GJU PIE - Program Innovation & Entrepreneurship

04/05/2022

Invitation for GJU Entrepreneurs – Start up Founders to showcase their businesses

Dear GJU Founders,
Are you running a start-up business? Would you like to present your business to the GJU community on-campus?
On the occasion of the official inauguration of GJU’s Innovation Center – Orange Digital Center Club at the new Deanship of Innovation, Technology Transfer and Entrepreneurship (DI-TECH) you are invited to join the exhibition part of the Opening activities by presenting your business on campus. Share your experiences as a founder with your peers, talk about (job) opportunities and encourage GJU students to join the entrepreneurship community.
The event will take place on May 22, 2022 from 12:00 – 4:00 pm at GJU main campus.
If you are interested to join, please register with the following link:

Dear GJU Founders, Are you running a start-up business? Would you like to present your business to the GJU community on-campus? On the occasion of the official inauguration of GJU’s Innovation Center – Orange Digital Center Club at the new Deanship of Innovation, Technology Transfer and Entrepre...

24/01/2022

Are you based in Amman, Karak or Jerash? Then join the Social Innovation Challenge
The challenge aims at implementing innovative solutions to social problems in the targeted areas and promoting these solutions and raising awareness of social innovation among relevant partners and youth by introducing a structured approach to innovation based on a people-centred approach (design thinking) - The challenge will be implemented in 3 governorates in Jordan: Amman, Jerash, and Karak.

For more information:
https://www.facebook.com/SSPPJ/posts/484692336421236

For registration:
https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F3bMkTdk%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2hbR8iXe146V_T4wIOqVK8phYnrexh2BzrXYG95bpCHLn8oLuoG4yNazY&h=AT0gFSP8sCMEZ-jbpb36HLOn9R_EIC4PNakiVt4srqB4Vh7SV43kvFZ5SWNB4ClWkBwfEbWQnHZgHp18_N4Qr6lQgpa-_fg1uavmlcALiUobSzWkoS_F4suYdVoklVnvMQ&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT2mtVdDIGG0Y61KK0SKmSR8UhWSdHYIsqhF3sbh0w9BHCEjWjmSF53eJCYqjClW9Y9cIx3HXuGoDIWgyS32_bLSGPq0ilN0V64gz3oj7qRoV9Z3NWDlxNUcdEZ-jmHC5FmszZ8bfnxF4Wm4lVJ6pERds2rKH2MesS_DJseoevEyaw

14/12/2021

Do you have a social business model idea?
Participate in the Awards and get the chance to take your idea to the next level!

The Awards is a competition aiming to shed light on creative and innovative social business model ideas and is aimed at students and early-stage social entrepreneurs.

Submit your project before January 20th, 2022, and get the chance to win 20,000 DKK!

The Awards is a competition aiming to shed light on creative and innovative social business model ideas and is aimed at students and early-stage social entrepreneurs.

11/12/2021

Jusoor Agriculture Accelerator
Get ready to join our new project
We are very excited to officially announce our brand new entrepreneurship project, Jusoor Agriculture Accelerator. In this project, we will be supporting start-ups addressing solutions to challenges faced in the agriculture sector in Jordan and Lebanon. We can’t wait to receive your plans, ideas, and projects tackling the following agriculture challenges we’re facing, and for you to join and have the opportunity to win from a total of $20,000 in cash prizes!
We are seeking innovative startups to create a sustainable agriculture landscape in Jordan, and Lebanon. This project is for Syrians, Lebanese, and Jordanians with a plan of supporting their communities by promoting healthy practices and methods that are profitable, and environmentally sound. By taking part in Jusoor Agriculture Accelerator, you will be trained, mentored, and technically assisted in order to accelerate and grow your business and get ready for investment and scalability.
Apply before January 3rd, to have a chance in winning prizes of $20,000, pitch your idea, and grow your startup in every way. Join Jusoor Agriculture Accelerator, and let us cultivate ideas for a greener future.

