Entrepreneurship for Social Good
Through a series of online seminars, TriAngle Co-working Space endeavours to inspire students with entrepreneurial and social innovation spirit. Speakers with different expertise and experiences will be brought together to empower students to grow into future social entrepreneurs.
Social Innovation Inspiration Tour Series
Are you curious about social innovation in Hong Kong? Do you find it difficult to start a social enterprise? Through the "Social Innovation Inspiration Tour Series", you will be able to acquire new insights into the field of social innovation and put your ideas into practice!
你對社創感到好奇嗎？還是有志於創立社企卻不知從何入手？TriAngle的「社會創新靈感遊系列」帶你到訪不同社創組織及參與工作坊，助你尋找更多社會創新靈感，鼓勵你在創作路途上敢試敢創！
Past Events
Mil Mill Tour: The Next Station of Recyclables - Mil Mill
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During the visit, participants learned how to turn recycled beverage cartons into toilet rolls and participated in an upcycling papermaking workshop.
- Date: 26 August 2022 (Friday)
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Captain Softmeal: New Chapter of Healthy Diets for the Elderly - The Project Futurus
The facilitator guided the participants to discover the problems and challenges that HKBU students encountered. By using the Design Thinking problem-solving method, they came together to brainstorm innovative solutions to tackle those problems. This workshop ended with a debriefing and discussion about the future collaboration with several participating organisations.
Participants made softmeals to learn how to restore the shape and taste of different dim sum dishes so that people with dysphagia could also eat with dignity. Besides, the founder, Queenie shared her entrepreneurial journey with the participants.
Date: 12 August 2022 (Friday)
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Warehouse Tour: Is Art and Culture Disconnected from Reality? - The Warehouse Teenage Club
The Warehouse talked about how it connected the community with cultural and art projects, the inspiration behind their creative projects and all the actual practices involved.
Date: 7 Jul, 2022 (Thurs)
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Farm Tour: Is beekeeping possible in The city? - Beetales
The beekeepers elaborated on the concept of urban beekeeping, and gave participants a renewed understanding of the relationship between humans and bees.
Date: 29 Jun, 2022 (Wed)
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Connecting the Community with Scent
Mr. Johnny Lo shared the pains and gains of starting social enterprises in the hope of inspiring our students with his own start-up experience.
Speaker: Mr. Johnny Lo, Partner & Founder, Aroma Office & Lin Heung House
Date: 22 Apr, 2022 (Fri)
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Recycling: A Sustainable Business?
Mr. Harold Yip gave us an overview of the local recycling industry and shared his own experience of turning wastepaper into toilet rolls and paper towels.
Speaker: Mr. Harold Yip, Founder, Mil Mill, Hong Kong’s first pulp mill that recycles beverage cartons
Date: 12 Apr, 2022 (Tue)
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Securing Funding for Social Enterprises
Ms. Jessica Tam shared with us how SIE Fund worked and the role of SEBC, as the Fund’s intermediary, in supporting social enterprises to develop their projects.
Speaker: Ms. Jessica Tam, Head of HKCSS-HSBC Social Enterprise Business Centre (SEBC)
Date: 7 Apr, 2022 (Thurs)
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From Social Worker to Social Entrepreneur
Ms Swing Lau shared her journey from being a social worker to becoming a social entrepreneur.
Speaker: Ms Swing Lau, the founder of Home Care Apparel Company Limited
Date: 30 March, 2022 (Wed)
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Social Enterprises in Hong Kong
Mr Michael Ip shared his experience in supporting the development of social enterprises.
Speaker: Mr Michael Ip, Ecosystem Builder (Growth & Talent), Dream Impact
Date: 18 March, 2022 (Fri)
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The Art of Failure: Learning about Entrepreneurial Spirit from Unsuccessful Startups
The Art of Failure: Learning about Entrepreneurial Spirit from Unsuccessful Startups
Mr Felix Lio shared and analysed several startup stories that ended in failure so that we could learn from their mistakes.
Speaker: Mr Felix Lio, Founder & Partner, Teclent Venture Investment Limited
Date: 9 March, 2022 (Wed)
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