Three Critical Remote Leadership Skills I Learned as a University Innovation Fellow

Three Critical Remote Leadership Skills I Learned as a University Innovation Fellow (Useful, since my cofounder lives 500 miles away!) By Blake Margraff Note: These thoughts and stories, and whatever messages or lessons they may convey, are not limited to the experiences of University Innovation Fellows (formerly Student Ambassadors Program). Perhaps one of the most […]

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Reports of Innovation in Las Vegas

Watch this 15-minute interview with Jaun Carlo Pascua, 2010 Student Ambassador from UNLV, and you’ll get a sense for why we believe Patience, Persistence and Perseverance are three important qualities in a student changemaker. 2010 Student Ambassador from the inaugural group has been working way for the last three years, unbeknownst to me. Last I […]

Nikola Tesla (1856-1943, Inventor of AC Electricity) Pitching Silicon Valley VCs

What if the guy who invented the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system were to pitch to a VC today. Would he have been funded? Check out this hilarious video commentary, produced by NorthernImagination. From Wikipedia: Nikola Tesla (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Тесла; 10 July 1856 – 7 January 1943) was a Serbian-American[2][3] inventor, electrical […]

Why Being A Student Leader Is The Hardest and Best Thing College Offers

By Sean Newman Maroni In my first post, we played with the idea of creating “autocatalyzing” events–being the person who gets a new event or initiative started but then gives up control to another person or to the community itself. In this post, I’d like to elaborate on how I came to this idea, and […]