The Startup Magazine

JUNE 7, 2018

She reflected on a series of evocative photographs illustrating the crisis in Haiti and its aftermath, the plight of the Kosovo refugees, and other humanitarian disasters. Walters helped expose the toxic water nightmare and fought for safe drinking water for her community.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 15, 2019

In July 2015, I wrote about New Story asking readers to crowdfund one $6k house for a family in Haiti. In the past four years, New Story has funded over 2,200 homes, building 17 communities for over 11,000 people across Mexico, Haiti, El Salvador, and Bolivia. They have now come up with a unique model for scaling their impact.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 4, 2016

Our technology can and is changing the world by making vehicles cleaner, providing solutions in Haiti for air conditioning, and protecting US military in combat. 11 – Creating a Community. These are more than just platitudes, this is what we work on daily. Thanks to Andrew Reeves, Luxe Translation Services. #11

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Hunter Walker

AUGUST 2, 2017

Christy doing work in Haiti Hunter Walk: Every Mother Counts is a nonprofit focused on supporting maternal health. How has this reality impacted the type of community building you do—does it make you more careful? Our running community is inspiring and we have had almost 80,000 people run on behalf of our organization.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

In 1991, ten-year-old Jerry and his family escaped civil war in Haiti and resettled in America as refugees. Austin’s opportunity I’m excited to come to Austin next week because I’ve seen in the community everything we need to solve the problems we have. Second, we need to innovate as much in HOW we invest as WHAT we invest in.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

Jered Lawson discovered a passion for community farming while in college. He also worked in the Peace Corps in Costa Rica and helped start a national health program in Haiti. Here he explains the origins of the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) movement he’s working to foster. If you can’t hear the clip, click here.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

The conference is free and open to the public.

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Jeff Hilimire

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Brett is the co-founder of New Story Charity , a site that describes their mission as: Our mission is to create life-changing stories that transform communities. In 2015, our focus is on funding 100 homes in Leveque, Haiti.

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Hunter Walker

APRIL 2, 2016

My parents were immigrants from Haiti who didn’t grow up with access to computers in their homes and consistent electricity so there was only so much they could share with me about tech. I’d be surprised at how much I’ve fostered relationships and community with folks I looked up to and would read about. what would a Branch 2.0

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Jeff Hilimire

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Mountains Beyond Mountains tells the story of Dr. Paul Farmer , who has dedicated his entire life to helping others, with a particular focus in Haiti. While I wouldn’t want to stop helping people in the business community, at least my time would be going to a place where I feel needed it more. And then the big aha moment hit me!

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 16, 2018

My parents came from Haiti to the United States and did not have in-depth knowledge of what was required to obtain financial freedom in this country. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community. #16- Declare victory over finances. Photo Credit: Michel Valbrun. Thanks to Mike Satterfield, Satterfield Group !

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

After the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, I went to Haiti as part of a relief team. I found that giving away donations were not enough and the people of Haiti wanted jobs and to get their lives back to their previous state. After 4 years, the sandals had grown by leaps and bounds and it was time to brand the sandals.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

It's the same reason why some people in the national security community, particularly ultra-conservatives, don't view climate change as a national security threat. So we need to really address that, also, as a country and as part of a global community. It's an environment problem. These aren't just one-time things.

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