Transformation Lighthouse

Transformation Lighthouse Empowering and transforming internal superheroes to create innovative solutions for long lasting businesses.

๐ŸŽ„ Christmas came early this year ๐‡๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฅ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐€๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐ข๐ฌ ๐‹๐ˆ๐•๐„! ๐Ÿš€๐ŸŒŸApplications are NOW OPEN โ€“ and this year, we're...
19/12/2025

๐ŸŽ„ Christmas came early this year ๐‡๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฅ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐€๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐ข๐ฌ ๐‹๐ˆ๐•๐„! ๐Ÿš€๐ŸŒŸ

Applications are NOW OPEN โ€“ and this year, we're doubling down with TWO powerful tracks tailored to your preference! ๐Ÿ’ฅ

๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ค:

The regular program we successfully ran for years. Ready to scale and secure funding? Target direct investment up to โ‚ฌ50k from Raiffeisen-Landesbank Steiermark and gain direct entry to the DACH region with an acceleration program tailored for you.

This year we are looking for startups in:

โ€ข Healthcare

โ€ข Food & Agriculture

โ€ข Energy

โ€ข Mobility

โ€ข Living and Renovating

๐Ÿค ๐•๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  & ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ค:

New track meant for building real business ties, kick off POC with Raiffeisen-Landesbank Steiermark, and unlock potential investment as a bonus. There is no mandatory acceleration program.

Raiffeisen-Landesbank Steiermark are looking for startups in sectors:

โ€ข New Way of Work / Collaboration / Culture

โ€ข Financial Services / FinTech

โ€ข Sustainability & Circular Economy

๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐‡๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฅ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ?

โ€ข Zero-equity program ๐Ÿค

โ€ข Hands-on mentoring & team always in your corner ๐Ÿ’ผ

โ€ข Direct DACH market access + client/investor intros ๐ŸŒ

โ€ข Thrive in a supportive community of bold founders

From early-stage teams to scaling innovators โ€“ if you're driven to grow, this is YOUR moment to lift yourself up to the next level.

Applications close ๐…๐ž๐›๐ซ๐ฎ๐š๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”. Don't wait! ๐Ÿ‘‡

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐€๐๐๐‹๐˜ ๐๐Ž๐–: https://hummelnest.net/apply

Your vision + our boost = unstoppable growth. Let's go in 2026 with a new purpose! ๐Ÿ”ฅ

Urska Jez Hummelnest Accelerator

๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐“๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ: Startup life in one picture ๐Ÿค๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐Ÿ: โ€œWeโ€™re going to change the world, 10x easier, fully remote...
09/12/2025

๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐“๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ: Startup life in one picture ๐Ÿค

๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐Ÿ: โ€œWeโ€™re going to change the world, 10x easier, fully remote, $100M ARR in 18 months.โ€

๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ: 0.3% conversion, runway = 4.7 weeks, co-founder stopped answering Slack, investors ghosted, and your mom just asked if youโ€™re โ€œstill doing that little app thing.โ€

๐Ÿ˜ Most startups die here. Quietly. The cap table gets buried, the Notion boards turn into digital cemetery of what could have been, and nobody ever posts the eulogy.

And yetโ€ฆ a weird % of you amazing people keep shipping at 2 a.m. anyway. ๐Ÿคฏ Not because youโ€™re that much smarter. Not because you have better frameworks. Usually just because quitting feels worse than the pain of continuing.

So, the real question isnโ€™t โ€œhow do I avoid the dark days?โ€ (Itโ€™s coming for you, guaranteed.) December is rough.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ: what tiny, stupid, irrational ritual keeps you moving when everything is objectively broken?

For me it was โ†’ .....

For us it isโ€ฆ โ€œwe are just on a cusp of something greatโ€

Curious what keeps the rest of you amazing lunatics alive out there. ๐ƒ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐š๐ฒ + ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ ๐ž๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ง๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ . No advice, no quotes, no โ€œjust hustle harderโ€ โ€ฆreal stories only.

P.S. Yes, statistically weโ€™re all going to zero. But some of us are too stubborn to go zero this week. ๐Ÿ˜‰ ๐Ÿ˜‚

Happy St. Nicholas day ๐ŸŽ… Fun fact about Sloveniaโ€™s Miklavลพ you probably didnโ€™t know:Miklavลพ (Saint Nicholas) has been br...
05/12/2025

Happy St. Nicholas day ๐ŸŽ… Fun fact about Sloveniaโ€™s Miklavลพ you probably didnโ€™t know:

Miklavลพ (Saint Nicholas) has been bringing gifts to Slovenian kids since at least 1839 โ€“ thatโ€™s a good 50+ years BEFORE Santa Claus even became popular in Europe!

