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Nan Zhang
Risk/Reward
AN EYE FOR THE NEXT BIG THING
Published Summer 2020
Nan Zhang asks, "Why can't we shop in a new way that allows you to purchase directly with what you already own and save money from bypassing resale?" / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Isaac Kinde
Risk/Reward
Patience first
Published Spring 2020
Lab tests during a childhood case of salmonella sparked Isaac Kinde's interest in screening for DNA mutations / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Group shot of 2019-2020 Social Innovation Cohort
Entrepreneurship
Social Innovation Lab announces new cohort
Published Nov 19, 2019
The 2019-2020 cohort features 10 promising nonprofit ventures that will receive business and financial support over the next six months
FastForward interior
Innovation+Incubation
15 student startups join accelerator
Published Sept 30, 2019
New FastForward U program will provide workshops, mentorship, and workspaces to 15 teams of student entrepreneurs
Pava LaPere
Tech Ventures
New accelerator to fuel student startups
Published Aug 27, 2019
FastForward U's nine-week program will be divided into two tracks for beginner and advanced student entrepreneurs
Illustration of an inventor flying an invented plane
Entrepreneurship
Learning to fly
Published May 30, 2019
Successful Carey Business School entrepreneurs share the wisdom gained from years of experience with startups
Nneka N'namdi, Alex Riehm, and Danna Thomas
Tech Ventures
Former city schoolteacher wins $15K for her 'happiness revolution'
Published May 1, 2019
Johns Hopkins Social Innovation Lab also awards $10K to Fight Blight Bmore at its year-end celebration
Charlie Wang
Intersession
'Execution is everything'
Published Jan 16, 2019
Undergraduate students get a crash course in how to build viable businesses from their ideas and inventions
Danna Thomas with two students
Social Innovation Lab
A revolution in teacher happiness
Published Nov 5, 2018
Accelerator program selects 10 business ventures for 2018-19 cohort, including Danna Thomas' Happy Teacher Revolution
A man uses a laser cutter
Tech Ventures
New innovation hub opens its doors
Published Sept 13, 2018
FastForward U Homewood features meeting and event spaces, plus a makerspace equipped with laser cutters, 3-D printers, and more