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Nine Organizations Already Working to Win the Future
President Obama called for renewed hustle in the areas of job creation, innovation, and education. We found nine organizations that are already hard at work.
In his State of the Union address Tuesday, President Obama called for a focus on jobs, American innovation, and education. Well Mr. President, we've done some research and found nine innovative individuals and organizations already leading the cha
JOBS: Kickstarter
Perry Chen, of Kickstarter. Kickstarter is the "largest funding platform for creative pr
JOBS: ProFounder
Jessica Jackley, CEO and Founder of ProFounder. Profounder facilitates community financial support of socially conscious entrepreneurs by providing an online platform for p
JOBS: LIFT
LIFT CEO and Co-Founder Kirsten Lodal. Started in 1998 when Lodal was a sophomore at Yale University, LIFT approaches employment as one of five essential aspects of economi
INNOVATION: Behance
Scott Belsky, Founder and CEO of Behance. Behance is an online, collaborative platform designed to allow creative professionals to showcase their work in multimedia portfolios.
INNOVATION: XPrize
Dr. Peter H. Diamandis, Chairman and CEO of The XPrize Foundation. Leveraging "public interest, entrepreneurial spirit and cross-disciplinary innovation" XPrize tries to foster "revolution through compet
INNOVATION: CCSER at The Resnick Institute
The Caltech Center for Sustainable Energy Research at The Resnick Institute is committed to research in the hopes of replacing globa
EDUCATION: 826 National
Ninive Calegari, Co-Founder of 826 National, a national nonprofit organization aimed at improving expository and creative writing among America's kids. Focusing on
EDUCATION: Khan Academy
With "37,141,908 lessons delivered" as of today, the Khan Academy is changing the face of academic resources. The open source project website now supports more
EDUCATION: Peer Health Exchange
Peer Health Exchange is redefining the nature of sexual education by taking it out
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