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September Event Highlights – Impact Innovation Day, Business Succession, and More

We’ve officially entered late summer. On our bucket list are our last trips to the lake, warm evenings, and, of course, Impact Innovation Day.

September 17 is the big day. We’re looking forward to learning new things, exchanging ideas, and making plans for new projects together. A few tickets are still available.

In the spotlight this time:

  • Impact Innovation Day on September 17
  • Planning Business Succession: A Three-Part Series with Wertsteiger Starting September 23
  • Deep Dive Climate Action, Lunch & Learn, and the CoopCamp in Leipzig
  • KU Mach: Funded Incubator Program; Applications Due by September 15
  • News from SINN Saxony

Impact Innovation Day: Are you coming?

On September 17, people from the business world, the startup scene, and civil society will come together at Impact Hub Leipzig—not just to talk about change, but to shape it. On stage: skeleton pilot Susanne Kreher, triathlete Andreas Niedrig, and Michael Fritz from Viva con Agua. The workshops will focus on concrete topics: shaping policy with Mayor Luca Piwodda, crowdfunding with Max Rosch from Startnext, and democracy on the tram with Kristina Krömer. On the Member Stages, members of the network will share what courage, trust, and collaboration truly mean in their work.

Starting at 6 p.m., head to the Egenberger Market Hall to celebrate and network.

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Updates from the Hub

Planning Business Succession: A Three-Part Evening Series

Anyone who wants to hand over their business must first prepare it for that. This means clarifying one’s own role, delegating responsibilities, and separating the business from the person at the helm. This process takes years. But it is precisely this work that makes a business sustainable for the future.

Together with Wertsteiger, we invite you to three evening events that address areas where tax and legal advice don’t even touch upon. September 23: Attracting young people to entrepreneurship. October 28: Your own role and letting go, with Florian Börner. November 25: Structuring your business to make a handover possible. Book individually or as a series; each event starts at 3:00 p.m. at our office at Naumburger Straße 25.

We’ve outlined why this topic is on so many people’s minds right now: In 2024, there were 9,636 companies looking to acquire others, compared with only 4,016 companies interested in being acquired.

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Deep Dive on Climate Action: Climate and Energy in Businesses

September 24, starting at 9 a.m. at the Smart City Lab Leipzig. We’ll take a look at where energy is consumed within the company, which measures are cost-effective, and what legal requirements many companies will face anyway. Free of charge.

To Register

KU Mach: A Funded Incubator Program for Impact Entrepreneurs

Nine months of support for startup teams looking to make a difference with their projects: strategy, team leadership, access to mentors, pilot partners, and follow-on funding. Funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy; free of charge for participants. The application deadline is September 15.

More about the program

Lunch & Learn: Social Innovation

September 25, starting at 1 : 00 p.m. at our Hub. One hour, one topic, with lunch and discussion included. This time, the focus is on social innovation: what the term means in practice and who is working in this field in Leipzig. Free of charge.

To Register

CoopCamp: The Cooperative Economy in Leipzig

On September 25, GenoDigital will bring together innovative cooperatives with startup ecosystems, economic development organizations, and associations. There will be a pitch session with feedback from investors and plenty of opportunities to connect with people from cooperative associations, startup hubs, and academia. For our community, there’s the promo code Impact-Hub-10, valid through September 6.

About CoopCamp

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News from SINN Saxony

SINN Saxony is the platform for the future of social innovation in the Free State of Saxony. The project is being implemented by Impact Hub Leipzig in collaboration with partners from the welfare sector and the social economy.

Go ahead and get your ticket now for the big event on social innovation this October

The Saxony Social Innovation Forum will take place in Leipzig on October 27. This major annual SINN event features two hours of interactive workshops on topics such as:

  • How does a good idea become a viable business model?
  • How can social enterprises find the right investors and become more successful at fundraising?
  • How can open spaces be cleverly divided and used for social purposes?
  • How can innovative approaches help counteract social division?
  • How can we increase the visibility of social innovations and integrate them more fully into public policy and social services?

Following that, the SINN Innovation Award ceremony will take place for the third time. Anyone who promotes, facilitates, funds, or supports social innovation in Saxony—or is simply curious about it—should hurry to get a free ticket.

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Do you have any questions or feedback?

Email us at leipzig@impacthub.net or just stop by: Naumburger Str. 25, 3rd floor, 04229 Leipzig.

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