“EIA was more than I had hoped for.”
Johanna Smith was living in Shanghai when she joined EIA in July 2019. Coming from New Zealand, the agricultural sales young professional was taking a six-month break to improve her…
“EIA was the cornerstone of my own business”
Dario Principi didn’t know much about the startup universe when he joined the European Innovation Academy. The three-week entrepreneurship program was just the beginning of Dario’s entrepreneurial journey. Since EIA…
“The best form of education anyone can get!”
How many cities have you visited in your life? Esther Chan, a participant at EIA Hong Kong, has travelled to more than 50 and she’s only 20 years old. Currently…
From Caracas to Beijing: Meet Angel Eugeunio
Exploring different cultures and accepting great challenges is part of Angel Eugenio’s life. Born in Venezuela, the marketing professional decided to call Beijing home and is fluent in Mandarin. In…
From Berkeley to Portugal: An International Experience at EIA
Arjun Sarkar is in his third year at the University of California, Berkeley. Last July, the Environmental Economics and Policy student accepted the challenge to have an international experience at…
“I don’t believe in failure but rather in moments of learning and clarity”
In July 2019, Jeniffer Mpho Lebethe took a 13-hour flight from Johannesburg to Hong Kong. The long journey was just the first challenge she would face during the days at…
From Participant to Designer: Meet Shaikha Alsubaey
The Arab Innovation Academy is the biggest entrepreneurship program in the Arab Region. Every year, more than 200 participants of 30 nationalities get together at Qatar Science and Technology Park…
Meet the Dinesens: The 15-Year-Old Triplets Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship needs to be learned at an early age. It doesn’t matter what your future plans are; developing your entrepreneurial skills will help you to go further in your studies…
Justin Sung: My EIA Experience in 162 Seconds
What are the memories you have from EIA? To answer this question, Justin Sung, a Cognitive Science student at UC Berkeley created a video with his colleagues. Passionate about filmmaking,…
“5 Things I Learned at the European Innovation Academy”
by Thais Porsch* If I told you that it’s possible to create a startup from scratch in three weeks, would you believe it? I wouldn’t either. That was, of course,…