Kick-Off in Innsbruck: MCI Creativity Award 2018 in Collaboration with Startup.Tirol
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On the 2nd March 2018, interested students were invited to attend a Q&A kick-off event dedicated to MCI Creativity Award 2018. The event took place at ‘BASE EINS’, a startup hub in front of the Tyrolean State Theatre in Innsbruck, and was organized by MCI in collaboration with Startup.Tirol, the centerpiece of the EEE Regional Alliance in Tyrol. During this event, the students has a chance to learn every detail of how to prepare for a business competition based on the corresponding module ‘Idea Competition’ in the EEE Teaching Toolkit.

The module ‘Idea Competition’, freely accessible here, is designed primarily for the individuals experimenting with entrepreneurial activities for the first time. It has the aim to foster entrepreneurial ideas coming from different fields and supports also individuals who have not yet made experiences with entrepreneurship or management before, in sharing, spreading and eventually also commercializing their ideas. HEI educators can use the materials of the course to enrich the existing or create new entrepreneurship education courses.

The idea competition module consists of two parts. The aim of part one is to give an overview on how an idea competition could look like, how such competition might be structured and organized. The purpose of part two of this idea competition module is to support students in preparing for a successful participation in an idea competition.

In addition to module ‘Idea Competition’, EEE Teaching Toolkit offers two more modules: Course 1: Improving Entrepreneurial Skills, and Course 3: Encouraging Social Entrepreneurship, which are freely available at our Resource Platform.

 

Startup Festival and ‘Innopun(s)ch’ Workshop in Innsbruck welcomed EEE Project and its First Outputs
Events Management Center Innsbruck Promotion Activities Regional Alliances

Management Center Innsbruck (MCI) successfully introduced EEE project and the first project outputs to the regional entrepreneurial community and wider public at the Innsbruck Startup Festival and the innovation workshop.   

For a day, the old city of Innsbruck transformed itself from a historic neighbourhood to a modern entrepreneurial hub together with The Startup Festival, organized by Startup.Euregio. On 24 November, 2017, the pop-up start-up focal point ‘BASE EINS’ united more than 200 students, investors, start-ups, experts and other individuals passionate about fostering entrepreneurship in Tyrol, South Tyrol and Trentino. As an active participant, Management Center Innsbruck showcased its activities and recent outcomes, which have been well received by the visitors.

‘Innopun(s)ch’ workshop

A week after, on 1 December, 2017, EEE project was highlighted at yet another engaging event – ‘Innopun(s)ch’ workshop by MCI and Werkstaette Wattens. 20 participants from different backgrounds came together to discuss latest topics in the field of innovation management. A special focus has been laid on interactivity and practice to not only understand, but ‘feel’ and ‘touch’ innovation. Modules from the Entrepreneurship Teaching Toolkit have been employed in order to enrich the workshop and enhance the experience of its participants.

MCI contributes to the IECT International Summer School on Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship Education Events

IECT (Institute for Entrepreneurship Cambridge–Tirol) a trusted partner in the Startup Tirol Alliance has recently completed their international Summer School program on entrepreneurship, ran between 17th – 23rd August, 2017.

27 international scientists with entrepreneurial ideas, and the intentions to launch a startup have participated in this one-week intensive program. The program was composed of an inspiring blend of lectures, courses, workshops, and mentoring sessions to help the participants turning their ideas into reality. The IECT Summer School has shown that when different actors in the regional eco-system play together and use international linkages great impact can be achieved.

The Summer School was developed in partnership with the University of Cambridge and the European Forum Alpbach. It is hosted by the Werkstätte Wattens and sponsored by the Standortagentur Tirol and the regional chamber of commerce. National and international cooperation partners support the Summer School: Falling Walls Lab, TEC Alpbach Technology Symposion, Global Incubator Network, ICONS, Spectrum, and Management Center Innsbruck.

EEE project’s Bernd Ebersberger of MCI has contributed to the Summer School with a session on Markets & Competition on Saturday August 19.