by lwang | Apr 21, 2015 | Award Ceremony, Endeavor
Join us as we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Henry R. Kravis Prize in Nonprofit Leadership in combination with the 20th anniversary of the Kravis Leadership Institute on Thursday, April 23, 2015, at Claremont McKenna College. Panel Discussion: Entrepreneurship and Social Entrepreneurship: Reflections from Endeavor Entrepreneurs and Past Kravis Prize Recipients 10 a.m. -11:15 a.m. Freeberg Forum (LC62), Kravis Center Attendance is open to the public RSVP with the Facebook event or kravisprize@cmc.edu Kravis Prize Luncheon Opening Remarks: Juetzinia Kazmer ’15, past Kravis Prize Intern Guest of Honor: Linda Rottenberg, CEO & co-founder of Endeavor, the 2015 Kravis Prize in Nonprofit Leadership winner 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Security Pacific Dining Room, Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum RSVP with the Athenaeum website and join our Facebook event This event will be live-streamed at cmc.edu and cmc.edu/livestream. Tenth Anniversary of the Henry R. Kravis Prize in Nonprofit Leadership and the Award Ceremony and Dinner Honoring the 2015 Recipient, Endeavor Twentieth Anniversary Celebration of the Kravis Leadership Institute 5:30 p.m. Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum RSVP to (909) 607-9303 or kravis.prize@cmc.edu This event will be live-streamed at cmc.edu and cmc.edu/livestream. ...
by nowchar | Apr 21, 2015 | Endeavor, Kravis Prize
Listening to Fernando Fabre at a recent Athenaeum event offers a sneak peek into the power and potential of entrepreneurship and social impact. Fabre is the President of Endeavor, the recipient of the 2015 Henry R. Kravis Prize in Nonprofit Leadership. Endeavor identifies and supports high-impact entrepreneurs whose work creates jobs and pumps revenue into emerging and growth markets. Under the roof of Endeavor, entrepreneurs are exposed to mentorship, networks, strategic advice, and inspiration. In return, these entrepreneurs launch their own businesses and create lasting impact in the job market. Fabre’s Athenaeum talk focused on what makes the Endeavor formula work. Endeavor acts as a catalyst in empowering entrepreneurs to create high impact in their business markets. More important, Endeavor bridges entrepreneurial initiatives through networks. What starts off with two or three entrepreneurs proliferates into a network of hundreds of entrepreneurs who support and mentor each other to create new businesses, more jobs, and even more connections. In addition to providing insight into Endeavor’s operations, Fabre also showed us the current landscape of the entrepreneurial sector. Endeavor faces many challenges in launching entrepreneurs. For example, there is a prevailing gap in revenue generation in growth markets. Nearly 90% of companies in Mexico generate only 10% of total revenue. On the other hand, Endeavor also has advantages in the present world of entrepreneurs. Small businesses and enterprises are on the rise. In New York City, for instance, 85% of tech firms were created in the last 10 years. Endeavor responds to two big-picture questions: How can entrepreneurs scale big...
by akate | Mar 31, 2015 | Award Ceremony, CMC, Endeavor
10th Annual Kravis Prize – the Nobel for nonprofits – recognizes Endeavor for helping build companies generating 400,000 jobs in challenged economies around the world CLAREMONT, Calif., March 31, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — When Javier Okhuysen and Carlos Orellana wanted to help prevent avoidable blindness in Mexico through state-of-the art, low-cost cataract surgery and eye care, they turned to Endeavor to help develop their business, salaUno. When Leila Velez sought help to grow her afro-Brazilian hair care business, Endeavor provided her with the necessary business tools and mentoring to realize her dream. Today Beleza Natural operates a chain of 24 salons and employs over 1,000 women. And when Sugianto Tandio determined his mission was to solve the waste and pollution problems that Indonesia faces, Endeavor afforded him access to a network of experts, helping to turn his company, Tirta Marta, into a leader in next generation eco-friendly plastics using Indonesia’s natural resources. In recognition for its revolutionary work to provide support and mentorship to high-impact entrepreneurs such as Javier, Leila, and Sugianto, as well as some 1,000 others from 22 countries on five continents (including, most recently, two US cities), who in turn have stimulated local economies through the creation of hundreds of thousands of jobs, Endeavor has been named the recipient of the 10th Annual Henry R. Kravis Prize in Nonprofit Leadership. The Kravis Prize is among the world’s most prestigious awards for nonprofit leadership, akin to a Nobel geared specifically to this sector. Endeavor will receive the Kravis Prize and $250,000 award on April 23, 2015 at Claremont McKenna College as part of a special celebration of the Prize’s...
