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  • Challenge yourself & grow: The experience of a European volunteer

    May 20, 2019 |

    For you personally, what does the Erasmus+ volunteering service stand for and why did you decide to do this type of volunteering? Alexandra Pediakova: For me, European Voluntary Service (EVS) […]

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  • Founder Spotlight: Lena Parzer, Open Piano for Refugees

    May 13, 2019 | Aneta Pawlik

    While universally known and praised for his writing, Leo Tolstoy had a secret passion – classical music. He even wrote in his diary that “music is a stenograph of feelings” […]

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  • Founder Spotlight: Annamaria Tolvaly, Bags with Legs

    March 26, 2019 | Maxim Silva Vega

    Annamaria Tolvaly came to Vienna from Romania, so her own life experience has taught her what it is to start life over in a new place. About a year ago, […]

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  • Blind Spots In Education: Where Startups Step Up

    March 19, 2019 |

      Education, startups, and innovation During our Feb 2019 WineDown, we’re brought together key stakeholders in education to discuss how startups contribute to filling in the blind spots, what role […]

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  • Meet the Finalists of the Greiner Family Impact Initiative

    February 12, 2019 |

      What Is The Greiner Family Impact Initiative? In 2018, the Greiner family decided to dedicate funds to giving back to society. To do this, they set up an accelerator […]

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  • CEE Impact Day 2018

    October 24, 2018 |

    On October 4-5, our ecosystem came together to celebrate the largest CEE Impact Day event to date. Now that we’ve had some time to reflect, we want to share with […]

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  • How to Engage In Climate Action in Central & Eastern Europe this Fall

    September 24, 2018 | Baldwin Tong

    If you’ve been paying attention to the vital signs of the planet–raging fires across Europe, unpredictable weather patterns, and intense hurricanes–it’s apparent that we need to take immediate and drastic […]

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  • Sustainable Spotlight: An Interview with Alpengummi

    September 6, 2018 | Baldwin Tong

      We connected with the producers of Alpengummi, Sandra and Claudia, to chat about their new sustainable chewing gum venture.  It was a great conversation concerning the sustainability of ingredients […]

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  • Healthy Summer Eating Courtesy of Impact Hub Ventures

    July 20, 2018 | Jennifer Cornick

    We have been really focused on your health this month.  However, we have yet to talk about food, one of the key ingredients to good health.  We asked two of […]

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  • Working Smart – Healthy Working

    July 6, 2018 | Jennifer Cornick

    We all want to be healthier. We want healthier workplaces because we spend so much time there during the week.  The World Health Organization (WHO) says “healthy workers are more productive […]

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  • Upheaval: Reading about Refugees

    May 28, 2018 | Jennifer Cornick

    Reading is important.  Not only does a reader find friends within the pages of a book, new and old, he or she gains a wealth of new information.  Reading also […]

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  • Tech For Good – Analog Edition: Best Books for Tech Entrepreneurs

    April 11, 2018 | Jennifer Cornick

    Part of making a better future for everyone, a more inclusive future, is harnessing the powers of technology for good.  However, before you can deliver ground breaking technologies which provide […]

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  • The Fierce Female Founders of Impact Hub Vienna

    April 9, 2018 |

    In March, we focused on Social Development Goal #5, Gender Equality, and discussed how female entrepreneurs are making significant strides toward balancing out the number of businesses founded by women […]

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  • Social Media: A Fuel for Education

    February 27, 2018 | Anja Stevic

    One of my first essays at high school was about negative aspects of Facebook. I lamented about it destroying our relationships. Back then I understood it as a platform for […]

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  • Ed Tech Sector Challenges 2018

    February 8, 2018 | Jennifer Cornick

    Ed Tech is a highly visible sector in the entrepreneurial and start-up markets.  In August 2017, The Guardian reported the industry would be worth €146 Billion by the year 2020.  […]

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