Zurich, Switzerland – The IFJ today announced the four winners of the first round of Venturekick, among them The Entrepreneurs' Ship. We would also like to congratulate the other three winners, namely AgriCircle, AirXCell and Aicue. 

The projects have been evaluated by a panel of experts and investors based on the business potential demonstrated and the achievements made in business development. 

It is particularly honorable for us having been chosen as a winner, because we are the only non-profit project among the winners. It is wonderful to see, that the Swiss startup support structures value both, for-profit and non-profit initiatives. The 10'000 CHF will be invested in four distinct areas. First, to strengthen our brand awareness by participating in various global entrepreneurship conferences, such as the World Entrepreneurship Forum, the Global Forum for Innovation and Entrepreneurship as well as the REE Europe. Second, this funding will help us continue our global market analysis on entrepreneurial support systems. Third, an initial project will be organized in collaboration with CIYDA, in order to establish workshops and courses in Zimbabwe. Finally, we will launch a social entrepreneur interview series. Part of this funding will also support us in this initiative.

Thanks again to the entire IFJ / Venturekick team for this great support.

Thanks for sharing this insightful graphic with us, Allison Morris...

In this new blog series, we would like to keep up you to date on the different activities of our crew members. As The Entrepreneurs' Ship is a collective of individual experts, each one of them is renown for their work.

Habib Lesevic - How to channel digital creativity: do it in person, keep it intuitive and listen to the older generation

Channeling creativity in the digital world was the theme of the keynote presentation by two leading City University academics at the Digital Shoreditch Creative Tech Day at Hackney House.

Professor Clive Holtham and Habib Lesevic, both from Cass Business School, staged an entertaining joint discussion covering such areas as whether creativity can be collective or individual, the need for physical connections and the introduction of intuitive arts teaching into the business world.

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