programs

Collaborate

Social Innovations arise when different partners with different backgrounds start working together to solve social problems. We are looking for new partners to work with us on social change for a better future in national and international projects.

Social Innovation Ecosystem

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Events

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29 Jun 2021

open office hours

Impact Tuesday

Would you like to learn more about social entrepreneurship? Are you looking for contact with stakeholders in the scene? Or do you just want to a fire-side chat about saving the world? Then make a stop at Impact Tuesday, our social business open office hour. Now every Tuesday from 10 a.m.

8 Sep 2021

conferenceexternal event

Social Entrepreneurship Summit – SES – 2021

The Social Entrepreneurship Summit – SES – brings together academics, students, business leaders, government officials and social entrepreneurs to co-create solutions to the most challenging issues of our society.

16 Sep 2021

workshop