UB organises Social Startup Meeting Barcelona to foster social entrepreneurial initiatives
From 3rd to 5th May, the headquarters of Alumni UB (582, Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes) host the first Social Startup Meeting Barcelona. It is an intensive weekend meeting which aims at gathering entrepreneurial people who come from different fields of knowledge and want to promote social, technological, environmental and cultural entrepreneurial initiatives which can be later translated into sustainable businesses. The event has been organised by the University of Barcelona, by means of the Office of the Commissioner for Participation, Employability and Social Entrepreneurship, Alumni UB, LabCoop and HUB Barcelona Candidate. Registration has a social price: € 23-30 the weekend, meals included.
From 3rd to 5th May, the headquarters of Alumni UB (582, Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes) host the first Social Startup Meeting Barcelona. It is an intensive weekend meeting which aims at gathering entrepreneurial people who come from different fields of knowledge and want to promote social, technological, environmental and cultural entrepreneurial initiatives which can be later translated into sustainable businesses. The event has been organised by the University of Barcelona, by means of the Office of the Commissioner for Participation, Employability and Social Entrepreneurship, Alumni UB, LabCoop and HUB Barcelona Candidate. Registration has a social price: € 23-30 the weekend, meals included.
Social Startup Meeting is the first UB social entrepreneurial action in Barcelona. “It is a public and socializing initiative to help and encourage socio-entrepreneurial young voices and university students”, explains Ferrer. The opening ceremony happens today, Friday 3rd May, at 5 p.m.; it will be conducted by Jil van Eyle, founder of Teaming. During the weekend, several professionals from emerging companies and experts on social entrepreneurship will act as mentors for young entrepreneurs. “The event will gather 100 UB students and graduates who, together with other young voices, will turn their original ideas into a social entrepreneurial collaborative project”, ensures Ferrer.
To foster young peopleʼs entrepreneurial spirit
Social Startup Meeting Barcelona follows the methodology “to learn creating” of Startup Weekend, an organization which supports the meeting too. In only one weekend, this intensive meeting wants to provide potential entrepreneurs with a different creative way of developing their competences that will enable them to work cooperatively in order to turn their ideas into business models.
Participants will be informed about the necessary tools to set up a social start-up. They will work in cross-disciplinary working groups. Technological, entrepreneurial and social mentoring will be offered, as well as professional feedback, and networking within a social entrepreneurship community.
Experienced entrepreneurs
Social Startup Meeting aims to be a meeting point for Young entrepreneurs and to bring closer social entrepreneurial experiences of professionals who will act as mentors: Jordi Ibáñez, Jordi Via, Montserrat Duran, Ramón Vives, Sònia Mulero, Andrea Balletbò, Conxita Herms, Eduardo Elosegui, Jaume Oller, Javier Varas, Jesús Purroy, Josep Maria Corbinos, Luz Fernández, Marta Pérez Flotats, Oriol Palom, Sheila Mas, Xavier Martí Renom and Xavier Pont.
In short, the aim is to foster creativity, innovation and social conscience of those present in order that they continue working on their social entrepreneurial projects, until they achieve to create an Organization which improves our society.
About the organizers
The University of Barcelona, a centenary institution which combines tradition with innovation and teaching excellence, fosters social entrepreneurship among students by means of the Office of the Commissioner for Participation, Employability and Social Entrepreneurship.
LabCoop is an organization which hosts and fosters social entrepreneurial collaborative initiatives why try to change our current social, economic, political, cultural and environmental reality, by emphasizing cooperation and social innovation.
HUB Barcelona Candidate is a community of entrepreneurs which is part of a five-continent worldwide network. Its main objective is to change our world by means of sustainable businesses.
For further information and have a look to the meetingʼs programme, please visit the website Social Startup Meeting Barcelona or sent a message to the email address cm-poes@ub.edu.