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BK-LAUNCH PRESENTS: THE JURY PANEL FOR THE 2024 ENTREPRENEURSHIP AWARDS We are proud to present the members of our jury panel: Willy Spanjer | The Green Village Arjan Goudsblom | Techleap Ellen van Bueren | Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, TU Delft Inge Janssen-Corten | Delft Enterprises B.V. Hans Van Der Krogt | Smits Vastgoedzorg The final award winners will be determined and announced by our jury panel at the award ceremony on Thursday November 14th, alongside the winner of The Green Village Award! Would you like to attend the award ceremony, get inspired by keynote speaker Pieter Stoutjesdijk, the newest innovations in the built environment and see which companies are going home with one of the awards? RSVP now via this form: https://lnkd.in/ePgipf-U See you there!

BK-LAUNCH PRESENTS: THE NOMINEES FOR THE 2024 ENTREPRENEURSHIP AWARDS We are proud to present the six nominated companies for the At-Launch and Post-Launch award categories: At-Launch (10.000 euros) Rator gunkspace Leafy.earth Post-Launch (20.000 euros) Struck Lignitec B.V. Flip the City The final winners will be determined and announced by our jury panel at the award ceremony on Thursday November 14th, alongside the winner of The Green Village Award (5.000 euros + fieldlab test facilities)! Would you like to attend the award ceremony, get inspired by keynote speaker Pieter Stoutjesdijk, the newest innovations in the built environment and see which companies are going home with one of the awards? RSVP now via this form: https://lnkd.in/e4hf_VtU See you there!

WORKSHOP SERIES: HOW DO I START MY OWN DESIGN FIRM? The popular workshop series is back for the 2024 edition of the Global Entrepreneurship Week! Guided by Alijd van Doorn and guest lecturers, students will follow three step-by-step sessions to discover their passions and turn them into a design philosophy and business model. The workshop sessions will be organised at the Faculty of Architecture, on the 19th, 21st and 26th of November, from 12:45-13:30. Sign up now via: https://lnkd.in/e74b4uzX

BK-LAUNCH PRESENTS: Pieter Stoutjesdijk (TheNewMakers) will be the keynote speaker at the BK-Launch Entrepreneurship Awards 2024! Would you like to attend the award ceremony on Thursday November 14th and get inspired by our young entrepreneurs and the newest innovations in the built environment? Sign up directly via the RSVP form (https://lnkd.in/eXqndQFH) or visit our website. See you there!

BK-LAUNCH PRESENTS: Alijd van Doorn will moderate the BK-Launch Entrepreneurship Awards 2024! Alijd van Doorn, director of Heembouw and recurring lecturer for the BK-Launch workshop series "How do I start my own design firm?" will host the Entrepreneurship Awards 2024 as moderator! Would you like to attend the award ceremony on Thursday November 14th and get inspired by our young entrepreneurs and the newest innovations in the built environment? Sign up directly via the RSVP form (https://lnkd.in/ej_eiWMS) or visit our website. See you there!

APPLICATIONS ARE CLOSED & EVENT SIGN-UP IS OPEN Dear Entrepreneurs, thank you for all your applications! Last Sunday, the applications for the third edition of the BK-Launch Entrepreneurship Awards closed. We are looking forward to learning more about all the great initiatives and gamechangers for the built environment! However, which companies will be nominated and will possibly go home with one of the three awards (up to 20.000 euros) is now up to our reviewing jury, consisting of representatives from over 20 different companies and institutions in the built environment: Cobouw CBRE Koninklijke Bouwend Nederland Oosterhoff ABT bv Smits Vastgoedzorg The Green Village Techleap InnovationQuarter Delft Centre for Entrepreneurship (DCE) 4TU.Federation New Future Lab WoningBouwersNL Daal Warries Architecten Bureau Kroner architecten STO Isoned B.V. Mavotrans Steenvlinder Bureau Broersma B.V. Summeroak BV Leitmotiv Advertising Nexum Zeinstra Veerbeek Architecten Would you like to attend the award ceremony on Thursday November 14th and get inspired by our young entrepreneurs and the newest innovations in the built environment? Sign up directly via the RSVP form (https://lnkd.in/emk-38j4) or visit our website. See you there!

What would you do with a BK-Launch Entrepreneurship Award? One of our last year award winners, Kathryn Larsen, explains what she & co-founder Shannon Hanson have been up to over the last few months, developing their company ReefCircular ApS, testing their shell-waste bioconcrete reefs for the first time in Denmark. Does your start- or scale-up have the potential to make the built environment more sustainable and innovative? This is your last chance to be awarded with of the two Entrepreneurship Awards (up to 20.000 euros) or The Green Village Award on November 14th! Visit our website bk-launch.nl for more information and the application form. Applications close this Sunday.

What would you do with a BK-Launch Entrepreneurship Award? One of our last year award winners, Pierre Oskam, explains what he & co-founder Max Latour have been up to over the last few months, upscaling their company Urban Reef. At the moment, their artificial reefs are being applied in several projects throughout the Netherlands, making local ecosystems stronger and more diverse. You can read more about their progress in this recent piece by Cobouw: https://lnkd.in/emgEchNk Does your start- or scale-up have the potential to make the built environment more sustainable and innovative? This is your last chance to be awarded with of the two Entrepreneurship Awards (up to 20.000 euros) or The Green Village Award on November 14th! Visit our website bk-launch.nl for more information and the application form. Applications close this Sunday.

IT'S GETTING CLOSE... This is a call to all young entrepreneurs in the Built Environment! The registrations for the BK-Launch Entrepreneurship Awards close on Sunday September 15th. Does your start- or scale-up have the potential to make the built environment more sustainable and innovative? This is your chance to be awarded with of the two Entrepreneurship Awards (up to 20.000 euros) or The Green Village Award (5.000 euros) on November 14th! Visit our website bk-launch.nl for more information and the application form.

Community Update! One of our ventures Urban Reef , recently had an inspirational article published by Cobouw. The article highlights the importance of reducing the urban heat island effect via their unique design; clay reefs. Read the whole article via the link below! https://lnkd.in/emDHc_PY