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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.

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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

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JOBS: Kickstarter

Perry Chen, of Kickstarter. Kickstarter is the "largest funding platform for creative pr

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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EDUCATION: Peer Health Exchange

Peer Health Exchange is redefining the nature of sexual education by taking it out

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