Let's not just make noise, let's make a difference.Mike Brown
In Mark's second year he had to start a business and wanted to do something for society. Eventually he came up with the idea of elderly cooking for guests in a restaurant to prevent loneliness.
On the 16th of June, Mark Hendriks was invited by the Prime Minister at het Catshuis to talk about social entrepreneurship. Quote: “The society is strong because people like you, are willing to work for the weaker in society but are also involved in starting new initiatives.”
Hogeschool Rotterdam issued a startup award for the most innovative startup. Oma’s Pop-up won the award with a cash prize of €2,500 euros.
Personal item on the Dutch public broadcast corporation about meaningful communication.
Randstad Nederland issued the Randstad Talent Award to Mark Hendriks and his co-founder for developing a meaningful business. The cash prize of €25,000 euros was invested in Oma’s Pop-up.
Social Enterprise Insights (Asia) invited Mark Hendriks to speak in Taiwan as a keynote speaker about social entrepreneurship and Oma's Pop-up.
Mark Hendriks was interviewed by EBC in Taiwan in about his keynote presentation on the event of Social Enterprise Insights in Taipei.
Oma’s Pop-up rented a pop-up store on Rotterdam Central Station to draw attention to loneliness. Below an interview about the idea and the location on the central station.
Former alderman of Rotterdam, now Deputy Prime Minister of The Netherlands visited Mark Hendriks at Oma's Pop-up.
The Job Dura Foundation (initiated by Dura Vermeer) has nominated Mark Hendriks as powerful entrepreneur.
Proposed and received a MaatschapWij ribbon as a meaningful person and entrepreneur.
Attended at the competition of Adecco to select a CEO for One Month. Mark was selected as one of the 50 finalists and became 11th. The winner of this selection got the chance to be aside the CEO of Adecco Group NL, Hans Pruis.
Mark Hendriks was asked by an advisory of the Ministry of Labor to speak about social entrepreneurship combined with elderly care on a two day conference in Hsinchu, Taiwan.
