Thinking of starting a business as a student? Emilia De Graeve and Hannes Van Cauwenberghe would recommend it to anyone. Emilia, a psychology master’s student and co-founder of Blokmap, and Hannes, an alumnus of Ghent University and founder of several companies, take a moment to reflect on their lives as Gentrepreneurs. “Ghent University only makes your ideas more outlandish.”
What started as an exercise for a group work during their business engineering course is today, barely two years later, in 35 shops in our country. With Gutsy, Jack Lathouwers and Achilles Hannecart want to offer food that is healthy for your dog, but also for the planet.
On Monday 10 May Ghent University student Sim Vanlangenhove was elected Gentrepreneur Student Entrepreneur of the Year. As winner, he represents all enterprising students in Ghent and far beyond for one year.
Might soft drinks’ machines with no cans soon become the norm? That’s certainly what a few student entrepreneurs are planning. They’ve developed an ecological and healthy drinks machine where you can fill your reusable-drinking bottle with soft drinks. One of the creators is Colin Deblonde, a young entrepreneur who studies applied economics at Ghent University.
