Calling all founders, explorers, and creative entrepreneurs! Join us for our second Harvard-wide Founder Crush to share, showcase, and synergize all our commercial and social ventures.

A recent study from the University of San Francisco found that entrepreneurs are more likely to experience mental health problems than people who don't own their own businesses. In fact, 72% of entrepreneurs participating in the study reported mental health problems. During this talk, we will have a candid conversation about: The wiring of an entrepreneur, three things impacting their mental and emotional well-being, and three proven practices that provide hope for successful outcomes.

2-4PM Pitch Event
4-5:30PM Reception and Winner Announcement

JOIN US FOR THE 1ST ANNUAL PITCH COMPETITION FOR THE HARVARD HEALTHLAB (H2L)
Hear from the inspiring, interdisciplinary teams working on ventures advancing public or planetary health and find out which 3 teams walk away winning $20,000 prizes to further their work. Audience members get a vote, too! 

A recent study from the University of San Francisco found that entrepreneurs are more likely to experience mental health problems than people who don't own their own businesses. In fact, 72% of entrepreneurs participating in the study reported mental health problems. During this talk, we will have a candid conversation about: The wiring of an entrepreneur, three things impacting their mental and emotional well-being, and three proven practices that provide hope for successful outcomes.

Adefemi Akinsanya will be hosting a talk about the untapped revenue streams in international journalism and how to break into the industry. The interactive session will include stories from her career and allow participants to use their voice in all its forms.

Adefemi Akinsanya is a 2023 fellow at The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard. She is the international correspondent and an anchor for Arise News in Lagos, Nigeria. She has covered the role of race during the inital outbreak of the war in Ukraine, police brutality, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, crisis management, business and economic development. She previously worked as a producer and reporter for Al Jazeera English, TRT World and Reuters. At Harvard, Akinsanya is studying how deteriorating media freedom in Nigeria is connected to the protests against police violence and is working on building a news management platform to expand journalism jobs and help reporters tell the stories of marginalized communities.

Join us on 03/22/2023 at 3:30 PM ET in the Hilles Cinema for a panel on Mental health featuring Ricardo Araya, Fawwaz Habbal, Sarah Johnson, and Vikram Patel. Moderated by Dr. Farah Shroff. Following the panel there will be a reception.

College students feel increasingly empowered to forego the safety of traditional careers and instead carve their own path by founding startups, launching nonprofits, and more. But the decision to follow your dream or address an issue you care about (while somehow paying the bills) is never easy. Hear from Jack Griffin, Forbes 30 Under 30 Social Impact honoree and 24-year-old leader of hunger relief startup FoodFinder, as he reveals what it’s really like to both become and be a full-time founder after graduation. Whether you’re an aspiring entrepreneur with just an idea or passion or a student founder with a well-established venture, you’re sure to walk away with something as Jack gets radically candid about the many highs and many lows of taking the plunge. From lessons learned on going against your parents’ expectations to making a profit while making a difference, no subject is off-limits so stop on by!

Climate Solutions that Measure Up: An Introduction to High Accountability Carbon Removal with Anu Khan

You press send on an online order or book a flight, and a pop-up asks if you want to offset the emissions associated with your purchase. Promises to carbon footprints or claims of carbon neutrality are everywhere, but who is ensuring these efforts yield results? It’s an open question.

Carbon removal, on the other hand, aims to remove carbon from the atmosphere and store it underground, either in geologic storage or durably in our soils, oceans, and forests. It addresses legacy emissions, rather than maintaining the same concentration of carbon in the atmosphere. Measurement and verification distinguish carbon removal from unverifiable voluntary carbon reductions, making robust measurement and verification of carbon removal a fundamental prerequisite to building trust in carbon removal as a critical climate solution.

Anu Khan is the Deputy Director of Science and Innovation at Carbon180. Founded in 2015, Carbon180 works to bring together policymakers, scientists, and entrepreneurs to design the policies needed to get carbon removal to gigaton scale.

Check out the event on the 2nd for anyone interested in global health, health equity, and social justice!

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Wesley Wang's '26 film, nothing, except everything., a coming-of-age short film starring David Mazouz (FOX’s Gotham) and Lily Chee (Netflix’s Daredevil), and produced by the Oscar-shortlisted Scott Aharoni, whose films have premiered and won awards at Sundance, Tribeca, and SXSW.

David Lais co-founded ecolytiq, which leverages payments data for sustainable banking. He will talk about the ClimateTech space, his view on the market, opportunities and challenges and why technology is not a means to an end, but rather when used correctly, an indispensable tool in solving the climate crisis.