NETZ-WERK-STATT for founders and young entrepreneurs

Sustainable start-ups - Well thought-out start-ups live longer!

Begin 11. May 2022 - 17:00
End 11. May 2022 - 20:30

In cooperation with the Dresden Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK), Zittau Branch, we’ll connect you with successful young entrepreneurs and provide you with information on the topic of “sustainability.”

Program:

  • Welcome Remarks – Matthias Schwarzbach and Kristin Große (Dresden Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Zittau Branch) and Thomas Pilz (Managing Director, Kulturfabrik Mittelherwigsdorf)
  • How to Successfully Launch a Sustainable Startup? – David Sauer (Startup Academy at Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences)
  • A Sustainable Business Model in Practice – Bernd Wacker (eco-softfibre GmbH & Co. KG)
  • Well-Thought-Out Startups—A panel discussion with Jana Lambrich (Mlink & Marja, Löbau), Tom Hohlfeld (Amphibienarchitektur, Görlitz), and Sebastian Schmidt (Holz Erfahren, Vierkirchen), moderated by Anja Beutler (Sächsische Zeitung)

The event will conclude with a relaxed exchange among networking partners, speakers, and guests, accompanied by music and light refreshments.

Registration is required here. The registration deadline is May 6, 2022.

Mlink & Marja

Portrait photo by Jana Lambrich
Photo: private

Mlink & Marja is a toy and craft store in the middle of Löbau, which Jana Lambrich expects to open in August 2022 and invites people to enjoy entertaining games in and in front of the store. The toy and craft store aims to overcome regional challenges (dying stores, increasing online trade, lack of offers for families) and enter new future fields. To this end, classic analog and digital sales will be combined. The name, which refers to the legend of Löbau's origins, contributes to identification with the region.

Amphibian architecture

Ralf Habel and Tom Hohlfeld in front of the setting sun
Photo: private

With Amphibienarchitektur, Tom Hohlfeld and Ralf Habel founded one of the first nature conservation startups to create regional connections between local businesses, regional nature conservation efforts, and local educational institutions.
Fieldwork, sustainable documentation, engaging products, and more come together in this sustainable startup, which—through its two founders—also embodies the transdisciplinary synergies between old and young, innovative and experienced.

Experience wood

Sebastian Schmidt at work
Photo: private

An owner-operated carpentry shop that, although it was founded as recently as 2018, builds on the experience and expertise of more than three generations of master craftsmen. The shop specializes in the construction of caravans.

While in the past they mostly built for circuses or traveling showmen, today it is private individuals who are fulfilling a dream by having Sebastian Schmidt craft a custom-made trailer to their specifications.

In addition, the trend toward mobile living is growing in Germany as well; with rising rents and a housing shortage, tiny houses will play an increasingly important and sustainable role in the future.

Target groups: Students, employees and graduates

Contact: David Sauer, d.sauer(at)hszg.de

Project: Start-up academy

Wednesday, May 11, 2022 from 5 p.m.

Kulturfabrik MEDA Mittelherwigsdorf, Hainewalder Str. 35, 02763 Mittelherwigsdorf

Photo: David Sauer, Diplom (FH), M.A.
Diplom in Business Administration (FH), M.A.
David Sauer
Centre for Knowledge Transfer and Education
02826 Görlitz
Parkstrasse 2
Building G VII, Room 206
2nd upper floor
+49 3581 374-4311
Centre for Knowledge Transfer and Education
02763 Zittau
Schwenninger Weg 1
Building Z VII, Room 409
4th upper floor
+49 3583 612-4311
Institute for Health, Ageing, Work and Technology (GAT)
02826 Görlitz
Parkstrasse 2
Building G VII, Room 203
1st floor
+49 3581 374-4311