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How many cities have you visited in your life? Esther Chan, a participant at EIA Hong Kong, has travelled to more than 50 and she’s only 20 years old. Currently studying Chemistry at Nanyang Technological University Singapore, Esther believes that you can always learn something new. In this new
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Exploring different cultures and accepting great challenges is part of Angel Eugenio’s life. Born in Venezuela, the marketing professional decided to call Beijing home and is fluent in Mandarin. In July 2019, Angel joined EIA Hong Kong with the goal of connecting with people from all over the world.
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Arjun Sarkar is in his third year at the University of California, Berkeley. Last July, the Environmental Economics and Policy student accepted the challenge to have an international experience at the European Innovation Academy in Portugal. The study abroad program brought a lot to this creative student who embraced the
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In July 2019, Jeniffer Mpho Lebethe took a 13-hour flight from Johannesburg to Hong Kong. The long journey was just the first challenge she would face during the days at the European Innovation Academy. In this interview, Jeniffer shares everything she experienced at EIA. Find out more about the
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The Arab Innovation Academy is the biggest entrepreneurship program in the Arab Region. Every year, more than 200 participants of 30 nationalities get together at Qatar Science and Technology Park with a great challenge: create a startup in only 10 days. This exciting challenge was what made Shaikha Alsubaey apply
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Entrepreneurship needs to be learned at an early age. It doesn’t matter what your future plans are; developing your entrepreneurial skills will help you to go further in your studies and professional career. Thrilled with the idea of learning by doing, Jens Dinesen, an entrepreneur with more than 25
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What are the memories you have from EIA? To answer this question, Justin Sung, a Cognitive Science student at UC Berkeley created a video with his colleagues. Passionate about filmmaking, Justin Sung holds various positions on campus related to film and editing. “I love being able to capture people’s
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by Thais Porsch* If I told you that it’s possible to create a startup from scratch in three weeks, would you believe it? I wouldn’t either. That was, of course, until I learned about the European Innovation Academy—the world’s leading entrepreneurship and innovation program. When I
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In Summer 2018, Henrique Carvalho from University of Lisboa joined EIA in Portugal and along with his team developed Clynx. Since those intense weeks, a lot has happened. We've talked to Henrique Carvalho to know more how EIA has changed his life as an entrepreneur and to learn
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Written by Matheus Moura | Business Administration Undergrad Student at University of Porto I remember my first day at the European Innovation Academy. It was a lovely Sunday, and I spent it going over ideas that would serve as the foundation of my startup. I had no idea what was yet
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Bobbie Reyes is currently an undergrad student at the University of Berkeley. In July 2019, she accepted the challenge to create a startup in 15 days and joined the European Innovation Academy, in Portugal. Throughout the summer program, the young entrepreneur has worked with four other participants - all from different
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Olivier Malafronte always knew that he was born to be an entrepreneur. Despite this, starting his own business didn’t happen overnight. The young entrepreneur worked hard to pursue his dreams. Like many people, he knew he wanted to start his business, but the ideas weren’t quite there yet.