Online Innovators Supporting Social Entrepreneurs
summary
An accelerator that coaches tech-for-good founders into Ashoka and TED fellowships helped one woman reach 1 million farmers and spins projects into investable models; a mobile retina-imaging kit plus Google Maps workflow diagnoses cataracts for remote patients — targeting part of the 46 million blind people (80% in Africa); a balance-training app with a wearable targets 170 million baby boomers as a scalable fall-prevention product; a teachers’ resource marketplace is on its third business model and a hyperlocal neighborhood network is live in 15 cities aiming for 40, monetizing via local advertisers.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Introduction of the panel and speakers
- 1:01Fair Hankook introduces M Spark accelerator
- 3:52Nimble Science mobile health and balance training project
- 9:54Fair Hankook’s 15 years in digital media and Apple
- 11:39Max Mendler on Larimar’s teacher marketplace
- 14:29Max Mendler’s failed novel and entrepreneurial journey
- 17:43Christian Format on Entrepreneurs Organization
- 19:09Nibana connecting neighbors in German cities
- 24:05Christian Format on angel investing criteria
- 24:50Discussion on challenges for social entrepreneurs
- 32:20Audience Q&A on monetizing social impact
- 36:37Closing remarks and social engagement through storytelling
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