Collaboration with Kickbox.org & Panel Presentation at TNW 2019
Based on our ongoing collaboration with the Swisscom Startup program and their open source Kickbox tool, Dr. Jana Thiel, senior researcher at the chair, joined a panel discussion at The Next Web conference in Amsterdam, to discuss experiences and opportunities of the Kickbox in entrepreneurship education.
external pageMark Randell, former VP of Creativity at Adobe opened the TNW panel "Innovating with the free Kickbox open-source innovation system" at external pageThe Next Web conference in Amsterdam (May 9 & 10, 2019) with announcing that #Kickbox will stay open-source forever, thanks to Adobe that is giving the license to the newly founded kickbox association external pageKickbox.org.
Mark was joined by external pageDavid Hengartner (Swisscom), external pageChristian Senn-Jakobson (Kickstart), and external pageJana Thiel (ETH) who presented their take on Kickbox and discussed how the Kickbox toolkit helps entrepreneurial idea validation in different institutional contexts, from corporate via acceleration programs to educational institutions.
Jana introduced our insights from using the Kickbox as part of the Lean Startup Academy course and early-stage discussions with several ETH partners on how to make use of Kickbox in different formats in credit- and non-credit-based programs.
Together with David and Christina, the panel gave a powerful impression of a Swiss entrepreneurship ecosystem that is aiming to bridge innovation across universities, corporates, and accelerators.