Sparks workshops: Sustainable Impact
Spring 2019 Sparks: Sustainable Impact Series
These will all take place from 6:30p.m. - 8:00p.m., in SEQ
Tuesday, April 16
Discovering Opportunities
with Bushra Bataineh
Founder & CEO of Mawa Modular
Grayson Zulauf and Bushra Bataineh will lead a 90-minute hands-on skills-building workshop. With Mawa Modular, Bushra focuses on building sustainable, easy-to-transport shelters for refugees and displaced populations. Bushra and Grayson are both graduates of the Accel Innovation Scholars Fellowship Program.
Tuesday, April 30
Seeking Funding
with Ami Naik
Director, Radicle Impact
and Corey Vernon
Senior Associate, Radicle Impact
Ami Naik and Corey Vernon will lead a 90-minute hands-on skills-building workshop. Naik and Vernon are associates at Radicle Impact, an investment firm committed to helping early-stage companies create meaningful social and environmental impact and value. Radicle actively invests in responsible finance, clean energy and healthy food systems.
Monday, May 13
Bringing Your Product to Market
with Nick Azpiroz
Co-Founder & CEO, Kukua Labs
Co-Founder, Kukua Labs
and Will Harvey
Co-Founder & Head of Technology, ClearMetal
and Diego Canales
Co-Founder & Head of Engineering, ClearMetal
Nick Azpiroz, Eric Reynolds Brubaker, Will Harvey and Diego Canales will lead a 90-minute hands-on skills-building workshop. Azpiroz and Brubaker are co-founders of Kukua Labs, which is developing at-home energy efficient chicken incubators designed to work with home-solar systems in Tanzania. Harvey and Canales co-founded ClearMetal, a predictive intelligence platform that helps streamline the global shipping industry while reducing fossil fuel emissions.