The Entrepreneurship Avenue is designed to inspire and encourage students from various fields. Since day 1, we have been able to do so thanks to a strong (startup) ecosystem and supporters.
10 years of entrepreneurship avenue
2014
Deliberately seen as an experiment, the first Entrepreneurship Avenue was designed and implemented within just three months by a team of 15 WU students and faculty. With over 600 participants and 25 startup teams, expectations were exceeded right from the first edition!
2015
After the success of the first year, it was clear: Entrepreneurship Avenue is here to stay. In a strategy workshop with Frank Owen, the new organizational team developed the purpose and guiding beliefs of the program to lay the foundation for the coming years. The number of participants could be doubled.
2016
AACSB International, the world’s largest education network, recognized Entrepreneurship Avenue as a best practice in entrepreneurship education. In 2016 there were three times as many participants as in 2014, and in 2017 four times as many students were part of the Avenue.
2018/19
We reinforced the workshop series and the cross-university collaboration, also thanks to the ECN expansion.
2020/22
The organizing teams took on the Covid19 challenge in an entrepreneurial manner. They redesigned the Entrepreneurship Avenue into an all-online program in 2020 and realized that this changeover was not only a difficulty, but also brought with it many new opportunities. The Avenue became even more diverse and international than in previous years.
2023
Celebrating the 10th edition of Entrepreneurship Avenue: 15,000 participants, 432 student startup projects, 246 student organizers since 2014
2024
Entrepreneurship Avenue 2024 was an incredible celebration of entrepreneurial spirit and innovation! This year marked the full revival of in-person events, held across five universities and the Startup House in Vienna, and introduced the new Business Modeling Lab, bridging idea generation and mentoring. The EA24 Conference brought the series to a thrilling close with a dynamic pitching competition, inspiring keynotes, insightful panel discussions, and the vibrant Partner & Startup Fairs featuring 13 startups.
2025
Entrepreneurship Avenue 2025 invited students to Start Up – Stand Out through a dynamic series of events across Vienna. Kicking off at TU Wien, the journey continued with five in-person LABs at four universities and the Startup House, offering hands-on experiences in idea generation, business modeling, mentoring, and pitch training.
The highlight was the full-day Conference at WU Campus, featuring inspiring keynotes, panel discussions, workshops, and the final pitch competition. With over 1,000 registrations, 80 workshop attendees, and 333k+ Instagram views, EA25 brought together students from 82 nationalities and 67 universities—celebrating entrepreneurship in a truly global and purpose-driven way.
Previous Events
MEET OUR TEAM
Sofia Boneva
Head Organiser
Who can change the world? Everyone has ideas for improvement, but many lack the knowledge how to make them happen. That’s why I joined EA—to empower others to achieve their dreams while fulfilling mine. I find that there is nothing more rewarding and meaningful than helping others.
Hanna Greiner
Head Organiser
The world doesn’t need more people who only point out problems — it needs people who step up and solve them. EA is where those people come together and thats why I am more then proud to be part of EA 2026! As the head organizer, my mission is to create a space where innovation thrives and every participant feels motivated and empowered to take their idea to the next step!
Olha Hordiienko
Marketing Head
I truly believe that great ideas start when we dare to take that first step into unknown. Throughout my life I like to keep challenging myself, learning something new, and discovering more possibilities. That is why entrepreneurship and EA inspire me, because it’s about the people who dare to challenge themselves and take action.
Milana Ibragimova
Marketing
Off to the races
Pelin Minel Doğan
Marketing
Be the person who turns ‘someday’ into today
Melissa Rachinger
Marketing
Let it be hard. Let it be scary. And then do it anyway.
Martina Broglia
Marketing
Stay hungry, stay foolish
Jens Kozeluha
Marketing
In the end it always works out
Valentina-Maria Gailer
Conference Head
Hold the vision. Trust the process.
Tsuyoshi Terai
Conference
Ideas are easy. Starting isn’t.
Jowita Pietryka
Conference
The only time success comes before work is in the dictionary
Viola Schaller
Conference
perfect is the enemy of done
Mariia Zabolotna
Conference
Entrepreneurship is about taking risks on ideas others don’t believe in yet – and trusting yourself enough to try anyway. EA is where those ideas are seen, challenged, and turned into something real. And if the opportunity you want doesn’t exist yet, this is where you start creating it.
Iryna Balandiuk
Partners Head
Entrepreneurship demands total immersion. You can’t play it safe and expect to change the world. It’s ‘go big or go home,’ and that’s exactly why I value this community – at EA, we are all-in for every one of our participants, every single day.
Yuliia Yaremyn
Partners Head
The poor need a million, the rich need an idea.
Simon Doll
Partners
Live more. Fear Less.
Antonino Rubino
Partners
Hakuna Matata
Hana Sarajcic
Partners
Entrepreneurship is about setting clear goals, working hard with purpose, and building teams that take ownership and deliver results.
Christina Wang
Partners
Shared vision. Shared success.
Stefan Simovic
Partners
One Life
Kimi Viramo
Labs Head
The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do
Florian Schubert
Labs
Fear Forward.
Maximilian Schauer
Labs
Whatever you do, work at it with all of your heart
Rein Kingsbury
Labs
The optimist invented the airplane, the pessimist invented the parachute. Both are important in innovation.
Pawel Abramowicz
Labs
Build your own dream, or someone else will hire you to build theirs
Madina Kuanyshbekova
Events Head
As someone passionate about events, I believe in their power to inspire, connect, and drive meaningful change. What excites me most about being part of EA is the opportunity to craft experiences that encourage students from various fields and universities to bring their ideas to life.
Uğur Çelikbaş
Events
Kitto katsu
Samiha Ahuja
Events
Don’t wait for opportunity. Create it.
Monique Schlömmer
Head of Operations WU Entrepreneurship Center
Rudolf Dömötör
Co - founder entrepreneurship avenue Director ecn & WU Entrepreneurship center
BEHIND ENTREPRENEURSHIP AVENUE
Rudolf Dömötör
Co - founder entrepreneurship avenue Director ecn & WU Entrepreneurship center
Werner Hoffmann
Academic Director SIMC master program, WU Vienna
Monique Schlömmer
Head of Operations WU Entrepreneurship Center
