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SUMMARY:Building a Social Impact Startup
DESCRIPTION:Many entrepreneurs in NYC are building thriving and valuab
 le businesses on the foundation of a social mission. Some build simply
  with the intention of the mission\, some make it official as a B-Corp
  and others build social impact into their model.\n\nThe social impact
  mandate adds complexity to growing any business - especially a startu
 p\, already rife with challenges. On this panel\, we’ll discuss many o
 f these challenges\, including\n\nformalizing a mission within a compa
 ny\n\nmarketing your mission\n\nfinding helpful resources along the wa
 y\n\nbuilding a model that incorporates social impact\n\n… and raising
  capital with social impact model\n\nAbout the panelists\n\nChristina 
 Sass is Andela’s Co-founder and President. Prior to founding Andela\, 
 Sass built education and employment programs in China\, Gaza and the W
 est Bank\, Kenya\, and in her home state of Georgia. During her three 
 years directing the Program Department at the Clinton Global Initiativ
 e\, she worked to advance CGI’s Commitments to Action with a particula
 r focus on the empowerment of girls and women. She also served as seni
 or advisor to the president and CEO of the MasterCard Foundation\, a p
 rivate foundation working to advance education\, employment\, and fina
 ncial inclusion in Africa. She has a B.A. from the University of Georg
 ia (Go Dawgs) and an M.A.L.D. from The Fletcher School at Tufts Univer
 sity.\n\nSarah Cone is the founder and Managing Partner of Social Impa
 ct Capital. Prior to founding Social Impact Capital\, Sarah was a cons
 ultant to i(x) investments\, an impact investing firm founded by Howar
 d Buffett. Earlier in her career\, Sarah was an Associate at Illuminat
 e Ventures\, a Silicon Valley-based venture capital fund with top deci
 le performance investing in B2B SaaS. She got her start in venture cap
 ital working for the “emerging technologies” venture capital group at 
 Omidyar Network. Sarah has also worked in the legal department of Goog
 le\, at the technology law firm Fenwick & West\, Amazon.com\, and at t
 he technology policy non-profit Public Knowledge.\n\nNahema Mehta\, Co
 -founder & CEO of Absolut Art. An award-winning entrepreneur and buddi
 ng philanthropist\, Nahema’s work spans 4 continents and is inspired b
 y her multicultural upbringing and cross-disciplinary career path. Pro
 fessionally\, Nahema has been featured in Forbes\, The Financial Times
 \, Bloomberg TV and CNBC\, named a Game Changer by Google for Entrepre
 neurs\, and honored at Fast Company’s 2016 Innovation by Design Awards
  and 2017 Most Creative Minds Conference. Philanthropically\, Nahema f
 ights for women’s education doing work recognized by the United Nation
 s. In 2015 Nahema’s first company\, Art Remba piqued the interest of A
 bsolut's CEO who approached her to expand her vision as Absolut Art\, 
 making her the CEO of Absolut's inaugural venture and revenue stream b
 eyond vodka and the youngest executive officer in the company’s histor
 y.\n\nFelicity is the Founder and CEO of Paladin\, a global pro bono p
 latform building the tech infrastructure to close the justice gap. In 
 addition to pioneering access to justice tech\, Paladin was the first 
 Public Benefit Corporation in the legal tech space. Before founding Pa
 ladin\, Felicity was a litigator in the New York office of Skadden\, A
 rps\, Slate\, Meagher & Flom. An alumnus of McGill University\, Scienc
 es Po Paris and NYU Law\, she has performed human rights work in Kenya
 \, Uganda\, Tanzania\, Haiti and China and joined the United Nations t
 o work on International Criminal Court issues. Felicity was named a 20
 17 Legal Rebel and FastCase 50 legal innovation honoree for her work t
 hrough Paladin.\n\n(Guest Moderator) Matt Brimer is the Co-founder of 
 General Assembly\, and Daybreaker. Matthew Brimer is an entrepreneur\,
  community builder\, and general instigator of mischief. He is Co-Foun
 der of General Assembly\, where he supports GA's global efforts around
  social impact\, alumni community engagement\, and partnership develop
 ment. He has worn many hats at GA\, cultivating the organization’s ear
 ly community of startups and entrepreneurs\, establishing critical glo
 bal partnerships to expand the brand\, and starting GA’s enterprise co
 rporate training business. Most recently\, Brimer launched GA's philan
 thropic arm\, Opportunity Fund\, so that anyone willing to work hard a
 nd follow their passions can have a meaningful career pursuing work th
 ey love. Brimer is also Co-Founder of Daybreaker\, a global community 
 and lifestyle brand producing conscious morning experiences around the
  world.\n\nSchedule:\n\n6:30 - 6:50: Drinks & Networking\n6:50 - 7:50:
  Panel\n7:50 - 8:15: Audience Q&A\n8:15 - 9:00: More Drinks & Networki
 ng
LOCATION:Alley Chelsea\, 119 W 24th Street 2nd Floor\, New York\, 1001
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