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Kozminski Innovators Meetup – let’s talk about your start-up

Do you have a start-up that you want us to hear about? Or maybe you’re keen to get some tips to help you develop your venture further? Or is it even different – your business idea is just taking shape and you want to discuss it with someone competent?

We have found that emails are not enough in these situations. Nothing can replace a good conversation. So, we would like to invite you to a conversation. How about it?

The project that started with you

Kozminski Innovators Meetup is a project that wouldn’t exist without our community. We know that you are enthusiastic and eager to take your own initiative. We see this in the number of messages you send us to present your projects. You don’t wait to be recruited for accelerator programs because you know that the perfect moment doesn’t exist. We want to appreciate it properly.

That’s why, as part of Kozminski Innovators Meetup, we will be organising regular online meetings where you talk about your startups to one of our mentors and hear their opinion.

Why take part?

A free meeting with a KBH expert is a chance to receive:

  • feedback on what you are involved in,
  • an individual proposal from us for your startup,
  • tips that will give your venture a boost.

Expect also nice side effects such as:

  • greater confidence in action after expert feedback,
  • gaining experience in business discussions
  • and, of course, a mass of new ideas.

How to join the Kozminski Innovators Meetup?

Let’s meet if you are running a startup or already have a well-thought-out concept to talk about. To apply, fill out this questionnaire. Once you’ve signed up and sent in your answers, you’ll receive an email offering you a meeting date. Yes, that’s it!

Kozminski Innovators Meetup talks will take place on one day at the end of each month. Applications for a given month close on the Monday preceding the appointed day of meetings or when the limit of places is exhausted.Therefore, it is not worth delaying your registration. 

In the event that you do – there is no harm. Our questionnaire collects responses all the time. Sometimes we will just be able to offer you an appointment only the following month.

Is there any preparation needed for the talk?

The interview with our mentor will have two stages.

  1. We will ask you to present your startup/concept in any form: e.g. with slides in the background or just orally. This part can last up to 15 minutes.
  2. Our expert will share his or her opinion with you, perhaps suggest something.

Of course, the stages are not rigid in any way. There will be room for free conversation. 

And a form of preparation for the meeting will certainly already be for you to fill in our questionnaire. 

We look forward to your participation in the Kozminski Innovators Meetup. Therefore, fill in the questionnaire and let's arrange an interview.

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KOZMINSKI BUSINESS HUB

ul. Jagiellońska 59
03-301 Warszawa

NIP: 1132925416

info@kozminskihub.com

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Startup Impact Program

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Startup Impact Program is our special accelerator program. Together with our partner Żabka Group, we have already conducted its two editions. The venture focuses on providing support to young companies that work towards positive change.

We are looking for startups that work in the areas of several UN Sustainable Development Goals selected for a given edition, e.g. reducing the carbon footprint, improving the well-being of children and young people, developing entrepreneurship.

 

The program consists of a competition and an acceleration phase. At the beginning, we collect applications, get to know the activities of the selected startups, and then a panel of judges selects the companies that will participate in the acceleration.

 

The winners of the Startup Impact Program receive substantive support from Kozminski Business Hub experts and the opportunity to test their solutions in the Żabka Group environment. The testing path is individually tailored to each of the young companies in order to best develop their potential. 

 

Find out more about each of the past editions below.

What kind of startups are we looking for?
Does your solution apply to:

Reducing the environmental footprint

Solutions for capturing and neutralizing carbon dioxide from the air.

Solutions to increase energy efficiency

Solutions for innovative and low-carbon refrigeration of food products

Innovative methods to reduce food waste in the value chain.

Recyclable or compostable, and environmentally friendly packaging dedicated to quick ready meals that can withstand extreme conditions.

Environmentally friendly disposable packaging for quick ready meals that can withstand extreme conditions – from the freezer to the 275-degree convection-microwave oven.

New packaging for hot drinks, plastic-free, environmentally neutral and customisable.

Solutions for quickly and innovatively restoring or scaling up the protection of precious natural ecosystems and tackling deforestation.

If so – we certainly want to meet you!

Apply if:

You already have a prototype of your services and/or products. This could be an MVP - a minimal version of your product that can be tested.

You have a defined target audience - you know whose problems your startup solves and to whom you want to target your communication.

You don't need to have:

Customers

We’ll find them together.

Expert background

You can use our technical, marketing, legal and other capabilities.

What can you gain?

Mentoring by high level experts

Opportunity to test your solutions in the fastest growing convenience store chain in Poland

A chance to cooperate with all entities of the Żabka Group

Support tailored to the needs of your start-up

See for yourself how it looked like last time

Why develop under our wings?

