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.
Last week, the Krapina-Zagorje County Entrepreneurship Center hosted a SWUP event that brought together tenants of the Krapina-Zagorje County Business and Technology Incubator and startups…
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.
Financing options, impact measurement, exciting insights into the Italian social business landscape. The workshop week in Milan further strengthened the European social business community. The RESONATE…