Magdalena Meusburger

Ph.D., Lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences, Austria.

Magdalena loves turning big ideas into reality. She is a university lecturer in entrepreneurship and a serial entrepreneur: she has been involved in successful startups in South Africa, is the director and co-founder of startupstube – the startup center of the Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences, and is also co-founder of the Fempower Community, an initiative to support women with entrepreneurial projects.

She completed her doctorate in Entrepreneurship at the University of Pretoria in South Africa and was awarded the Dr. Anton Ruppert Prize. For her Master’s degree in International Business, she previously studied at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, HKUST in Hong Kong, Universidad Nacional Autónoma in Nicaragua, and the University of Economics in Bratislava. Magdalena has a strong international focus, plus extensive experience in the startup scene.