The event took place the evening before the INSEAD Entrepreneurship Forum on Impact Investing: Creating an Industry from Innovations. So it was a great way to get into the spirit of social entrepreneurship and impact investing and drew some expert impact investing practitioners to the Lab as well as current MBA students and alumni.
The participants listened to presentations by Christoph Birkholz and Ruth Armale on the Hub model and the Global Hub Fellowship programme. You can see more information about the details of the event below. The goal was to provide valuable feedback to the two entrepreneurs on particular challenges they face in their work. Some good brainstorming and sharing, hopefully led to valuable insights for the Hub fellows.
We look forward to hosting again next year!
Details of the event:
The INSEAD - HUB Challenge Lab - Wednesday,
May 22nd, 19:30h – 22h - INSEAD
Europe Campus
Description
INSEAD Social Impact Catalyst and the HUB Fellowship (http://fellowship.the-hub.net) collaborate on a unique ’Challenge Lab’. Prototyped
in various HUBs across the globe, the Challenge Lab creates the space for
discussing real challenges of Social Entrepreneurs to generate innovative
solutions, imaginative ideas and out-of-the box approaches. Participants:
get engaged
and inspired,
share
their knowledge,
come
up with concrete solutions, and
develop
their network in the social entrepreneurship scene.
Facilitators
- · Ruth Armalé, Managing Director, Global HUB Fellowship
- · Christoph Birkholz, Co-Founder and Managing Director, HUB Zürich
- · Christine Driscoll Goulay, Associate Director, Social Entrepreneurship Initiative
- · Carolin Fedier, Managing Director, Superar Suisse
- · Aubrey Manganye & Xolisa Hilita, Founders, Maxima Energy Holdings - participating by video conference
Participants
Selected MBA students and attendees to the INSEADEntrepreneurship Forum on Impact Investing, who are passionate about Social
Entrepreneurship.
Social
Ventures
Superar
((superar)) suisse is a non-profit association for the
promotion of active singing, dancing and instrument playing of children
and adolescents in Switzerland, with a focus on socially disadvantaged
schools and areas. In four hours of ((superar)) lessons a week, abasic
aesthetic education is provided and moreover, self-confidence, self-discipline
and social integration are promoted. ((superar)) suisse is part of the
emerging ((superar)) network that started as a co-operation of the Wiener
Sängerknaben, the Konzerthaus Wien and Caritas Vienna in 2010 and partners
with El Sistema Venezuela, the world’s most successful musical-social
initiative.
Maxima
Energy Holdings
Maxima Energy Holding was conceived as a result of
Aubrey's and his partner Xolisa's passion for recycling where they started by
recycling used newspapers, vegetables and clothes through worm farming. After
visiting the supplier of our worm farms they discovered that he was producing
biodiesel for domestic consumption. They investigated the commercialization of
biodiesel and their findings indicated that not only does the demand outweigh
supply, but also that the business is sustainable, scalable, profitable and has
the capacity to create employment.
- Intro – 15 min
- o INSEAD Social Impact Catalyst
- o HUB & HUB Fellowship
- o Challenge Lab
- Presentation of Superar and Maxima Energy Holdings and their key Challenges – 45 min
- Work session in groups – 45 min
- Idea pitching – 15 min
- Open group discussion: Main take-away’s – 30 min
- Dinner & Drinks will be served during the session
