Hi everyone,
Last night Stockholm tech had a meetup with top investors from Dubai, Istanbul and China. They also discussed how Sthlmtech can challenge themselves to come up with innovative solutions to the refugee crisis. There was both open discussions and startup pitches for new ideas on the subject.
I think this is a top initiative of huge importance. I wrote a post earlier on social entrepreneurship and when talking about initiatives to support social problems in the society this is a great one.
I did some research to see what innovations that has been made to support this kind of crisis. Also saw that Fredrik wrote a post on the refugee problem with employment so this can follow up on that discussion. I found this startup who does what Sophie purposed on the elevator pitch but in Switzerland. They connect refugees with employers in the country. Here’s the link: http://capacityzurich.ch/
I also found two other cool initiatives I would like to share.
Three Netherlands-based entrepreneurs have set up an “Airbnb for refugees.”
Link: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/01/berlin-group-behind-airbnb-for-refugees-overwhelmed-by-offers-of-help
This got me thinking of the opportunity of turning successful concepts into entrepreneurial initiatives to solve social problems. One example that can be related to this is LinkedIn but other forums like facebook, Snapshat, Twitter, uber etc. could possibly be used to support the crisis by creating awareness and supporting refugees to channels of help.
The third example I want to lift is this. Lots of people also gathers to create a startup boat.
Link to an article about it: http://techcrunch.com/2015/08/14/european-entrepreneurs-launch-startupboat-to-address-refugee-crisis/
Link to the startup’s webpage: http://startupboat.eu/
http://techcrunch.com/2015/08/14/european-entrepreneurs-launch-startupboat-to-address-refugee-crisis/
Do you know any other startups or projects to support?
Great to see you all there yesterday! Tickets and info was found through this link: http://www.industrifonden.se/aid
/Linda