Building networks

Why watch the episode?

• You will learn what the purpose of building networks really is and why we should create diverse networks.
• We illustrate everything with the concrete example of Dobrý Pastier, where Ján Košturiak is an active co-creator and where this episode was also created.

Who is Ján Košturiak?

He studied mechanical engineering and industrial engineering, has long-term cooperation with the largest European applied research company Fraunhofer, contributed to the development of the Simple++ system (now PlantSimulation), and worked on dozens of innovations with multinational and domestic companies – e.g., VW, Mercedes, Siemens.

He is a co-founder of IPA Slovakia, the agricultural cooperative Agrokruh, collaborates on the development of a customizable eBike and its additive manufacturing, and is building his own Podnikatelská univerzita, where he connects innovators and entrepreneurs. He works in the Dobrý pastier community, where 350 people on the margins of society find a return to life through entrepreneurial activities.

He lives between Varín in Slovakia and Měrůtky in Moravia with his wife Milena and children Ján, Lucia, and Zuzana. He enjoys mountain biking, hiking, and writing books.