A few weeks ago, on 28 February, I received an invitation to take part in a participatory meeting at Bilbao Berrikuntza Faktoria (BBF). The message was clear: I was invited as a key agent of innovation to, together with other people, promote the innovative ecosystem of Bizkaia. The idea was to bring together “a fundamental part of the current innovation network and the inhabitants of the BBF to understand how to take care of this ecosystem that gives us life and decide what steps we can take together”. Of course, I went there, after all, it is “my topic” and if I could contribute something, it was one of those moments I couldn’t miss. (more…)
I wish you a good summer with a news like the one I share with you today. Not only because behind it is a friend and colleague like Garbiñe Henry, director of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Unit at the University of Deusto (UD) and her team, but also because I know that to reach this “result” there is a lot of effort and many hours of thinking, readjusting and defending.
I’ll tell you quickly, I’m sure that, although today’s post is very interesting, many people are more aware of the hours you have left for your much-needed vacation than of what I’m telling you today. So, let’s get to the point.
This post is contextualized in the new Deusto 2022 Strategic Plan of the University of Deusto, whose motto is
“people and institutions that together transform the world to make it more just, more humane and more sustainable”.
The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Unit wants to train people in an integral way (they have been doing it for years), people who transform themselves in order to transform. To this end, the Unit has designed the Deusto Model of Entrepreneurship (H4C3R), which has the following purpose people who transform themselves to transfor:
To support people throughout their lives, promoting an entrepreneurial and innovative culture inside and outside the University, so that they become agents of economic and social transformation, in cooperation with the rest of the ecosystem; in short, people who transform themselves in order to transform.
4 are the objectives and priority lines of action that have been set and which can be summarised as follows:
To promote the entrepreneurial culture by carrying out awareness-raising, communication and dissemination tasks.
To develop the entrepreneurial and innovative skills that every entrepreneur (transforming agent) needs.
To promote and accompany the implementation of entrepreneurial projects in the spaces that the UD has.
To position the UD in the entrepreneurial ecosystem through networking, cooperation, internationalization or the co-creation of projects.
I invite you to watch the following video in which the 4 H, 3 C and R are explained very well.
Thank you, Garbiñe, for embodying the work of so many years in this model and congratulations to the team.
To all the people who follow me, I wish you a happy summer, very happy, in which you can rest and enjoy yourselves safely. You know, put your masks on and let’s enjoy every moment together.
Hugs and show through your eyes that life is worth living.
I’m sure you’ve already heard about crowdfunding, right? Well, today this post is about “that”, so if you’re interested in knowing a bit more about what that word means and who is behind it, I’ll leave you some clues. (more…)
These Easter holidays have been very special for me for many reasons. The truth is that I needed to rest and take a lot of strength and energy after a tough semester and, above all, after some weeks loaded with so much work (more than I expected), unexpected emotions (those that I personally don’t like) and exciting and irresistible projects, such as EIPTE or the organization of the VIII University Day of the Innovation and Quality. All this, together with the day to day, have made the beginning of the year harder than I thought, so, this time has been good for me to relax, think, re-think and make decisions.(more…)
Later than I expected but here I am and I hope the news I bring you today are of your interest. Today’s post has to do with innovation, social entrepreneurship, innovative projects, real problems, challenges and possibilities to work for the common good.
I wish you a good summer with a news like the one I share with you today. Not only because behind it is a friend and colleague like 
I’m sure you’ve already heard about crowdfunding, right? Well, today this post is about “that”, so if you’re interested in knowing a bit more about what that word means and who is behind it, I’ll leave you some clues. 
