10 Years DO!: from pioneer to key player in student entrepreneurship

10 jaar DO! - In 2010, Koen De Bosschere wanted to stimulate student entrepreneurship at Ghent University. Today DO! is the expertise center for student and PhD entrepreneurship, and plays an important role in Ghent, Courtrai and Flanders. "Stimulating entrepreneurship among our (PhD) students will be extremely important to help the economy on top after the corona crisis. As a committed and open minded education and research institution, we must and will continue to take the lead in this. The role of DO! the next 10 years will be even more important in this regard than it has unmistakably been in the past 10 years." (Rector Rik Van de Walle) From a pioneer in 2010. It all started in September 2010, when Professor Koen De Bosschere gave the first impetus for entrepreneurship activities within Ghent University. The objectives? Encourage students to discover entrepreneurship and give them the opportunity to experiment.