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Regina Ryan: Taking Great Ideas and Helping Them Become Successful Companies

Jul 19, 2022 Posted by: Anushree Nande EEB,  MA,  Regina Ryan,  USA
Regina Ryan: Taking Great Ideas and Helping Them Become Successful Companies
Regina: Thanks for having me, Spiffy! Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs takes great ideas and helps them become successful companies. We do this through a simple strategy: connect entrepreneurs, empower them to build a community, and offer the tools, resources and expertise to grow faster and better. Being an entrepreneur is tough. However, entrepreneurs are resilient. Our goal is to focus on getting them past the hurdles and looking to the future because we know that entrepreneurs have what it takes to make a real impact in the world.

Alex Berkowitz: Protecting Communities From the Threat of Rising Sea-Levels

Jul 18, 2022 Posted by: Anushree Nande Alex Berkowitz,  MA,  SDG 13,  USA
Alex Berkowitz: Protecting Communities From the Threat of Rising Sea-Levels
Alex: Thanks for having me, Spiffy! Coastal Protection Solutions is focusing on creating systems that decrease flooding and protect communities against the threat of sea-level rise and climate change. We’ve invented two systems that help communities survive the future with the effects of climate change. The first system is called the Wavebreaker, which is a 300-feet wave speed bump that stops people’s homes and businesses from getting destroyed by reducing the strength of big waves. The second is an Artificial Marsh System that takes grasses and sediment and expands the shoreline outward by hundreds of feet, which protects people against sea-level rise.

Nathan Mallipeddi: A Support System For Empowering Those Who Stutter

Jul 15, 2022 Posted by: Anushree Nande MA,  Nathan Mallipeddi,  SDG 3,  USA
Nathan Mallipeddi: A Support System For Empowering Those Who Stutter

Nathan: It’s my pleasure to be here, Spiffy! Did you know that there are more than 70 million people who stutter around the world? But very few speech therapists are trained in stuttering—less than 0.1%! This gap exists for three key reasons: specialized speech therapy is difficult to find; stuttering services are expensive at $15,000 per year, with minimal insurance coverage; and fewer than 0.02% of people who stutter remain aware of specialized services by engaging in impactful peer communities.