Social Entrepreneur’s Profile

Martin Hollinetz

OTELO

The Otelo cooperative was founded in early 2014 as Austria’s first employment cooperative. The aim is to organise employment through a common enterprise space so that individuals can make a living and implement meaningful economically viable projects together. 

The mission of the social enterprise before Corona:

Martin believes in the power of new types of interaction to drive inspiration, creativity, community, and ideas. He believes that when used in a structured yet open way, space can entirely change the quality of ideas and the inspiration to implement them. Martin created OTELO to foster a citizen base that is not victim to government authorities saying, »This is what you are going to do«, but instead empowered to respond: »This is what we need.« He is the founder of OTELO, a network of open technology laboratories.