www.impactinnovator.coCoaching & Consulting ServicesDo you want learn to act as an entrepreneur in your organization, your own business or your life? How can you approach situations and decisions with your best full self?Visit our website and book a time to chat about how we can help achieve your goals.We work with individuals and teams who want to create cutting-edge innovation and instill an entrepreneurial mindset. We help companies create a solid impact strategy alongside their business strategy to become more competitive as consumers and clients demand products and services generated by companies involved in sustainability and social/ environmental impact. We believe in “business for good” where companies can achieve a triple bottom line (people, planet, profits). We work with impact-driven startups to create a strong value proposition and positioning to access and raise capital from impact investors.

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Part of the EPIC SBDC (Small Business Development Center) supporting UCR further its leadership in the region, and beyond, by building access and capacity in innovation, entrepreneurship, technology, and economic prosperity.Advises and mentor startups in strategy, impact, capital raise.Mentor for the OASIS #sustainability challenge and the INNOVAR early stage customer discovery program (product/market fit analysis, business model canvas) on #climate action

Braid Theory was founded by deep domain experts in the blue economy space to address the gap between bluetech entrepreneurs and effective commercialization strategies. Braid Theory provides end-to-end services to support science and engineering-led companies. The firm incorporates a hybrid model of services to assist startups and scaleups based on proven methodology and rigor in evidence-based entrepreneurship, focused on three key aspects of commercialization: capability, capacity, and intellectual capital.

The U.S. National Science Foundation’s Innovation Corps (I-Corps™) program is an immersive, entrepreneurial training program that facilitates the transformation of invention to impact. This immersive, seven-week experiential training program prepares scientists and engineers to extend their focus beyond the university laboratory — accelerating the economic and societal benefits of NSF-funded and other basic research projects that are ready to move toward commercialization.

Coordinates a team of business consultants; supports entrepreneurs with a wide array ofservices such as: funding readiness, pitching, valuation, business consulting, access tocapital, and more.A partner program of the Small Business Administration, SBDCs are hosted by universities,colleges, state economic development agencies and private sector organizations to helpstart and grow small businesses.

The mission of the Inclusive Entrepreneurship Task Force is to create and implement dynamic strategies for authentic engagement in innovation and entrepreneurship throughout all institutes of UC Irvine, California.

Supports the Wayfinder incubator program through mentoring on business strategy. Member of the Innovation Advisor Council.

Jobs That Makesense est la plateforme de référence de l’emploi à impact.Nous mettons en relation l’ensemble des acteurs qui transforment le marché de l’emploi vers plus de sens et d’utilité : les candidats qui veulent s’engager dans un job à impact, les structures qui recrutent des talents, et les organismes qui forment aux compétences spécifiques.Plus de 30 000 offres d'emplois, 9 000 recruteurs référencés et 100 offres de formations à impact positif, déjà en ligne.Si toi aussi, tu penses qu’il est urgent d’agir, deviens notre associé et investis dans investis dans Jobs that makesense.

Mentoring impact startups on strategy, scaling, commercialization, fundraising. Larta Institute is a nonprofit organization accelerating innovation & entrepreneurship. Our mission is to foster science & technology innovation for a sustainable planet.

The Select Global Women in Tech (SGWIT) Program aims to promote American competitiveness and technology leadership by attracting talented women leaders in emerging technology sectors to spur economic growth and innovation, as well as to support women’s economic empowerment globally. The program is geared toward international women founders, entrepreneurs, and executives in the tech sector. The SGWIT Mentorship Network is a year-long program that formally launches at the Investment Summit and introduces international women tech entrepreneurs to the U.S. market with the support of SelectUSA’s traditional data and counseling services as well as community, learning, and networking opportunities.

Executive-level mentoring is a key differentiator of Miller Center’s programs, with weekly conference calls structured around practical business curricula. Our mentors listen, ask questions, and provide helpful external perspectives to the unique challenges and opportunities of the social entrepreneurs they work with.Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship at Santa Clara University envisions a world where all people are architects of their own future. Our mission is to accelerate entrepreneurship to end global poverty and protect the planet. We do this primarily through business accelerator programs for social entrepreneurs, and fellowship programs and courses for students.

Teaching entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship, ideation, innovation, customer discovery to students in the Innovation Management & Entrepreneurship ACP (accelerated certificate program).

ASE provides training and mentoring for social entrepreneurs, especially leaders of not-for-profit organizations. ASE helps develop innovative solutions to social problems. Our goal is to enable high impact, not-for-profit organizations to attract growth capital and increase revenue from earned, rather than donated, income. We are a convener and catalyst, focusing on equipping not-for-profit executives sustain high-performing earned income ventures. Since 2006, ASE has worked with over 300 not-for-profit organizations, helping them generate millions of dollars in revenue. ASE has also partnered with the Economics Dept of UCLA every year since 2011 to serve ten nonprofits seeking to start a social enterprise, with teams of students to accelerate market research and business planning activities.

Mentoring in the first Serbian accelerator called Raising Starts. Through this program, we will support up to 100 companies in the period of 4 years in 3 regions in Serbia. In that way we are boosting the innovative ecosystem in the whole country.Raising Starts accelerator is implemented through project Technopark Serbia 2.

