Unleashing Ideas

“It’s an exciting time, when you use data for good.” - Elizabeth Gore, co-founder and president, Hello Alice

What happens when women, people of color, veterans and LGBTQ+ founders have the same access to capital as everyone else? If institutions are using old data to assess the risk profile of these founders, where will change come from to make it a reality?

In this episode of Unleashing Ideas, Elizabeth Gore, co-founder of Hello Alice and podcast host Jonathan Ortmans explore these questions and more, including what the data says about high performing - yet underserved entrepreneurs and how when given the opportunity, they can transform the economy.

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“The last great untapped asset class in America is hiding in plain sight. There are thousands of folks just waiting to be seen, to have a chance, to be connected.” - Philip Gaskin, Vice President of Entrepreneurship at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

To celebrate the 15-year anniversary of Global Entrepreneurship Week, GEN has launched a podcast-mini-series featuring conversations with the dreamers, “doers” and risk-takers behind the global entrepreneurship movement.

In Episode #5, Philip Gaskin, Vice President of Entrepreneurship at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and podcast host Jonathan Ortmans discuss why women, Black Americans and people of color continue to be left behind in the so-called “land of opportunity”, what’s preventing the growth of entrepreneurship across different populations, and whether or not the country’s economy is on the verge of transformational, inclusive change.

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What is the connection between youth, entrepreneurship, prosperity and peace? Are young people equipped with the raw entrepreneurial skills that the future job market will require of them?

In this episode of Unleashing Ideas, Asheesh Advani, CEO of Junior Achievement Worldwide and podcast host Jonathan Ortmans explore these questions and more, including how to instill confidence in the next generation, the power of self-efficacy, and fixed, flexible and freestyle entrepreneurship programming.

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What is a policymaker’s role in enabling an entrepreneurship ecosystem? What happens to a country’s startup economy when governments eliminate unnecessary procedures, simplify what’s left and digitalize it all?

In Episode 2 of Unleashing Ideas, Maria Luisa Hayem Brevé, El Salvador’s Minister of Economy and podcast host Jonathan Ortmans, explore these questions and more, including how connectivity with the global entrepreneurship ecosystem has influenced her government’s approach.

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