Why failed start-ups strengthen start-up ecosystems and how apprentices use serious games to learn about sustainability in transport and logistics – these are the two topics covered in the webinars on 12 November (postponed from the original date in October) and 24 November.
The potential of failure
Around nine out of ten start-ups fail – so goes an often-cited rule of thumb. Yet what looks like a destruction of value from a business perspective is often the opposite from the perspective of ecosystem research: The experience, capital and networks of founders who have failed (or successfully exited) flow back into the region – as serial entrepreneurs, business angels, mentors or executives in small and medium-sized enterprises. Research refers to this cycle as ‘entrepreneurial recycling’.
The talk by Elmar Hackmann, IT project manager at worldiety, introduces the concept, which draws heavily on Mason & Harrison (2006), and links it to current research findings – such as the phenomenon of ‘boomeranging’, whereby founders oscillate between employment and starting their own businesses, thereby continuously feeding knowledge back into the ecosystem.
The centre of this is an empirical study conducted by the lecturer on the role of business angel networks in the Bremen/Oldenburg region: These networks act not only as investors but also as institutional catalysts that retain talent, raise the profile of locations and ensure that entrepreneurial failure does not lead to exclusion from the ecosystem – but rather serves as a springboard for the next attempt.
The talk, taking place on Thursday 12 November from 12 noon to 1 pm, is aimed at anyone interested in entrepreneurship, the regional economy and innovation ecosystems – and at anyone who wants to understand why a healthy start-up landscape also needs a healthy culture of failure.
Please register at uol.de/c3l/web-seminare.
Innovative training elements for transport and logistics
A live stream will demonstrate how sustainability can be taught using AI-powered serious games. The session will showcase innovative training elements for the transport and logistics sector from the InnoVET PLUS NaTuL project.
The webinar on Tuesday 24 November, from 12 noon to 1 pm, will offer an initial insight into the AI-supported serious game. It will demonstrate how sustainability can be integrated into learning processes in a practical way. Afterwards, there will be an opportunity for questions and discussion about the potential and applications of interactive and digital training and further education in the logistics and transport sector. The webinar is aimed at anyone – such as HR managers or apprentices – who would like to rethink logistics.
More information about the project
Please register at uol.de/c3l/web-seminare.