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Social Entrepreneurs in Action: Neil Blumenthal
Neil Blumenthal can describe the concept behind his business Warby Parker in one simple phrase: “Glasses are fun, but they are unfun when they cost $500.” Blumenthal, along with his three friends and co-founders of Warby Parker, all shared this same sentiment when they first launched their business less than 12 months ago. Warby Parker’s...
Compass Partners Announces Shift Series!
Compass is excited to introduce its first annual, national conference: Shift Series, a multidisciplinary discussion about preparing today’s world to address tomorrow’s social problems. Save the Date! The Shift Series conference will take place in Washington, D.C. on April 1 and 2, so mark your calendar, because you won’t want to miss this! Early registration...
Unreasonable Institute Marketplace
Just today, our friends at the Unreasonable Institute have launched an interactive and interesting showcase of 45 entrepreneurial ventures called the Unreasonable Marketplace. These finalists were selected from over 300 applicants in 60 countries. Each presented a financially self-sustaining venture that could possibly serve the needs of at least 1 million people as well as...
New Director of Social Media
We’re proud to welcome Alana Ramo as our new Director of Social Media! Alana is a native North Carolinian and a graduate of UNC Chapel Hill. She holds a degree in International Studies and Spanish and maintains an affinity for the online community. A recent newcomer to Washington D.C., she spends the majority of the...
Ideas for Generating Ideas
For the past couple weeks my conversations have been noticeably more exciting. Why, you ask? Because I’ve assumed the role of sounding board! Students in the Compass Fellowship have begun conceptualizing their social business ventures. They’re kicking around interesting, new ways to create financially-sustainable businesses that can tip the social impact scale. I’ve had the honor of...
From My Perspective – Peter Starkey
The Following Post comes from 2014 Compass Fellow Peter Starkey at George Washington University in DC: Compass Fellows are some of the most interesting ones you will find: 1. We are all very motivated in what we can do, what we want to do, and what we dream of doing. 2. We all have a...
New Advisors Jump Aboard
This month a handful of new advisors joined Compass Partners to help shape the direction of the organization as it expands nationally. Compass is proud to welcome to the Board of Directors Charles DeSantis who serves at the Associate Vice President and Chief Benefits Officer of Georgetown University. Charles has served in a number of...
Compass Innovates its Curriculum
This past Saturday – I had the privilege of watching our curriculum take a new shape. Six community members, all with different roles within our program, came to CompassHQ’s office with one goal: create the perfect program for undergraduate entrepreneurial education. We did not present or consider our current Compass program when we came in,...
Ureasonable Institute Applications Open!
The Unreasonable Institute is searching for the world’s most brilliant, ambitious, and innovative early-stage entrepreneurs who will be remembered by history as having changed the world! Apply today! The Second Annual Unreasonable Institute will unite 25 of the world’s most promising entrepreneurs who are relentlessly working to tackle the world’s greatest social and environmental problems. ...
75 Stories of Social Entrepreneurship Begin: the New Compass Fellows
We are proud to introduce the new 75 Compass Fellows hailing from five universities across the US who are now beginning their journeys as social entrepreneurs. Following a rigorous application and interview process that started with nearly 700 students, American, Georgetown, George Washington, Indiana and Tufts University each now have a passionate group of 15 Fellows...
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