Prof. Dr. Steffen Farny, Dr. Frederic Penz, Charlotte von Wulffen
8 episodes
1 month ago
Unicorns or startups that have become billion-dollar enterprises are (almost) every entrepreneur’s big goal. But let’s raise the question: What if we work together and create a community-driven Unicorn? Welcome to Communicorn: the podcast where we explore different ways of building and engaging communities.
With the Communicorn podcast we uncover the roles of social innovation in driving social change. And we ask: What can we learn from them in reshaping the economy beyond profit?
The podcast is part of the Leuphana Social Innovation Community at Leuphana University of Lüneburg. We want to connect social innovations, social entrepreneurs in an innovation community setting, where we learn from each other, make knowledge and innovative ideas tangible and visible.
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Unicorns or startups that have become billion-dollar enterprises are (almost) every entrepreneur’s big goal. But let’s raise the question: What if we work together and create a community-driven Unicorn? Welcome to Communicorn: the podcast where we explore different ways of building and engaging communities.
With the Communicorn podcast we uncover the roles of social innovation in driving social change. And we ask: What can we learn from them in reshaping the economy beyond profit?
The podcast is part of the Leuphana Social Innovation Community at Leuphana University of Lüneburg. We want to connect social innovations, social entrepreneurs in an innovation community setting, where we learn from each other, make knowledge and innovative ideas tangible and visible.
Utopia in Practice: Corinna Krome & Kerstin Blumberg / Utopia
Communicorn
33 minutes 9 seconds
5 months ago
Utopia in Practice: Corinna Krome & Kerstin Blumberg / Utopia
In the second episode of Communicorn, we explore the work of Utopia – a co-working space in Lüneburg where community entrepreneurship is not just a concept but a lived reality.
Kerstin Blumberg and Corinna Krome, two of the co-leads of Utopia, share the story from its beginnings to the present, revealing what it takes to create a space for social and sustainable entrepreneurship. Today, Utopia is far more than just a co-working space: it’s a network of around 300 members, a vibrant hub for exchange, and a creative space for social innovation. Based on the concept of Community Entrepreneurship (Bacq et al., 2022), Utopia not only fosters the creation of new ventures but also creates opportunities for knowledge transfer and intentional serendipity.
In the conversation, Kerstin and Corinna reflect on the role of diversity and trust as drivers of social innovation. They discuss how the community itself has become a key player and how the utopian vision of a social-entrepreneurial unicorn could become a reality.
Listen to the second episode of Communicorn and discover how Utopia is shaping a community that actively drives change!
Chapters:
00:00 – Introduction of Kerstin Blumberg and Corinna Krome /Utopia
02:11 – Painting the picture: What does Community mean?
07:03 – From vision to the practices of Utopia
14:06 – Understanding Community
26:10 – Understanding Scaling
29:41 – Game: Enterprise, Impact or Community?
Background
The podcast is part of the Leuphana Social Innovation Community at Leuphana University of Lüneburg. We want to connect social innovations, social entrepreneurs in an innovation community setting, where we learn from each other, make knowledge and innovative ideas tangible and visible.
Communicorn
Unicorns or startups that have become billion-dollar enterprises are (almost) every entrepreneur’s big goal. But let’s raise the question: What if we work together and create a community-driven Unicorn? Welcome to Communicorn: the podcast where we explore different ways of building and engaging communities.
With the Communicorn podcast we uncover the roles of social innovation in driving social change. And we ask: What can we learn from them in reshaping the economy beyond profit?
The podcast is part of the Leuphana Social Innovation Community at Leuphana University of Lüneburg. We want to connect social innovations, social entrepreneurs in an innovation community setting, where we learn from each other, make knowledge and innovative ideas tangible and visible.