2017 Impact Accelerator Launch
Event Information
Description
Please join the Social Enterprise Greenhouse network in welcoming the 7th Impact Accelerator cohort!
+ Meet and greet our social impact entrepreneurs
+ Mingle with our 'do well, do good' community
+ Celebrate social impact with food, drink and friends!
Following this kick-off, the entrepreneurs will embark on a 12-week journey, taking their social enterprises to the next level with the help of Coaches & Advisors and the Accelerator blended learning program. Help us give them a great send off and be sure to join us for the Final Pitch Event (April 13th; 6-8pm)
Learn more about the Accelerator program here.
The cohort includes 3 key impact areas
Impact in Education
Linda Woods Curtin - Founder lindajwoods@gmail.com
Simply.fund is an online giving platform designed specifically for quick and easy fundraising campaigns. By leveraging the power of crowdfunding and social media, simply.fund makes the fundraising process fast, easy and delivers the highest profits of any other school fundraising program.
Jarrid Hall - Co-Founder jarridhall@dxcgabs.com
The DxC enables a mobile dinner table conversation - at the dinner table, breakfast time, in a waiting room, on a walk, in the car, via FaceTime or Skype, on a phone call, anywhere with a few minutes to have a check-in. It's not reporting from a teacher or the school, it's a conversation with your child.
Finnest
Richard McDonald - Co-Founder Richard_Mcdonald@brown.edu
Clemens Grave - Co-Founder clemens_grave@brown.edu
Finnest is a next generation mobile banking solution for pre college youth. Our mission is to better help young adults understand the value of money and handling it responsibly. Finnest is tailored to the needs of this age group, which is completely overlooked by the current banking system.
Susan Gale - Founder publisher@riparentmag.com
RI Parent Magazine is a local parenting resource, and a source of inspiration during the greatest and toughest moments of being a parent. The magazine works to promote the work of community projects and organizations. The magazine is available free to readers and has a 15,000 circulation with 400 distribution locations throughout RI and southeastern Massachusetts.
Impact in Design
Public Projects Department - Steel Yard
Jenny Sparks - Community Relations Manager jenny@thesteelyard.org
Tim Ferland - Public Projects Director tim@thesteelyard.org
The Steel Yard is an award-winning industrial arts center, craft school and shared studio. The Public Projects Department earns revenue for the Steel Yard through public art commissions. We collaborate with local artists, vendors and industry to produce custom, community-specific metal work with a clear focus on supporting local creative economy.
Maricruz Larrea - Co-Founder maricruz.larrea@labelsthatmatter.com
Camila Goetze - Co-Founder camila.goetze@labelsthatmatter.com
We created Labels That Matter to preserve local culture, the planet and social development of communities worldwide through promoting the creativity of Chilean and Brazilian up-and-coming designers and artists.
Impact in Wellbeing
Inspirited Living / Beachwood Center for Wellbeing
Lynne Bryan Phipps - Founder lbp@inspiritedliving.com
Inspirited Living is an intentional community where people connect to encourage, uplift, and celebrate all that’s being done in this world “for good”. We share inspiration and stories of courage in the Street Light Magazine, and offer training and products that encourage, uplift, and support wellbeing.
COAAST - Creating Outreach About Addiction Support Together
Ana Bess Moyer Bell - Founder anabess@coaast.com
COAAST is a non-profit 501(c) 3 organization that offers arts-based, community-engaged programming to address the opioid epidemic. They directly serve communities devastated by overdose deaths, high school students, communities of faith, healthcare professionals, and rehab and recovery communities. Their programs harness the arts to create therapeutic and educational goals.
Jordan Ross - Founder jordan@petsempower.org
PetsEmpower is a foundation and referral network umbrella organization giving courageous survivors of domestic violence a positive alternative. We ensure peace of mind their loving pet is taken care of and provide reunification, positive health outcomes, transformative community service, spread love throughout the community, and corporate social impact.
