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Dare To Startup

Jan 25, 2022

David Denis grew up in a small village in Tanzania, where he was given a small piece of land to farm and discovered a passion for agriculture. After qualifying for a full scholarship to attend school, he studied chemistry, physics and biology. His education paired with his curiosity led him to start Cutoff Recycle,...


Jan 18, 2022

After pursuing and failing at a variety of companies, from selling doughnuts on the black market at her elementary school to opening a pizzeria, 2021 GSEA Global Champion Roberta Elizondo realized failure is a part of entrepreneurship. And that’s okay. She soon found a love and respect for social entrepreneurship, so...


"Guilt Is a Choice" | Anna Batchelder

Jan 11, 2022

Since her parents immigrated into the US, Anna Batchelder was always curious to learn more about immigration. She got her undergraduate degree in economics, then continued to learn more about immigration economics. Anna wanted to get more hands-on experience of what it feels like to be an immigrant, so she sought out...


Jan 4, 2022

Using his engineering background, Bilal Shabandri helped scale and sell his father’s business by transitioning to an e-commerce space. From there, he continued with his own entrepreneurial endeavors.

With his colleague, Bilal competed in a variety of hack-a-thons and pitching competitions, while also interning at...


Dec 28, 2021

Observing his parents navigate through financial hardships in a poor Malaysian community allowed Shy Kit Wong to discover the importance of hard work, grit and passion to survive and succeed.

As an engineering student and a social entrepreneur, Shy Kit started his entrepreneurial journey with Luminary, a company...