Jusoor Agriculture Accelerator supporting start-ups addressing solutions to challenges faced in the agriculture sector in Jordan and Lebanon. Our entrepreneurs will be trained, mentored and technically assisted in order to accelerate and grow their businesses to be ready for investment and

09/12/2021

AI for Business Training Program For Businesses and Entrepreneurs

'AI for business' is a customized course that will be held in various countries enabling trainees to develop a concrete AI use case which can be taken further in the form of a company or startup after the course.
For this training, participants have to commit 5 days, from the 25th to 31st January, 2pm – 7pm (Jordan), to get the most out of this course and receive the final certification.
Why is it important to attend the “AI for Business” course?
As “AI” and Data have started reshaping human values, trust, and power around the world. Whether in medicine, finance, government, we are ceding more decisions to thinking machines and we are facing new questions about staying safe, keeping a job and having a say over the direction of our lives.
To master this new complicated landscape, this course will help trainees to:
Gain an advanced proficiency in critical reflection on global, cross-cultural differences of AI innovation and the resulting implications for people, businesses and societies.
Design and AI Ops expertise for responsible solutions that facilitate AI’s benefits while mitigating its risks.
Synthesis capability for AI business and governance designs for responsible solutions.
In addition, trainees will develop a human-centered AI use case in collaboration with fellow trainees in the course.
What Topics and materials will be delivered in this course?
Session 1: Introduction to AI in a global cognitive economy (Tuesday, Jan 25th from 3:00pm to 8:00pm)
Course and instructors Introduction
Cognitive economy and global AI Landscape
AI capabilities
Session 2: AI in business and strategic decision points (Wednesday, Jan 26th from 3:00pm to 8:00pm)
Data, network effects and platform strategy
AI ops and build vs. buy
Session 3: Designing human-centered AI use cases (Thursday, Jan 27th from 3:00pm to 8:00pm)
Use case design
Governance for AI: Beyond compliance
Use case clinics
Session 4: Ethical use of AI & societal transformation (Friday, Jan 28th from 3:00pm to 8:00pm)
Ethical issues
Societal system fragility
Future of work
Session 5: Showcasing (Monday, Jan 31st from 3:00pm to 8:00pm)
Final presentation
The course will be delivered using a combination of:
Video-stimulated discussion
Content lecture
Exercise with breakout and readout
Mentimeter or other poll and discussion
Guest speaker talk with either Q&A or breakout challenge
What are the Selection criteria?
1) Ideally completed Bachelor's degree in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, arts, business administration, economics or a related field.
2) Strong or unusual intellectual ability demonstrated by a pattern of excellent performance / grades over an extended period of time.
3) Creative ability and leadership skills demonstrated by a resume showing extracurricular activities, community service, awards, examples of creative work, etc.
4) Interest in pursuing an entrepreneurial career.
5) Fluency in English.
To apply, please click on the following link and fill all the required fields.
https://forms.gle/McCqPD21mfeU87r76

30/11/2021

Booster Bootcamp for Women Founders


Flat6Labs is organizing a women-only 2-days booster Bootcamp on December 15&16th, to give women additional preparatory training to enhance their readiness to join acceleration programs.

Who should apply?
Women founders (at least one woman founder) of:
– Tech startups
– Jordan based
– Seed stage (Post-idea)

A link to the application can be found below.
https://forms.gle/a5RKZFY62FgPstyb8

Application Deadline: December 3rd

About Flat6Labs:
Flat6Labs is the MENA region’s leading seed and early-stage venture capital firm, currently running the most renowned startup programs in the region. Annually, Flat6Labs invests in more than 100 innovative and technology-driven startups enabling thousands of passionate entrepreneurs to achieve their daring ambitions and ultimately become their institutional co-founders.

About the Booster Bootcamp

Flat6Labs Booster Bootcamp is a 2-days women-only holistic program that will include sessions on storytelling, research & competitive analysis, value proposition, market sizing, revenue models, pivoting, product roadmap, and fundraising fundamentals.

