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Workshops & Trainings
No experience needed: from first idea to real pitch.
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Coaching & Advisory
Personal guidance from idea check to expert sparring.
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Matchmaking
Founders meet experts: find your perfect match.
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Funding
Overcome the biggest hurdle: find the right funding.
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Learning material, Tools & Platforms
Checklists, tools, case studies and webinars.
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Further Education & Degree Programmes
From Bachelor to MBA and CAS.
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Events & Networking
Networking events, round tables, hackathons and presentations for our community.
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Become an ImpactLab member
Free for one year for FHNW students, alumni and employees.
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Are you interested to become one of our partners? Whether you want to get in touch with young entrepreneurs who are starting their startup journey or become an event sponsor, send us an e-mail here and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
About
ImpactLab is part of the Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (opens in a new tab) at the School of Business FHNW. We support FHNW students and staff who want to turn an idea into a startup or a project with real impact.
Whether you are just exploring a first idea or already building your venture, ImpactLab is your starting point. We offer workshops and trainings, personal coaching, matchmaking with co-founders and partners, guidance on funding, learning material and events that connect you with the entrepreneurial community at FHNW and beyond.
ImpactLab is run by a team of lecturers and researchers from the FHNW School of Business, together with a student and alumni organisation that brings in the founder’s perspective.
Our team
Researcher
Dario Meyer
Researcher on entrepreneurship. Leads the ImpactLab and mentors founders on their way from idea to startup.
Lecturer
Dr. Emanuele Laurenzi
Senior researcher and lecturer on applied AI and innovation. Leads the ImpactLab and mentors founders on their way from idea to startup.
Lecturer
Dr. Rolf Meyer
Institute of Management, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, FHNW School of Business.
Lecturer
Stefan Philippi
Institute of Management, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, FHNW School of Business.
Research Associate
Julia Toorchi
Institute of Management, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, FHNW School of Business.
Research Associate
Kristine Metuzale
Institute of Management, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, FHNW School of Business.
Research Assistant
Mayra Myllö
Institute of Management, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, FHNW School of Business.
FHNW
FHNW is one of Switzerland’s leading Universities of Sciences and Arts, actively involved in teaching, research, continuing education and service provision – both innovative and practice-oriented. Its broad range of degree programmes, hands-on concept, innovative, application-oriented research and global network make FHNW a diversified and appealing educational institution, a sought-after partner to industry and an attractive employer in Northwestern Switzerland.
The university of applied sciences has 10 schools with 14’000 students in 34 Bachelor and 23 Master programmes, of which 7 and 5 respectively are offered at the School of Business.
In addition, the FHNW offers a broad continuing education portfolio with MAS, EMBA, DAS and CAS programmes as well as specialist seminars and conferences — including over 250 CAS programmes across the FHNW and more than 150 continuing education programmes at the School of Business alone.