While the Coca-Cola Santa was still busy being invented in America, Slovenian children were already polishing their shoes on December 5th for the original bearded gift-giver, complete with angels and scary chained devils (parkelj) checking whoโ€™s been naughty ๐Ÿ˜ˆ๐Ÿ‘ผ

So yeahโ€ฆ Slovenia was basically โ€œSanta Claus, but make it more Slavic and earlierโ€

Who had the most extra Christmas squad in Europe? We did. ๐Ÿ’…โœจ

๐Ÿ’™ Hackathon is just around the corner. We are back with Roche Slovenia to launch ๐‹๐ˆ๐…๐„ ๐‡๐€๐‚๐Š๐’: ๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ƒ๐š๐ข๐ฅ...
20/11/2025

๐Ÿ’™ Hackathon is just around the corner. We are back with Roche Slovenia to launch ๐‹๐ˆ๐…๐„ ๐‡๐€๐‚๐Š๐’: ๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ƒ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐’๐Œ๐€ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ.

People ask us what is SMA?

Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) is a rare genetic ๐Ÿงฌ condition that affects the muscles used for movement, making everyday actions like walking, lifting, or even breathing progressively harder.

Behind every diagnosis is a story of courage, care, and constant adaptation. Families learn to redesign their world around accessibility, independence, and hopeโ€ฆ and thatโ€™s exactly where new innovations can make a difference.

๐Ÿ“… ๐Ÿ๐Ÿโ€“๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘.๐Ÿ๐Ÿ.๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“

๐Ÿ“Œ ๐‹๐ฃ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ฃ๐š๐ง๐š, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology

This isnโ€™t a coding competition, itโ€™s about creating real-life solutions that help people living with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) and their caregivers.

The idea is to:

๐Ÿ—๏ธ Build something that matters.

๐Ÿค Co-create with mentors, innovators & SMA advocates.

๐Ÿ’ก Turn ideas into prototypes & pitch for ๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ‘,๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽโ‚ฌ / ๐Ÿ,๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽโ‚ฌ / ๐Ÿ,๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽโ‚ฌ prizes!

At Roche Hackathon, weโ€™re trying to tackle real issues with real people behind them. Because when ingenuity meets purposeโ€ฆ real change blossoms. ๐ŸŒบ

Late late comers that had school obligations can still apply below ๐Ÿ‘‡

https://transformation-lighthouse.com/roche-hackathon-sma



Join Roche Spinal Muscular Atrophy Hackathon and co-create real-world solutions to improve the lives of people with SMA. Join us and help solve SMA.

18/11/2025

โœจ Calling all innovators in Slovenia!
This weekend weโ€™re hosting one of the most energetic Hackathons of the year โ€” and youโ€™re invited to be part of it.

๐Ÿš€ Two days filled with:
โ€ข Real-world challenges
โ€ข Amazing mentors
โ€ข Creative teamwork
โ€ข Innovation with impact

If youโ€™re passionate about building, creating, designing or solving problemsโ€ฆ this is your moment.
Join us and connect with some of the brightest young minds in Slovenia.

๐Ÿ“… This Saturday & Sunday โ€“ Ljubljana
๐Ÿ”— Limited spots available โ€“ register now!

๐Ÿ’™ Applications for Roche SMA hackathon are closing soonโ€ฆ and we donโ€™t want you to miss this.If youโ€™ve been thinking abou...
17/11/2025

๐Ÿ’™ Applications for Roche SMA hackathon are closing soonโ€ฆ and we donโ€™t want you to miss this.

If youโ€™ve been thinking about joining the Life hacks: Creating Solutions for Daily SMA Challenges Hackathon but arenโ€™t sure whether your skills โ€œfitโ€โ€ฆ hereโ€™s your reminder:

You donโ€™t need to be a coder.

You donโ€™t need medical knowledge.

You donโ€™t need a perfect idea.

You just need curiosity, empathy, and a willingness to help someoneโ€™s everyday life become a little easier. This hackathon is about people. their stories, their challenges, their independence, their daily wins.

If youโ€™ve ever wanted your creativity to matterโ€ฆ this is the moment.



Last year, some of the strongest prototypes came from:

๐ŸŽจ Designers

๐Ÿค Caregivers

๐Ÿง  Students from totally different fields

If youโ€™re someone who loves solving problemsโ€ฆ well we think you belong here.



Join us this weekend

๐Ÿง  22โ€“23 November | Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical technology

๐Ÿ“ Deadline: 19 November

๐Ÿ‘‰ Apply in the comments



And yes the prizes are amazing too and the ability to drive the project after the hackathon is there:

๐Ÿ† 1st place: 3,000โ‚ฌ

๐Ÿฅˆ 2nd place: 2,400โ‚ฌ

๐Ÿฅ‰ 3rd place: 1,500โ‚ฌ



๐Ÿ’™ Letโ€™s build something meaningful together.