The Żabka Group was established at the beginning of 2021 and includes Żabka Polska –  the largest business unit, focusing on the retail area, Żabka Future responsible for new investments, business development and technological tools, and Strategic Leadership – three teams responsible for setting the direction of development of the entire Group by building consumer, personnel and financial strategies. The Żabka Group also includes Maczfit, a leader in the diet catering market in Poland, and Dietly.pl, a leading e-commerce platform in this segment.

The Group’s goal is to create and combine convenient and responsible convenience solutions that make everyday life easier for customers. The Group develops its social and environmental responsibility activities strategically, integrating environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) factors into its business strategy.

As part of its responsibility strategy, the Żabka Group has made commitments in the areas of good nutrition, services that facilitate sustainable living, entrepreneurial development, diversity and inclusive organizational culture, corporate governance, and decarbonization and circularity, among others.

KBH, established at Kozminski University, organises an ecosystem of innovation support. The company has been educating entrepreneurs and supporting new and promising businesses for many years.

The KBH acceleration program invariably enjoys great interest. Until now, there have been 4 editions of the program, to which several dozens of startups have applied each time. During each edition, participants had the support of a wide range of mentors. In total, 50 experts from various fields worked in the acceleration program.

Every year KBH creates a report Startups of Positive Impact containing experts’ statements about Polish positive impact ecosystem, detailed descriptions of activities of the most interesting startups in a given year and information on initiatives supporting this movement in Poland.

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KOZMINSKI BUSINESS HUB

ul. Jagiellońska 59
03-301 Warszawa

NIP: 1132925416

info@kozminskihub.com

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Positive Impact Startups Report

Positive Impact Startups

2023

PUBLISHER OF THE REPORT:

THE REPORT “Ecosystem of change”

The report " Positive Impact Startups. Ecosystem Of Change"

More and more startups want to add their bricks to the beneficial changes taking place in our communities. It is safe to say that Positive Impact Startups is a trend already visible on the Polish market. New entrepreneurs are primarily taking on the challenges adopted by the UN in the form of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

Positive Impact Startups in Poland

Positive Impact Startups

Positive Impact Startup is an innovative form of entrepreneurship aimed at solving important social challenges such as good quality education, gender equality, clean and accessible energy. Organizations that implement these demands as part of their activities are more valuable, but not only. After all, actions for sustainable development and positive impact are based on innovation and modern technology. Positive Impact Startup, therefore, concern for a better quality of life for people and environmental protection go hand in hand with a high level of organizational integrity.

Positive Startup Impact Report

The reports contain experts’ opinions on the Polish positive impact ecosystem, detailed descriptions of the most interesting startups of the year and information on initiatives supporting this movement in Poland. The reports also showcase innovative solutions proposed by positive impact startups in selected industries – from construction, education and sustainable fashion to health and responsible tourism.

Who prepares the report?

Reports are prepared within the Kozminski Business Hub by a team of students of postgraduate studies at Kozminski University entitled “CSR. Sustainable Development Goals in Company Strategy” under the direction of Mirella Panek- Owsiańska and Professor Bolesław Rok. The initiative is an important element in the implementation of the Sustainable Transformation Strategy of Kozminski University 

The publication of the Report is accompanied by a publicly available and updated online database of Polish positive impact startups - it currently includes over 800 companies

Positive Impact Startups Report 2023

Positive Impact Startups Database 2023

Highlighted Positive Impact Startups 2023

Report Partners

The report "Positive Impact Startups. Radical Social Innovation"

First edition of the SPW Report 2019

“Positive Impact Startups. Radical Social Innovation” is a description that opens a new area in business.”

We are dealing in Poland with the beginning of a major change in the entrepreneurship market in the context of social responsibility and challenges formulated in the form of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These are socially innovative start-ups, implementing business models generating economic and social benefits simultaneously, usually created by young people. The motivation of the founders is often personal, but also driven by the expectations of the market – users as well as large business and institutional partners, and by legislative changes that create new opportunities.

Second edition of the SPW 2020 Report

“Positive Impact Startups. Radical Social Innovation” is another sketch for a portrait of a phenomenon that is attracting increasing interest worldwide.”

We live in a time of breakthrough and at the same time great uncertainty. Therefore, it is worthwhile to have a good understanding of the new wave of positive business, which combines many streams, coming from different sources. In the face of the coming changes, we should take care of at least four pillars in business: passion – which must accompany all explorations; positive impact – because only this now justifies our activity; deep innovation – necessary at the level of models, processes and systems; and finally responsibility – which, like a moral compass, will ensure the right direction.

