Entrepreneurship news
There is a lot going on within our university when it comes to entrepreneurship. Keep up to date with the latest news about entrepreneurship.
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Enactus Tilburg & Friends Podcast #2: Tom Leenders, co-founder of zero waste headphone company Gerrard Street
04th January 2022In this second episode of the Enactus Tilburg & Friends video/podcast, the students of Enactus Tilburg University sat down for a conversation with Tom Leenders, co-founder of circular headphone company Gerrard Street. The conversation spanned topics such as Gerrard Street's mission to reduce e-waste, the challenges of launching a physical product, the tough and messy process of product validation, and Tom's learnings along the way.
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Students Committed to Sustainable and Responsible Entrepreneurship
23rd December 2021Tilburg University encourages student entrepreneurship and sustainable entrepreneurship. These aspects came together in the second Tilburg University Challenge with the theme: social responsibility. Two teams took home the three cash prizes. How are things now with the socially responsible clothing brand Bigger Picture Clothing and AnDa, the healthy drink produced from residual waste? Tilburg University Magazine talked to winner of the Business Ready Award and Audience Award, Freek van Litsenburg (23) and with Anouk van Anrooij (24) and Daniel Gelsing (23) who won the Ideation Award.
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Social responsibility central theme of winners Tilburg University Challenge 2021
10th December 2021The Tilburg University Challenge 2021 has awarded all three prizes for the best business plan proposed by student teams to socially responsible ideas. During a livestream event on December 9th the Ideation Award went to Anouk van Anrooij and Daniel Gelsing for their healthy and fruity drink that is also sustainable. The Business Ready Award and the Audience Award went to Freek van Litsenburg, who, with Bigger Picture Clothing, sells clothing that is both sustainable in production and has a large social impact.