Vision

At Impact Hub Dhaka we believe that we can create a Bangladesh where everyone thrives when entrepreneurial, compassionate and committed individuals work towards a shared purpose.

We believe that the key is to facilitate collaborations in order to tackle our world’s most pressing issues. Under the umbrella of shared concerns, we aim to nurture fraternity among people from different sectors and experiences, strengthening the linkage that leads to collective progress and solve the grand challenges of our time #SDG.

 

members: 17k

Mission

We inspire and enable entrepreneurs and organisations to be more impact driven and sustainable.

Meet our team

We are a team of thinkers & doers, movers & shakers, storytellers & bridge builders, boundary pushers & translators – but above all, we are social innovation enthusiasts who create a home for radical ideas that create positive social change.

Lamiya
Morshed
Chairwoman
Shazeeb M Khairul
Islam
Director
Tazin
Shadid
Director
Lamia
Hafiz
Community Lead
Rakibul
Hasan
Community Host

Purpose

We mobilize vibrant community of entrepreneurs through inspiring space, meaningful content and diverse network to accelerate sustainable socio-economic growth of Bangladesh.

Approach

Embedded in Design Thinking, we foster collaboration, unlock creativity and create innovative solutions:

  • Inspire: challenging the status quo is possible – we do it every day.
  • Connect: accessing a professional ecosystem of change makers and curating interaction across silos.
  • Enable: we disrupt mindsets, share expertise and the necessary tools to create a better future for all.

User-Centered. Design thinking is centred on innovating through the eyes of the end user buy building empathy and gaining deep insights.

Experimental. Design thinking gives the participant permission to fail and to learn from their mistakes, because it encourages an iterative development process.

Collaborative. Several great minds are always stronger when solving a challenge than just one. Design thinking benefits greatly from an interdisciplinary team.

De-Risking. Using an iterative approach de-risks products by testing both their relevance and long-term feasibility prior to committing substantial investment.

Well-Structured. Design thinking comes with a lot of useful tools. It draws inspiration from the creative processes, that are divided into different phases, sprints and tools.

Optimistic. Design thinking, like many startup methodologies, is underpinned the fundamental belief that we can all create change—no matter how big a problem, how little time, or how small a budget.