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The APTE Summit is a dynamic – and free – annual event that showcases how innovative leaders around the world are advancing in the battle against poverty. This one day event brings together people of all walks of life who have one thing in common: they want to do good, and try to do it better. The community we foster connects students, academics, practitioners, policy makers, and community members who have the collective power to truly change the world. We believe entrepreneurship, innovatio ...
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At last year's APTE Summit, we had a conversation with a panel of social entrepreneurs from Detroit on the future of their city. In anticipation of this year's summit on February 28th, we've decided to revisit Detroit and talk with emerging social business Rebel Nell, co-founded by Amy Peterson!Rebel Nell repurposes graffiti as high-fashion jeweler…
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Our guest this week is Dheeraj Duggineni, co-founder of the Pure Water Access Project and recent OSU grad. PWAP, which Dheeraj and his friends started as freshmen in college, is a research organization that works with non-profits and local communities to make clean water interventions as effective and sustainable as possible.We talk to Dheeraj abou…
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After a summer hiatus, the APTE Podcast is back! In this episode, we talk to Evanna Hu, an entrepreneur who grew up around Columbus and has gone on to start a number of incredible projects around the world. Among other things, she is the founder of mobile tech company g.Maarifa, which helps businesses in developing countries train workers, and is w…
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This week, we sat down with PackH20, a Columbus-based firm that has a simple but important mission: Make water easier and safer to transport for people in developing countries.http://www.packh2o.com/index.htmlMusic: "Slow Burn" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0…
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This week we sit down with Steve Atamian, founder of incredible volunteer organization Global Brigades, which sends more people abroad each year than the Peace Corps yet is sustained entirely through grassroots college chapters. We discuss GB's origins, how the organization ensures lasting solutions, and how conscientious volunteering can bring dev…
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We find ourselves in Nairobi this week, talking to Veronica D'Souza of the up-and-coming and extremely unique company Ruby Cup. Ruby Cup's mission is to provide reusable menstrual cups to women in Kenya - and we talk about how a product that seems so mundane in the US can have such incredible, far-reaching effects in a place like Nairobi. http://ww…
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This week, we talk to two of the winners of last year's APTE Business Competition - Wes Meier of Honduras-based nonprofit EOS International, and Amena Mian of Project Sina, an ethical clothing company that employs women in Karachi, Pakistan - to hear how the Biz Comp helped them grow their startups.http://aptesummit.org/business-competitionhttp://e…
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Buy one/give one businesses - companies that donate something to charity for every unit purchased - are becoming increasingly common. How can they balance their profit motive with their social goals? We sit down with Peter Walters, marketing director for Two Degrees, a food bar company that contributes to hunger alleviation projects around the worl…
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