Warm greetings from the Flat6labs team. Flat6Labs Amman is hosting a Booster Bootcamp for women founders on December 15 and 16 to increase their chances to get selected into acceleration programs. Application deadline: December 3rd 2021 About Flat6Labs Flat6Labs is the MENA region’s leading seed a...

04/11/2021

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26/10/2021

For the 2nd year, GJU Program Innovation and Entrepreneurship (PIE) is organizing the Digital Entrepreneurship Online Training by Michael Koegel with the aim to support GJU students and alumni in starting their career path in the field of entrepreneurship and set up their business ideas following the innovative approaches.

Seats are limited to 20 participants please register and make sure to be available on these times/dates to attend the online sessions and be ready for some activities during the session.

Dates and time: 1.11.2021 to 3.11.2021 and 8.11.2021 to 10.11.2021 at 17:00-19:00 Jordan time

Register here:
https://forms.office.com/r/qBpBHYGZad

24/10/2021

𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝑬𝒙𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅

Under the umbrella of GJU-ODC - Orange Digital Center Club, funded by the GIZ, GJU is offering a dedicated training to support GJU students and fresh graduates by leveraging their business, technical and digital skills to prepare them better for the job market and the innovation of startups and new technologies through a training program.

The training programs contains 2 main topics: Digital skills and employability skills (see training outline attached). We encourage the GJU students and fresh graduates to apply for this program.

Training Period: 30.10.2021 until 20.11.2021 (4 Training Sessions). The trainings will be every Saturday.

Deadline for registration: 26.10.2021

Please note that both topics will be given in parallel. Therefore, registration is possible only in 1 topic.

Registration links: https://forms.office.com/r/DsMcYC0yWZ - Digital Skills Training
https://forms.office.com/r/CDMDysU3Ff - Employability Skills Training

Please note that you have to attend a minimum of 3 sessions to receive a certificate of participation.

In case of any inquiries, please contact Program Innovation and Entrepreneurship at GJU: [email protected]

21/10/2021

Designed and managed by Open Start-Up, funded by Innovi, Paper Plane selects the most resourceful, creative, and disruptive youth-led startups to participate in an immersion program in a MEA region country.

For the first edition, 5 Jordanian startups will be selected in collaboration with Jordanian entrepreneurship ecosystem stakeholders to participate in a one-week immersion program in Tunisia.

BENEFITS
- Visit the most vibrant innovation hubs in Tunisia
- Meet prominent startups in Tunisia
- Pitch during the final pre-incubator demo day
- Meet Tunisian Business Angels that invest in the region
- Participate in the Think Global training organized by OST
- A discussion with Entrepreneurship Policy players
- Meet Jordanian diaspora and officials living in Tunisia
* Fully Funded

https://open-startup.typeform.com/paper-plane

18/10/2021

Attention Designers and Creative people
FABRAKAT CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

Join the info session at Namliyeh's studio on Wednesday, 20.10. from 6:00-8:00 pm
Address: 2 Nicolas Ghanma St., Jabal Luweibdeh, Amman

