We are excited to unveil the 10th installment of the inspiration session, featuring our co-hosts GerritMcGowan and Dries Faems.

They discuss a captivating mixture of different topics in the realm of entrepreneurship from an academic and a practitioner perspective, such as:
•    Why aren't there more sustainability-driven unicorns, although badly needed
•    Which startups get supported by government grants
•    What the academic research on the controversial topic of hybrid work yielded
•    The next big thing on the horizon: quantum computing 

And have you always wanted to know how to create the boyfriend/girlfriend of your dreams? Then, gear up for a rollercoaster of knowledge, reflection, and pure amusement!

You won't want to miss this exhilarating episode!🔍

 

Chapters:

(0:10 ) Intro of Gerrit

(2:30 ) What is something that made Dries learn? 

(3:40 ) Did Gerrit apply for governmental funding for one of his startups?

(7:45 ) Subsidy entrepreneurs: An inquiry into firms seeking public grants

(15:40 ) Which startups should get supported by grants?

(23:15 ) What is something that made Gerrit learn? 

(28:23 ) Why aren’t there more social unicorns?

(37:15 ) What could Gerrit have done differently for his own social venture?

(41:58 ) The growing importance of social ventures

(47:55 ) Something that made Dries learn

(55:28 ) Deep dive into the paper: How hybrid working from home works out

(1:04:55 ) Something that made Gerrit learn

(1:11:30 ) Are we prepared for quantum computing? Did we learn something from AI?

(1:20:31 ) Something that made Dries laugh

(1:27:40 ) Something that made Gerrit laugh

(1:36:30 ) Outro

 

Discussed sources:

Something that made you learn:

Gustafsson, A., Tingvall, P. G., & Halvarsson, D. (2020). Subsidy entrepreneurs: An inquiry into firms seeking public grants. Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, 20(3), 439-478.

Chang, A. M. (2018). Lean impact: How to innovate for radically greater social good

 

Something that made you learn:

Bloom, N., Han, R., & Liang, J. (2022). How hybrid working from home works out (No. w30292). National Bureau of Economic Research

Wadhwa, V., & Kop, M. (2022, October 4). Quantum computing is even more dangerous than artificial intelligence. Foreign Policy 

 

Something that made you laugh:

https://lnkd.in/es5rkdqD 

Marr, B. (2023, September 28). Artificial Intimacy: How Generative AI Can Now Create Your Dream Girlfriend. Forbes