Centre of Expertise Urban Vitality

Making it Happen

Supporting student start-ups by enabling shared facilities within the higher education institution

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Introduction Within the Entrepreneurship program at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, there are a number of student start-ups that are developing inclusive, sustainable, and innovative solutions.

We noticed that, during this process, they need to access certain facilities to develop a proof of concept or minimal viable product. When student start-ups tried to access facilities themselves, they found insufficient information about accessing facilities and contact persons.

As Hui & Gerber (2017) stated that accessible facilities like a makerspace have a positive impact on the number of students who are embarking on the venture of a new business. Halbinger, (2020) states that there needs to be more research about university makerspaces in relation to the facilitation of student-entrepreneurship.

Reference Wakkee, I., van Grevenhof, B., & Vergeer, W. (2022). Making it Happen: Supporting student start-ups by enabling shared facilities within the higher education institution. Poster session presented at University Industry Innovation Network, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Publication date

Jun 2022

Author(s)

Bart van Grevenhof
Wessel Vergeer

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