AUAS Venture Centre

The programme was created in 2016 after entrepreneurship had become part of the DNA of the Hogeschool van Amsterdam in previous years. The programme is characterised by a number of specific principles:

Focus on innovative, sustainable and inclusive

In line with 'creating, tomorrow, together', the motto of the HvA Venture Centre is: innovative, sustainable and inclusive.

Innovative because we believe that we will not save the challenges in today's world with out-of-the-box thinking but we will have to have a new 'box', enabled by new technology and business models.

Sustainable because we believe that it is important to protect our planet and ensure that poverty, hunger disappear and everyone should be able to live a dignified life, while providing opportunities for wealth creation.

Inclusive because entrepreneurship cannot be done alone in isolation and you become stronger by involving others with different backgrounds and opinions. But also because entrepreneurship with innovative ideas should not be possible for the few.

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AUAS Wide

The HvA Venture Centre is there for students and alumni of all faculties and study programmes of the HvA. Entrepreneurship can be learned and creative solutions and sustainable innovations can arise anywhere. Thereby, with its wide diversity of study backgrounds, the HvA offers the opportunity for meaningful multidisciplinary collaboration.

Evidence based

Finally, the HvA Venture Centre programme is designed with the help of researchers in the field of entrepreneurship. The entrepreneurship lectorate helps monitor the programmes and monitors quality. But also the methodologies used in many cases have their basis in research, e.g. the 24 Steps of Disciplined Entrepreneurship methodology developed by MIT professor Bill Aulet is the common thread through the 10K Programme.