2018, Meyer, Rolf, Perrett, Pieter Jan

The report provides an insight into the success factors of Social Hubs in Europe, North America, and Asia. It suggests that despite providing evidence of a thriving social start-up scene, there is no agreed definition of success. Whilst the vibrancy and collaborative nature of the hub com-munity are seen as crucial, how to achieve and manage this cohesion varies. Some have fo-cused on a myriad of different activities in the physical space (events, trainings, coaching, net-working, incubation and acceleration programmes, and research), while others have far-reaching virtual communities. Our research illustrates a diversity of social hubs with different models running on social entrepreneurial as well as business principles. All countries covered in the research highlighted the growth in start-up hubs, while some report-ed competition as a distinct threat. Most of these start-up hubs are located in the larger urban cities; they provided evidence of different success levels. Some recommendations, for (new) soc