Social Enterprise Series - impactmania

Chantal Line Carpentier, Chief UNCTAD, on the People’s Sustainable Goals

impactmania — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 10:19:53 +0000

We made it easier for you to catch up with the Chief of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Chantal Line Carpentier! Normally, you would need to bike up the Alps, compete in the Iron Women competition, or try to secure a meeting at the UN HQ in Manhattan. We were lucky enough to catch a (bumpy but brilliant) car ride with Chantal Line on her last day @NanoValbruna in Italy.

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Lorenzo Pradella, Co-Founder & CEO, GreenBone Ortho on Bone Regeneration

impactmania — Wed, 25 Aug 2021 12:25:21 +0000

Lorenzo Pradella, Co-Founder and CEO, GreenBone Ortho, spoke about science and tech transfer from lab to commercialization, entrepreneurship, and how to create more unicorns for Italy.

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Steve Blank on Public Service and Defining the Root of the Problem

impactmania — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 06:54:49 +0000

But in reality, problems like climate are inherently complex, made by multiple players. And if you dig deep enough, you actually could find that maybe this one piece or these several pieces could be the linchpins of making major changes, rather than trying to raise tens of billions of dollars just doing X or Y.

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Steve Blank on Making Meaningful Research Matter in the Marketplace

impactmania — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 17:08:15 +0000

There's a huge gap between the academics and the practitioners. I think some smart university is going to start a translational entrepreneurship group, working not only on translating their academic research, but maybe going through some of the best papers and pulling out useful things for practitioners.

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Louise Aitken: CEO Ākina Foundation

impactmania — Fri, 01 Nov 2019 09:47:46 +0000

As part of impactmania’s Women of Impact series, we are traveling to New Zealand in November 2019. A number of the women from the program will meet their peers for cultural exchange and to create economic opportunities and partnerships. The U.S. Consulate in Auckland, New Zealand is supporting 12 interviews and a special welcome reception [...]

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Bonnie Chiu: The Impact of a Camera

impactmania — Sat, 30 Mar 2019 20:08:45 +0000

The reason why Lensational’s intervention has gained traction is that we were really specific. In the beginning, we were looking at women who are illiterate or who can't express themselves, because of systemic discrimination. We did not just focus on any women.

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