In this episode, our guests are both social entrepreneurs in Austria. Theresa Imre founded the digital marketplace Markta and shares her experience scaling up a social business during the pandemic. She discusses the role of social entrepreneurs in shaping a new understanding of business as usual with Martin Wesian. Martin founded HELIOZ more than ten years ago, with the company’s activities revolving around the water disinfection tool WADI. Theresa and Martin both are members of SENA - the Social Entrepreneurship Network Austria.

Below we provide you with links to interesting sources with regards to social entrepreneurship. Have a look! // The books recommended by our guests:

Jeder Mensch by Ferdinand von Schirach: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.de/Buch/Jeder-Mensch/Ferdinand-von-Schirach/Luchterhand-Literaturverlag/e586345.rhd Die Selbstgerechten by Sahra Wagenknecht: https://www.campus.de/buecher-campus-verlag/wirtschaft-gesellschaft/politik/die_selbstgerechten-16576.html Was auf dem Spiel steht by Philipp Blom: https://www.hanser-literaturverlage.de/buch/was-auf-dem-spiel-steht/978-3-446-25664-4/

// Find more information on markta: https://markta.at/ HELIOZ: https://www.helioz.org/ SENA: https://sena.or.at/ // Read more on social entrepreneurship: https://ssir.org/articles/entry/social_entrepreneurship_the_case_for_definition And on social entrepreneurship in Austria: https://www.bmdw.gv.at/Themen/Wirtschaftsstandort-Oesterreich/Social-Entrepreneurship.html