Podcast

Hear the Bilbao Effect

Four episodes of the Impact People podcast take us to the Basque country, handing the mic over to the changemakers and going live in the spaces where impact happens. 

Ben DeVries |
Hear the Bilbao Effect
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The Bilbao Effect, a phrase used to describe the city’s renaissance with the arrival of the Guggenheim Museum, continues afresh with Bilbao’s unique culture of impact. The impact players, spaces, funds and organisations of the city – and the innovative ecosystem they created – will be in full effect at Impact Week. To get a preview of this ecosystem and an introduction to the people driving it, give these episodes a listen!     
 

A Crib in Bilbao with BBK Kuna

Meet the impact people of BBK Kuna, an incubation space, during a round table discussion with changemakers and social entrepreneurs.

Who: Kristian Prieto (Director, BBK Kuna), Oihane Aldaiturriaga (Head of Entrepreneurship & Employment, BBK), Isabel Abascal Canales (Founder, Compostree), Ainhoa Isla Lopez (CEO, Auziker)

Hear more from BBK at Impact Week:    
>Impact Generation Showcase (28 Nov | 11:30 - 12:45 CET)    
>Innovative Bizkaia (29 Nov | 10:45 - 12:00 CET)

 

Acorns to Oaks with Seed Capital Bizkaia

How does the acorn grow to an oak? Seed Capital Bizkaia has answers, as exemplified by the dozens of impact enterprises they’ve nurtured over the years.

Who: Oscar Ugarte Gamboa (Director, Seed Capital Bizkaia), Aitor Ojanguren (Socio Fundador, Koiki), Luis Miguel Aras Portilla (Executive President, Impulso Cognitivo) and David Fried (CEO, Evolv)

Hear more from Seed Capital Bizkaia at Impact Week:     
>New Generation Impact (28 Nov | 11:05 - 11:15 CET)     
>Youth Hackathon (29 Nov | 12:15 - 13:30 CET)

 

Enter Mondragon 

Bilbao Berrikuntza Faktoria, a collaborative space from Mondragon University and the City Council of Bilbao, brings together learning, innovation and entrepreneurship all in one impactful place. Impact People takes us inside for interviews with the residents. 

Who: Ziortza Olano Astigarraga (Team Coach, Mondragon Team Academy), Marisol Menendez (CEO & Founder, Bilakatu, WITH; Open Innovation expert) Juan Zubiaurre Atxa (Business Development Manager, TAZEBAEZ) and Sain Lopez (Co-Founder, Mondragon Team Academy)

Hear more from Mondragon at Impact Week:    
>New Generation Impact (28 Nov | 11:05 - 11:15 CET)     
>Youth Hackathon (29 Nov | 12:15 - 13:30 CET)

 

BAT Signal  

The BAT Tower stands tall as a central, collaborative space for Bilbao’s impact sector. Impact People takes us live inside for a chat with the people behind the slate of Impact Week pre-events happening there.

Who: Oscar Ugarte Gamboa (Director, Seed Capital Bizkaia), we hear from Maria Ocariz (Operations Manager, Impact HUB), Josep Ferrer Muñoz (ECV Program Coordinator, Oxfam) and Paul Ortega (Director, Basque Agency for Cooperation & Solidarity)

Hear more: At the Impact Week pre-events – register here