Third edition of the SPW 2021 Report

The report “Positive Impact Startups.
Radical Social Innovation”

Positive Impact Startups (SPW) is an already visible trend in the Polish startup market, which addresses, among others, the challenges adopted by the UN in the form of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

Forth edition of the SPW 2022 Report

The report “Positive Impact Startups.
Radical Social Innovation”

Positive Impact Startups (SPW) is an already visible trend in the Polish startup market, which addresses, among others, the challenges adopted by the UN in the form of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

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KOZMINSKI BUSINESS HUB

ul. Jagiellońska 59
03-301 Warszawa

NIP: 1132925416

info@kozminskihub.com

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Ranking of Responsible Companies

The Ranking of Responsible Companies

The Ranking of Responsible Companies is a recognised list of Poland’s largest companies assessed for applying the necessary instruments to improve policies, structures and processes in order to more fully meet the challenges of sustainable development. Subsequent editions of the Ranking are a continuation of its first version published in Manager Magazin in 2007 and 2008 under the name “Good Company Ranking”, in 2009 in Gazeta Prawna, and from 2010 in Dziennik Gazeta Prawna. All editions were prepared by Prof. Bolesław Rok and Jarosław Horodecki. The survey on which the Ranking is based is modified every year to take into account changes on the Polish market. The ranking is based on the results presented by the companies themselves in the survey and verified according to a proprietary methodology

About Us

The Ranking of Responsible Companies is a recognised list of Poland’s largest companies assessed for applying the necessary instruments to improve policies, structures and processes in order to more fully meet the challenges of sustainable development. Subsequent editions of the Ranking are a continuation of its first version published in Manager Magazin in 2007 and 2008 under the name “Good Company Ranking”, in 2009 in Gazeta Prawna, and from 2010 in Dziennik Gazeta Prawna. All editions were prepared by Prof. Bolesław Rok and Jarosław Horodecki. The survey on which the Ranking is based is modified every year to take into account changes on the Polish market. The ranking is based on the results presented by the companies themselves in the survey and verified according to a proprietary methodology.

Ranking of Positive Impact Startups

The second, independent part of the Ranking of Responsible Companies is the “Ranking of Responsible Companies – Startups of Positive Impact”. The selection is made by a separately appointed Panel of Positive Characters consisting of opinion leaders from the startup and social environment on the basis of developed criteria. This compilation is an element of the process of creating a positive impact ecosystem at Kozminski University, within the Kozminski Business Hub, which is a cross-sector consortium of partners for the support and development of positive impact entrepreneurship in Poland. The Ranking of Responsible Companies and Positive Impact Startups is an important element of the implementation of the Sustainable Transformation Strategy of Kozminski University.

Featured positive impact startups:

Biblioteka ubrań 

Bioseco

Deaf Respect

DEKOEKO

DrOmnibus

Earth-Heart

Gerere

HandyShower

Holoroad

iniJOB

KOKOworld

Kosmos dla dziewczynek

Leżę i Pracuję

LokalnyRolnik

Łąka

MAMA Pożycza

Manumania

Nepalove

Panato

Planeta Kreatorów

Polska Witalna

Pszczelarium

REC.ON

Social Wolves

Use Bike

Vegi

Wióry lecą

WoshWosh

Życie jest fajne

Airror

Bezmięsny Mięsny

Bio2materials

Cantino

EcoBean

Foodsi

GOOD WOOD Poland

Jan Barba

Mydlarnia Cztery Szpaki

Nieteraz

Offee

RoślinnieJemy

Solace Housing

Some Wear Else

Wege Siostry

Woskowijki by Malu

SCALEUPY POZYTYWNEGO WPŁYWU 2020

Elementy

Slowhop

HiProMine

Syntoil

SiDLY Care

Warsaw Genomics

STARTUPY POZYTYWNEGO WPŁYWU 2020

BACtrem

Planet Heroes

Barents

Polishgreens

Cosmetomat

Pora na Pola

Krakowska Elektrownia Społeczna

TupTupTup

Kuchnia Konfliktu

Ubrania do oddania

MakeGrowLab

Vege Smak

Mamo Pracuj

Your Kaya

All Hands Agency

Alternation

Associated.apps

Bazar Miejski

Circular Scrap

Cool Beans

CoopTech Hub

Dotlenieni

eKodama

Heca

Microbe+

Patronite

Plan Be Eco

Pożycz To

Serce Miasta

Słuszna Strawa

Sun Roof

Take!Cup

Tech To The Rescue

Wojna warzyw

Zodzysq

Positive Characters Panel

Adrian Migoń

Agnieszka Oleksyn-Wajda

Aga Maciejowska

Anna Brdulak

Bolesław Rok

Julia Koczanowicz-Chondzyńska

Justyna Markowicz

Karol Gajewicz

Klementyna Sęga

Maciej Otrębski

Magda Andrejczuk

Maryla Wojcieszek

Michał Miszułowicz

Miłosz Marchlewicz

Mirella Panek-Owsiańska

Monika Kulik

Paulina Kaczmarek

Piotr Boulange

Przemek Pohrybieniuk

Przemysław Kulik

Wojciech Mróz

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KOZMINSKI BUSINESS HUB

ul. Jagiellońska 59
03-301 Warszawa

NIP: 1132925416

info@kozminskihub.com