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BIZRUPT

Bizrupt is a non-profit organization founded in 2017, based in Crete. Its vision is to create a strong ecosystem of innovation and entrepreneurship in the Greek region, with the aim of continuous and sustainable development for a better future.

The team of Bizrupt designs and implements actions in areas far from the country’s largest urban centers, with limited access to programs / trainings and support for new ideas.

Bizrupt currently implements two integrated entrepreneurship programs, Foundit and VentureGarden Heraklion, and participates in ReCCI-Digent, an Erasmus+ project to develop business and digital skills for professionals in the Cultural and Creative Industries. At the same time, it organizes a number of other events, such as Open Coffee Heraklion and Fuckup Nights Heraklion.



Objective Action

Bizrupt is a non-profit organization founded in 2017 and based in Crete. Its vision is to create a strong ecosystem of innovation and entrepreneurship in the Greek periphery, aiming for continuous and sustainable development for a better future. Its mission is to contribute to the creation and development of new healthy businesses, starting from the periphery, which is why it focuses on creating strong local ecosystems in island areas far from the country's major urban centers. In the entrepreneurship programs it designs and implements, every idea is welcome. Each program is unique and tailored to the needs of a traditional business or an innovative startup, as well as a spin-off of a research institution. Its goal is to inspire, inform, educate and support every individual, regardless of gender and educational background, so that they can shape their business idea, validate it and bring it to market!

 

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The Organization, both internally and in the activities it plans and implements, always maintains a holistic character and integrates sustainable development more and more day by day. Innovation is vital for the success of sustainable entrepreneurship and this specific project recognizes the importance of promoting innovative thinking and practices among young people.

For the last three years, Bizrupt has been “traveling” to areas outside the large urban center of Heraklion, which is its base. In fact, we characterize Bizrupt as a mobile hub that creates the conditions for the emergence of local ecosystems of sustainable entrepreneurship. Our goals for the following three years are the creation of a small physical hub in Heraklion and the development of a network of local groups (multipliers) in other areas of Crete and the rest of insular Greece, where there is a greater need for intervention. In this way, we will multiply the opportunities for developing skills and entrepreneurial ventures without exclusion and accessible to all. This includes the social economy, which is strongly absent in the entire region of Crete.


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Impact on Society

The social impact of Bizrupt

Events: 107

Participants: 8050

Active structured entrepreneurship/innovation programs: 3

Beneficiaries of programs: 1000

Businesses created/supported by programs: 60



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