Roche Urska Jez Druลกtvo distrofikov Slovenije Ekonomska fakulteta Karierni center Univerze v Mariboru

13/11/2025

๐Ÿ’™ ๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐ก๐š๐œ๐ค๐š๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ฌ๐ค? As we have seen with Roche hackathon last year. When people unite under one roof to tackle a problemโ€ฆ ๐ฆ๐š๐ ๐ข๐œ ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ. โœจ Letโ€™s recreate that energy next week!

Last year, our hackathon with ๐‘๐จ๐œ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐š when we addressed ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐’๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ showed us something really powerful: ๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฆ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ฒ, ๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง.

We saw teams of students, designers, and innovators come together not just to build projects, but to build an understanding of a disease of the young. ๐Ÿ’ก

Every conversation, every prototype, every shared โ€œwhat ifโ€ฆโ€ moment turned into a small proof that the best results come when we are addressing real problems.

This year, weโ€™re taking that same spirit one step further.

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐‹๐ˆ๐…๐„ ๐‡๐€๐‚๐Š๐’: Creating Solutions for Daily SMA Challenges

is all about ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž for people living with ๐’๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐€๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฒ (๐’๐Œ๐€).

๐Ÿ’ญ No coding skills required.

๐Ÿšซ No limits on ideas.

๐Ÿ’ฌ Listen to amazing stories.

๐Ÿ’™ Just bright minds, open hearts, and a mission to make life a little easier for someone else.

๐Ÿง  ๐Ÿ๐Ÿโ€“๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ | ๐‹๐ฃ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ฃ๐š๐ง๐š

๐Ÿ’ฐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ฌ: 3,000โ‚ฌ / 2,400โ‚ฌ / 1,500โ‚ฌ

๐Ÿ“ ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐›๐ฒ: 19 November

๐Ÿ‘‡ ๐‹๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ

๐ŸŽฅ As we look back at last yearโ€™s energy in this video, one thing is clear:

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒโ€ฆ ๐ข๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐š ๐๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž. ๐ŸŒ

Roche Urska Jez Druลกtvo distrofikov Slovenije Fakulteta za kemijo in kemijsko tehnoloogijo Fakulteta za elektrotehniko Fakulteta za matematiko in fiziko Karierni center Univerze v Mariboru Fakulteta za strojniลกtvo UL Ekonomska fakulteta

13/11/2025

What fuels your innovation? What keeps you moving forward?

We asked Kocelj Gros, CTO at BPT, how they transform energy into progress within the Pure Power Now movement.
His answer: it all begins with shifting our mindset โ€”
from consuming energy to creating with it.

Thatโ€™s exactly what our hackathons stand for:
Turning abundance into action.
Turning ideas into impact.
Turning energy into the future.

Soโ€ฆ are you ready to create with us?

โšก๏ธ Join the Pure Power Now Hackathon and be part of the movement.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Apply here: https://transformation-lighthouse.com/hackathon-bpt/

Letโ€™s use the energy we have today to build the future we actually want to live in.

13/11/2025

What does collaboration mean for the Pure Power Now movement?

As Gorazd Aลพman, Chief Growth & Innovation Officer at BPT, says:
โ€œThe best things happen when you mix experience with fresh ideas.โ€

And thatโ€™s exactly what Pure Power Now is all about โ€” bringing brilliant minds together to solve real challenges and create real impact.

Soโ€ฆ what are you waiting for?
This is your moment.
Join us, bring your energy, and help shape the future with us.

Letโ€™s create the perfect mix โ€” together. โšก๏ธ

๐Ÿ‘‰ Apply now: https://transformation-lighthouse.com/hackathon-bpt/

12/11/2025

What kind of solutions are we looking for in the Pure Power Now hackathon?
Listen to Sabina Gros, co-founder of Pure Power Now, explaining what you should focus on, what you will be creating.
Still didn't apply?
Do it now: https://transformation-lighthouse.com/hackathon-bpt/

No better time than now ๐Ÿ˜Ž

Urska Jez Martin Jarc

12/11/2025

Wondering what Pure Power Now actually is?
Let's hear it from Sabina Gros, co-founder of Pure Power Now, the power house behind the project, directly.
Don't forget to apply here:
https://transformation-lighthouse.com/hackathon-bpt/
See you on Saturday! ๐Ÿ˜Ž

Urska Jez Martin Jarc

11/11/2025

The benefit of a community is sharing. And in that spirit... Pure Power Now is sharing the tool they created specifically for startups and innovators in early stage to have a higher chances of success creating their businesses. ๐Ÿ˜Š

Get Arcus the tool that helps you validate your ideas in a simple way.

So, APPLY now to the hackathon and see what else you can benefit from by joining this community... how often do you get a chance to start a community and design it the way you need it ๐Ÿ˜Š

As Sabina says "A big change starts with a small structured step". Take this step ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ˜‰

Urska Jez

Address

Ljubljana

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Transformation Lighthouse posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Business

Send a message to Transformation Lighthouse:

Share