START HERE – Digital Academy
The Digital Academy for Social Entrepreneurship was created through co-creation.
At the heart of the Academy is the belief that entrepreneurship education is stronger when it brings together diverse experiences, perspectives, and forms of expertise.
The Academy was shaped by entrepreneurs, practitioners, educators, ecosystem builders, and experts from different countries and fields. Contributors participated in different ways — sharing their founder journeys and professional expertise, delivering lessons, contributing to curriculum and content development, and offering practical insights from their work with communities, organisations, and entrepreneurial ecosystems.
Together, these contributions have helped create an Academy that reflects not one pathway into social entrepreneurship, but many.
We gratefully acknowledge the contributions of:
Adina-Iuliana Deacu
Alyanna Carrion
Anand Macherla
Cláudia Guerreiro
Claudia Winkler
Clôd Baumgartner
Dr Bijna Kotak Dasani MBE FRSA
Dr. Sharon Attipoe-Dorcoo
Jessica Espinoza
Jovana Poepelt
Kencho Zam
Leyla Karaha
Dr. Lyubomyr Matsekh-Ukrayinskyy
Mansi Gupta
Mauro Trujano
Nadia Osman
Nakshathra Suresh
Nathasha Dharmasena
Neealana Naushin
Stephen Muraga
Susanne Masooa
Teresa Riosa
Valeria Medinaceli
Their collective knowledge, experiences, and perspectives are an integral part of the Digital Academy and of the collaborative process through which it was created.
