Time flies like an arrow! It’s already been a year since we involved the first impact-oriented startups into our Social & Green Business incubation program. On June 28th we said goodbye to the teams from cyclebee, artSIP – more creative people, Papperlapapp Spielwelten and fizzy at a small business breakfast and exchanged experiences and insights from the last few months. We discussed the highs and lows of the founding process itself and obtained feedback from each other.
The LearningTogether project was kicked-off in Zagreb, Croatia with a peer-to-peer session hosted by Brodoto. Social Business Club/Hub Styria members visited colleagues and received introduction…
There are different ways in which a social business can combine impact with an economic business model. In an integrated approach impact is directly generated through commercial activities. Target groups are part of the model either as employees of the company, as users of services or as customers. When customers and beneficiaries differ the situation is more complex and a differentiated impact business model applies. “Sustainable” businesses generate impact by using environmentally sustainable processes, products or services.
Today we launch our new LearningTogether Erasmus+ project together with the project coordinator, Brodoto from Croatia. Brodoto is a social impact agency specialized in business…