FABRAKAT is a new training program on food design initiated by Goethe-Institut Jordanien together with Design Studio Namliyeh. It is aimed at young creatives active in the intersection of design, food and agriculture. The program seeks to qualify designers and strengthen their opportunities within the diverse food industry.
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
Winter edition 2021/2022
Starting November 2021
Deadline to submit applications: 30.10.2021
As a continuation to the food design program Food:Fabrikwhich started in 2020, the Goethe-Institut Jordanien together with Namliyeh are excited to launch FABRAKAT: a transdisciplinary training and mentorship program on food design.
Designers play a significant role in imagining new scenarios for food-related issues such as biodiversity loss, climate crisis and others. In light of these pressing issues, the program targets young designers and creatives who believe that impactful change within their communities is possible through collective action, while acquiring new sets of skills related to social innovation, business development and environmental advocacy.
Centered around four modules, FABRAKAT offers its participants a unique experience to become well-rounded practitioners in food design through innovative hands-on training coupled with real-life challenges across a variety of industries that food is an integral part of, including but not limited to, tourism, urban planning, education, agriculture, and hospitality.
The participants will be guided throughout the program by high-profile experts in the field of food design and entrepreneurship, and their learning process will be further enriched by personalised mentorship and coaching. The journey will be concluded with food system design interventions in participation with both the private and public sectors, working closely with stakeholders within diverse contexts to implement food-focused business models, projects, experiences, and products.
The program includes hands-on workshops, design sprints, critical field studies, film discussions, presentations, exhibitions, research excursions, and a final design project.
Here is a link to the open call:

Goethe-Institut Jordanien © FABRAKAT FABRAKAT is a new training program on food design initiated by Goethe-Institut Jordanien together with Design Studio Namliyeh. It is aimed at young creatives active in the intersection of design, food and agriculture. The program seeks to qualify designers and s...

15/10/2021

Deutschlandweiter Tag der Start-ups in Logistik und Mobilität

Seid dabei - beim Deutschlandweiten Tag der Start-ups in Logistik & Mobilität am 26.–27. Oktober 2021!
Vor Ort, virtuell und hybrid. Der Countdown läuft!
Liebe Start-up-Community, liebePartner und Interessierte,
Am 26./27. Oktober 2021 freuen wir uns auf Eure Teilnahme am „Deutschlandweiten Tag der Start-ups in Logistik und Mobilität".
Ihr möchtet live vor Ort dabei sein? Es gibt derzeit noch freie Plätze. Anmeldeschluss für die Teilnahme im HOLM in Frankfurt am Main ist am Freitag, 22. Oktober 2021.
Auch wenn Ihr das 2-tägige Event online verfolgen möchtet, bitten wir Euch um Eure Anmeldung. Diese ist aber auch noch kurzfristig an den Veranstaltungstagen möglich.

Übrigens, Anmeldung und Teilnahme sind kostenfrei!

Was erwartet Euch?
Ein volles Programm mit interaktiven Formaten, Vernetzungsrunden, der Möglichkeit zum Erfahrungsaustausch mit Gleichgesinnten, anderen Start-ups, Mentor*innen und Investor*innen sowie zahlreichen interessanten Vorträgen rund um die Themen Gründen, Finanzierung, Unternehmensführung, Nachhaltigkeit, Innovationsangebote und die Zusammenarbeit mit großen Unternehmen. Natürlich kommen auch aktuelle Entwicklungen aus der Logistik- und Mobilitätsbranche nicht zu kurz.

Darüber hinaus steigt am 26. Oktober 2021 das Finale unseres Start-up-Contests der Länder.
Ihr habt bereits für Euren Favoriten gevotet? Dann verhelft ihm im Rahmen des Publikumsvotings aufs Treppchen!

Alle Informationen zum Programm findet Ihr unter: https://www.holm-startuptag.de/programm

Wir freuen uns auf Euch - ob vor Ort oder virtuell!

Jetzt hier anmelden: https://www.holm-startuptag.de/anmeldung

Gerne weitersagen!
Sollte die Veranstaltung auch für interessierte Start-ups, Unternehmen und Förderinstitutionen aus Eurem Netzwerk sowie Kollegen von Interesse sein, könnt Ihr diese E-Mail gerne weiterleiten.
Weitere Informationen zur Veranstaltung, sowie das Programm findet Ihr unter: https://www.holm-startuptag.de/

Viele Grüße
Euer HOLM Start-up-Team

Der deutschlandweite Tag der Start-ups in Logistik und Mobilität. Vor Ort, virtuell, hybrid. Eine Veranstaltung der House of Logistics and Mobility (HOLM) GmbH in Frankfurt am Main.