… Leave your mark! We invite students across Yale to share new ideas for shaping our future research, programs and events at our: 5th Annual Future Directions in Business …
… Leave your mark! We invite students across Yale to share new ideas for shaping our future research, programs, and events at our: 8th Annual Future Directions in Business …
… meet and pitch their ideas to venture capitalists and industry leaders. See photos from our 2015 event and read an account of the day here. Meet the 2016 finalists: Appalachian … By connecting mountain farmers with high-value markets and innovative growing techniques, a new economic opportunity will be developed in the wake of the coal industry’s downturn. … streams from current food production processes to create nutritious and wholesome products. Our goal is to tackle the food waste challenge through culinary innovation and creativity. …
… forecasting (a particular foresight methodology) and show how it can be applied to your work, your studies, and your approach to navigating uncertainty. Signals-based … a valuable skill set for entrepreneurs. It helps anyone trying to start a business, develop new products and services, or understand a market by providing a qualitative approach to explore the broadest range of possibilities or innovations that might impact their industry. (For an introduction to IFTF’s use of signals as a building block for …
… projects while tackling some key environmental problems. We are looking for solutions in four key areas where science tells us there is an urgent need for action 1 : Protecting and … to receive the prize. We allow solutions at all stages of development that tackle these four areas of impact, as long as there is potential for impact and the idea is viable. 1 We looked at …
… the 2015-2016 season of "Nature’s Returns: Investing in Ecosystem Services" as we continue our three part webinar mini-series, titled Capital Flows: Catalyzing Investments in Water … Island Press. Joe Whitworth, President of The Freshwater Trust will join us to discuss his new book “Quantified”. In the book, Whitworth draws lessons from the world's most tech-savvy, high impact organizations to show how we can make real gains for the environment. The principles …
… ideas and pathways at the intersection of business and the environment. From creating new nonprofit and commercial organizations, business models, or other innovations that … Alumni Visiting Mentor series. The series seeks to sponsor alumni back to campus as a resource for students. Each academic year, a cohort of professionals across different … at REI Master of Environmental Management 2010 Chris Clement CFI & CIO at Encore Renewable Energy MBA 2008 Master of Environmental Management 2008 …
… Namrita Kapur is an impact investor with experience that spans philanthropy, NGOs, and the private sector. In … finance to demonstrate the gap that philanthropy should be filling. For those who are new to the field of impact investing, the talk will be a good introduction to the field. For … as space and food are limited. Can't be there in person? You can stream the event via our YouTube channel HERE . 2828 Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions …
… problems of the next decade, we will need to think differently about how we produce our food. Agriculture sits at the crossroads of many of the world’s major issues, whether it … mean, and how do we finance a transition from degenerative agriculture (the way much of our food is grown today) to something different and better? This webinar will look at all … issues related to conservation finance. About Encourage Capital Encourage Capital is a new breed of asset management firm focused on profitable and strategic investments to solve …
… influential. But then you were taught to suppress that power, to follow the rules, to wait your turn, to not make waves. But, when used intelligently, influence is like a superpower that brings great ideas to life. This is the premise of Zoe Chance’s new book, Influence is Your Superpower , which is rooted in groundbreaking research in behavioral economics, …