College of Business. Entrepreneurship Class.

Where Venture Valuation Meets Private Equity Strategy™ || Build-Grow-Fund-Exit™Portola Valley Partners (PVP) is a venture capital firm that builds and grows portfolio companies, hands-on, in partnership with coachable founders delivering stronger, faster growth and higher value exits. PVP and company founders build growth through our unique investment-centered processes tailored to companies’ specific needs, as founders evolve through their growth continuum, moving into Seed and through Series A stages. We deliver Equity and Non-Dilutive Capital Investment, Sales Growth (GTM), Product Refinement, Human Resource Direction, Infrastructure Construction and Merger & Acquisition execution supporting our companies into and through Exit. Based in the Silicon Valley, our rock star team has decades of operating and investment history a large network of Limited Partners (LP) including Angels, Family Offices, Lenders and other Venture Firms and opportunities to support and invest in our companies. These groups, institutions and individuals may invest directly into our companies or as an LP invest in our companies, through PVP as the General Partner. With Portola Valley Partners support, no matter the unique prescription, our portfolio companies can reduce risk while obtaining stronger, faster growth and higher value exits.

The Institute for Innovation & Entrepreneurship at CSULB provides programming and mentoring designed to unlock the creative energy of students, faculty, staff, and the community that engages stakeholders across campus and in the community focused on the common goal of innovation and entrepreneurship. The primary objective of the Institute is to leverage all this energy and entrepreneurial capital into a driving force for economic development for the greater Long Beach community. Creating economic opportunities will support long-term economic growth that is sustainable and improves the lives of all members of our community, the economy, and the greater environment where we live.

Driving social innovation and impact by building and sustaining a model social enterprise ecosystem in Orange County. Leading operations, deal flow for incubation and acceleration, fundraising efforts, strategic planning, staffing, marketing strategy, community outreach and partnerships.We are a committed community of social investors and entrepreneurs who believe in the power of social enterprise to solve local and global challenges. We champion social enterprise through a supportive community, we catalyze innovation by building capacity, and we scale impact through tailored capital. https://www.revhuboc.com/Apply at https://sparkxyz.io/competitions/359

We are Democratizing EntrepreneurshipSmartpreneur, as an Entrepreneur Development Agency, is committed to creating the conditions in which ALL Underrepresented Entrepreneurs can thrive. This is accomplished through their unique approach and the development, design, and delivery of Smartpreneur Programs, Events, Resources, Knowledge Transfer, and Services (PERKS). Starting in 2022, they will also provide an increased focus and attention on individualized services for Women Entrepreneurs.

Lead marketing, creative services and communications teams to ensure effective development, implementation and evaluation of marketing and communication plans that are consistent with the mission, vision and organizational objectives of the Association. Collaborate with internal cross-functional stakeholders to represent the marketing voice, identify marketing opportunities and data-driven solutions, and define and execute response strategies. Present strategic marketing plan to executive team and Board.Spearheaded Martech and digital strategy visioning and cross-functional implementation throughout the organization. As a result of implementing a new digital strategy including a new website, marketing automation and personalization, online community forum, AACN has seen unprecedented annual growth in membership (8% and certification revenue (10%) for 4 consecutive years.Facilitated the customer journey mapping process with key personas to create a strategic marketing plan for the organization.Establish key and measurable metrics, tracking and reporting to evaluate marketing plans. Promote use of voice of customer, market research, and benchmark data for effective decision making.Oversee calendar, inbound and outbound promotional tactics for all channels including print, social, web (UX/UI), paid and owned media. Ensure department performance meets expected outcomes. Accountable for marketing budget, 27 current staff members and fiscal resources. Created and optimized collaborative processes such as intake, routing and review processes.Thought leadership: facilitate educational sessions, presented at various webinars and conferences, received an IMPACT award in 2017 for best digital nonprofit campaign.AACN is the largest specialty nursing organization in the world, representing the interests of more than 500,000 nurses who are charged with the responsibility of caring for acutely and critically ill patients.

Managed all marketing activities and marketing team in B2B (ingredient supply to manufacturers) and B2C (nutritional supplement line) models. Responsible for professional and consumer marketing planning, budgeting and implementation, including market research, advertising, tradeshows, product launch, and training. Successfully launched a new sweetener product and overachieved sales forecast by 10%.Involved in research and implementation of industry legislations and regulations (i.e. FDA).

Major role in business development, market research and reaching consumers in the healthcare (plastic surgery, dermatological procedures), and beauty/skincare industriesContributed to an average month over month growth of 30% in customers and sales with very effective Internet and search engine marketing (pay-per-click, search engine optimization)Focused on expanding new business divisions, product lines, and services. Projects included diversifying into markets outside plastic surgery that require recovery products and services, expanding nationwide at-home caregiver/nursing business, surgery financing division, developing a nationwide doctor partnership network, creating a plastic surgery magazine, and developing relationships with insurance companies.

Helped establish and optimize marketing strategies for various clients with input on business models, processes, staffing, customer service, marketing and general focus. Contributed to CRM software implementation.