Think back to the toughest class you took in high school. Would you have performed better with an experienced coach by your side? And what if that coach had been with you every day, getting to know your strengths and weaknesses, keeping you ...
After graduating from Stanford Law School, Suzanne McKechnie Klahr created a counseling program and consultancy for adult entrepreneurs in East Palo Alto, one of California’s poorest cities. One day in 1999, four high school sophomores dropped by her office. “We’re sick of school," ...
Growing up in the San Diego suburb of University City, the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) campus felt like a second backyard. As a kid, the main perks of my proximity were the University’s big grassy fields, open basketball courts, and, of ...
The folks at L.A.-based Project H Design like to make things that matter. Project H and its network of socially motivated designers have built playgrounds that teach math in South Africa, designed rugged wheelchairs suitable for the developing world, and pioneered a therapeutic, ...
On Sunday, The New York Times reported that BP’s Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig may be dumping 25,000 to 80,000 barrels of oil into the Gulf each day. This epic disaster has caused steep drops in oceanic oxygen levels and put a myriad sea ...
When we hear the word “incubator,” the image that comes to mind is big heat lamp glowing above a newborn or maybe a basket of eggs. To the entrepreneur, both business and social, the word conjures up a friendly place where nascent ideas ...
The recent health care debate has drawn attention to the industry's proclivity for wasting time and money. But research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), shows that the industry is also accomplished at wasting energy and resources. Mother Jones ...
For decades, city dwellers have grappled with the question: to car or not to car? Own one, and you’ve got to park it somewhere, a process that’s nearly guaranteed to be a daily intrusion on your time, wallet, and sanity. But go car-less, ...
Social entrepreneurs like to use the word “scrappy” to describe the way they tackle big problems. Think of doing whatever it takes—writing emails until 4 a.m., living in your best friend’s basement, etc.—all for the big-picture change you seek. Then there’s Tim DeChristopher, ...