Together we entrepreneur!
Creative Business Club (CBC) is an informal network of media businesses situated in (the neighborhood of) Leeuwarden. It is linked to NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Creative Business. CBC organizes events and offers office space at MICA, Leeuwarden.
Meet&Work
Our bi-weekly event is called Meet&Work.
During the stand-up session with the student entrepreneurs:
- Successes and challenges are shared
- Feedback given
- Solutions found
- Actions and steps forward explored and committed to
We often run a ‘hot seat’ session where one entrepreneur brings a specific case, dilemma or obstacle and receives individual coaching from the community.
And members regularly invite guest speaker.
After these Meet&Work sessions everyone leaves even more motivated and inspired.
The sessions are open to all (student) media entrepreneurs and business owners.
Co-working space
Our co-working space is called the Start Up Community and is situated at Mica, address: Sixmastraat 15, Leeuwarden. Facilities (coffee, office supplies, WiFi) are provided, but the main point of offering the co-working space is the entrepreneurial atmosphere it provides. Co-working makes ‘knowledge spillover’, motivational support and inspiration happen.
As one of the first founders of a co-working space once explained: “it gives the structure and community of a job, but the freedom and independence of working for yourself.”
Perfect environment for starting and early-stage entrepreneurs!
Co-working space users
The co-working space is mainly used by entrepreneurs from the creative industry who reached the graduation year of the course programs of CB and CMP. Successful businesses get extension offered also after graduation and their official internship period.
The Start Up Community provides the opportunity to graduate and to build or run a media-related business at the same time.
As for the internship ‘working from home’ is not intended, students are asked to work from the co-working space. After graduation, for free, entrepreneurs can make use of the space for three additional months.
Furthermore, the co-working space is a living lab! Research is conducted by PhD candidate Harro Prins, Professor Dr. Aleid Brouwer, endowed chair: ‘Wellbeing and (in)equality’, Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen, and Professor Dr. Migchiel van Diggelen, Professorship ‘Designed Based Education’, NHL Stenden University on themes subjects related to ‘sense of community’ in the university co-working space, entrepreneurial learning. Insights are applied immediately and shared within academia and practitioners.
