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CommunicornCollective Coffee: Balancing Business and Community Values – Ruth Jeckel / Avenir*********************************************
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The Avenir Collective operates two cafés and a roastery with the aim of making the coffee trade more transparent, fair, and sustainable.
The conversation focuses on collective ownership and the practice of collaborative decision-making. Ruth explains how the collective works, how responsibility and leadership are organized on an equal footing, and what role the community plays in the long-term impact of social enterprises. We learn how Avenir combines impact and entrepreneurial action, how...
2025-09-1519 min
CommunicornEmpowering Communities through the CSA approach – Daniel Überall / Kartoffelkombinat*********************************************
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Lüneburg, September 16–17, 2025
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In this episode, we talk with Daniel Überall about the “Kartoffelkombinat,” a cooperatively organized community supported agriculture (CSA) initiative that has been distributing vegetables to the Munich region since 2010. Around 2,000 households receive fresh vegetables from their own production every week. But the project is about far more than food security: the Kartoffelkombinat sees itself as a response to alienation: a space where proximity, participation, and responsibility can come to life.
Daniel shares how an idea...
2025-09-0129 min
CommunicornBuilding Partnerships that Amplify Community Impact and Ownership – Arnd Boekhoff & Lars Braitmayer / Viva con Agua*********************************************
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Lüneburg, September 16–17, 2025
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How do you build partnerships that not only make an impact, but truly strengthen community – sustainably, inclusively, and with joy?
In this episode, we speak with Arnd Boekhoff and Lars Braitmayer from Viva con Agua. For nearly two decades, a global movement has grown around their mission. United by the belief that access to clean drinking water is the foundation for a good life. More than 4.5 million people worldwide have gained access to water...
2025-08-1839 min
CommunicornFrom Crowdfunding to Community Ownership – Johanna Kühner / SuperCoop*********************************************
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What if your weekly grocery shop could support your neighborhood, local producers and a fairer economy? In this episode, we’re joined by Johanna Kühner, co-founder of SuperCoop — Berlin's first democratically organized supermarket.
SuperCoop is much more than just a place to shop, though. It's a thriving experiment in community-supported entrepreneurship. With around 1,800 members actively shaping everything from product selection to governance, SuperCoop is a powerful example of what can happen when people c...
2025-07-0725 min
CommunicornShaping the Future of Cooperatives – Fabian Gebert / Geno.Digital*********************************************
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Lüneburg, September 16–17, 2025
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What happens when a community isn’t just part of a business but becomes a force that transforms an entire legal framework? In this episode, we talk to Fabian Gebert about #GenoDigital, a project that empowers cooperatives in Germany to work more digitally, more effectively, and more collaboratively.
Fabian has founded several companies himself, including a cooperative. He works as a strategic advisor to start-ups and co-ops and is active in various NGOs focus...
2025-06-2323 min
CommunicornInvesting for impact – Esin Rager / FC St. Pauli & samova*********************************************
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Lüneburg, September 16–17, 2025
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What if we thought of professional football as a way for everyone to share responsibility? In the third episode of Communicorn, we speak to Esin Rager, an entrepreneur, journalist and vice president of FC St. Pauli, about new financing methods and ways to get involved in football.
How do football and community fit together? Having lived on several continents, Esin brings a global perspective to professional football, combining entrepreneurial thinking with a vision of...
2025-06-0932 min
CommunicornUtopia in Practice - Corinna Krome & Kerstin Blumberg / Utopia*********************************************
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In the second episode of Communicorn, we explore the work of Utopia – a co-working space in Lüneburg where community entrepreneurship is not just a concept but a lived reality.
Kerstin Blumberg and Corinna Krome, two of the co-leads of Utopia, share the story from its beginnings to the present, revealing what it takes to create a space for social and sustainable entrepreneurship. Today, Utopia is far more than just a co-working space: it’s a...
2025-05-2633 min
CommunicornRoasting Social Granola: Timm Duffner, HeyhoWelcome to Communicorn: the podcast where we explore different ways of building and engaging communities.In the first episode, we interview Timm Duffner of the social enterprise "HEYHO" to gain insight into their organizational structure, collaborative practices, and their assessment of impact.
Unicorns or startups that have become billion-dollar enterprises are (almost) every entrepreneur’s big goal. But let’s raise the question: What if we work together and create a community-driven Unicorn?
In the Communicorn Podcast we uncover the roles of social innovation in driving social change. And we ask: What can we learn from...
2025-05-1232 min