What is the Venture Sweet Spot?
Stace Lindsay, President, Fusion Venture PartnersStace explains how to find your sweet spot – where your passions, skills and concerns for the world converge – to help reveal where Fellows can have the greatest impact.
The Power of Proximity
Sonal Shah, Executive Director, Georgetown University, Beeck CenterSonal explains how remaining proximate remaining proximate can ensure solutions are designed based on a community’s needs, and can stay relevant as those needs evolve.
Embracing a B Corporation Mindset
Bart Houlahan, Co-Founder and President, B CorporationBart explains how embracing a B Corporation mindset, one with a focus on business as a "force for good", can support success and create a broader positive impact.
Building Social Movements
Tamsin Smith, Founder & President of SlipStreamStrategyTamsin shares the nuances of building social movements from the power of individual action to the creation of a collective narrative.
The Art of Storytelling
Kristen Grimm, Founder & President of Spitfire StrategiesKristen explains the key components of a compelling story and shares the importance of storytelling as a motivating tool for making a world a better place.
The Lean Startup Approach
Josh Baer, Founder and CEO of Capital FactoryJosh describes how the Lean Startup Approach can increase efficiency and adaptability in the early days of testing a business model.
The Perfect Pitch
Laurie Chock, Chock Global CommunicationsLaurie describes the key approaches to developing and delivering the perfect pitch for a venture at any stage
Design Thinking
Justin Ferrell, Fellowships Director, Stanford University, Institute of DesignJustin shares how design thinking can help Fellows become more creative in their problem solving, using tools like empathy and experimentation to arrive at innovative solutions that put users first.
Driving Change: Corporate Social Intrapreneurs
Nancy McGaw, Deputy Director Business & Society Program, The Aspen InstituteNancy shares how social intrapreneaurs are able to re-frame societal problems as business opportunities in disguise, creating positive impacts for the world.
Driving Systems Level Change
Shivani Garg Patel, Principal, The Skoll FoundationShivani explains how examining the system in which a problem resides can help Fellows find the key levers for disrupting the system as a whole.