by Grace Rodriguez | May 7, 2019
Ever dream of changing the world or making a difference? Roll up your sleeves and join us at Houston’s only Social Entrepreneurship meetup. The meetup brings together like-minded individuals from the non-profit, social enterprise, impact investing, technology and many other fields to understand the concept of social entrepreneurship and be inspired to find new ways to tackle local social issues.
This meet-up will have three parts:
6:00pm: Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship
6:15pm: Guest Speaker – Susana Rosas, Founder – Suyana Designs
7:00pm: Networking & open discussion on Impact topics
About Suyana Designs:
Suyana Designs is a social enterprise committed to empowering female artisans through employment and education. We strive to preserve indigenous Latin American traditions of handcrafted accessories while providing the knowledge needed for women to break the cycle of poverty.
*This meetup is co-hosted by Fractal River and Impact Hub Houston.
by Grace Rodriguez | Apr 10, 2019
Ever dream of changing the world or making a difference? Roll up your sleeves and join us at Houston’s only Social Entrepreneurship meetup. The meetup brings together like-minded individuals from the non-profit, social enterprise, impact investing, technology and many other fields to understand the concept of social entrepreneurship and be inspired to find new ways to tackle local social issues.
This meet-up will have three parts:
6:00pm: Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship
6:15pm: Guest Speaker – Ghaith Ibrahim, MD, Founder and Director – IMGs for Texas
7:00pm: Networking & open discussion on Impact topics
About Dr. Ibrahim:
Ghaith Ibrahim is a medical doctor from Iraq, he relocated to the United States in 2014. Since then, Dr. Ibrahim has worked on his medical relicensing process and joined multiple clinics and hospitals, to learn about the U.S healthcare system. In 2018 Dr. Ibrahim was certified by the Educational Commission of Foreign Medical Graduates. For the last two years, he worked as a Postdoctoral Scholar at UC Davis School of Medicine, Department of Public Health. And founded International Medical Graduates for Texas (IMGs for Texas), a medical volunteering non-profit with over one hundred and ninety members.
About IMGs for Texas:
International Medical Graduates for Texas (IMGs for Texas) is a medical volunteering non-profit organization that leverages the efforts of foreign-trained doctors to care for underserved patients and to provide relief efforts during disasters. IMGs for Texas was founded amidst the disaster of Hurricane Harvey in Texas to provide immediate relief and later grew to respond to other disasters overseas in Puerto Rico and Guatemala. It continues today to provide care to the underserved and educate the public. Unlike traditional non-profits, IMGs for Texas is structured around digital solutions and leveraging social media outlets. A year into its inception, IMGs for Texas helped over two thousand patients at home and abroad, and currently has 191 members from 39 countries.
by Grace Rodriguez | Mar 13, 2019
This meet-up will have three parts:
6:00pm: Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship
6:15pm: Guest Speaker: Thony K. Ngumbu – Founder & CEO, Mwinda Technologies
7:00pm: Networking & open discussion on Impact topics
Mwinda Technologies is a company that aims to use a combination of CleanTech and FinTech products to address the lack of reliable energy and financial inclusion in Africa, starting with the Democratic Republic of Congo. In this country of 80 million people located in Central Africa, only 10% of the population has access to the electric grid and only 6% of the population currently uses formal bank services. Our solutions leverage technology to create value for residential and commercial customers in rural and urban areas. At Mwinda Technologies, we believe that CleanTech and FinTech are the future of energy access and financial inclusion in Africa.
by houston | Feb 13, 2019
WTF is Fuckup Nights?
Failure is a part of any success story, but we don’t talk about it enough. We’ve all been to plenty of events where people tell you how they hacked, hustled, and created their success, but very few where someone gets up and says “I totally messed up, and this is what you can learn from it.”
Fuckup Nights is a global speaker series where stories of failed businesses and projects are told, questioned and celebrated. Each speaker is given 7 minutes and is able to use 10 images. After each speaker, there’s a Q&A session, as well as time for mingling and drinks!
300+ cities, 80+ countries, 10 minutes, 10 images, 1 failure.
**SPANGLISH EDITION** What’s that? Spanglish is a hybrid language combining words and idioms from both Spanish and English, especially Spanish speech that uses many English words and expressions.
Speakers:
To be announced soon!
Agenda:
6:00 – 6:30 pm: Registration, meeting fellow fuckuppers, drinks and food
6:30 – 7:30pm: Fuckup presentations + Q&A
7:30- 8:00pm: More drinks, more mingling with fellow fuckuppers
by houston | Feb 13, 2019
WTF is Fuckup Nights?
Failure is a part of any success story, but we don’t talk about it enough. We’ve all been to plenty of events where people tell you how they hacked, hustled, and created their success, but very few where someone gets up and says “I totally messed up, and this is what you can learn from it.”
Fuckup Nights is a global speaker series where stories of failed businesses and projects are told, questioned and celebrated. Each speaker is given 7 minutes and is able to use 10 images. After each speaker, there’s a Q&A session, as well as time for mingling and drinks!
300+ cities, 80+ countries, 10 minutes, 10 images, 1 failure.
Speakers:
TBA
Agenda:
6:00 – 6:30 pm: Registration, meeting fellow fuckuppers, drinks and food
6:30 – 7:30pm: Fuckup presentations + Q&A
7:30- 8:00pm: More drinks, more mingling with fellow fuckuppers
Venue Host:
by houston | Feb 13, 2019
WTF is Fuckup Nights?
Failure is a part of any success story, but we don’t talk about it enough. We’ve all been to plenty of events where people tell you how they hacked, hustled, and created their success, but very few where someone gets up and says “I totally messed up, and this is what you can learn from it.”
Fuckup Nights is a global speaker series where stories of failed businesses and projects are told, questioned and celebrated. Each speaker is given 7 minutes and is able to use 10 images. After each speaker, there’s a Q&A session, as well as time for mingling and drinks!
300+ cities, 80+ countries, 10 minutes, 10 images, 1 failure.
Speakers:
Announced soon!
Agenda:
6:00 – 6:30 pm: Registration, meeting fellow fuckuppers, drinks and food
6:30 – 7:30pm: Fuckup presentations + Q&A
7:30- 8:00pm: More drinks, more mingling with fellow fuckuppers
by houston | Feb 13, 2019
WTF is Fuckup Nights?
Failure is a part of any success story, but we don’t talk about it enough. We’ve all been to plenty of events where people tell you how they hacked, hustled, and created their success, but very few where someone gets up and says “I totally messed up, and this is what you can learn from it.”
Fuckup Nights is a global speaker series where stories of failed businesses and projects are told, questioned and celebrated. Each speaker is given 7 minutes and is able to use 10 images. After each speaker, there’s a Q&A session, as well as time for mingling and drinks!
300+ cities, 80+ countries, 10 minutes, 10 images, 1 failure.
Speakers:
Speakers:
Jeffrey Schlitte (Schlitte’s Boxing & Fitness) will be sharing the journey of starting his own boxing gym!
Alley Lyles will be sharing her journey as a Digital Strategist and owning Slink Interactive LLC.
Jerome Washington (Apartment Lease Finders) will be sharing his unique journey in the world of real estate.
Fanny Coste (Kinkō) will be sharing the journey of creating a consumer good and everything that comes with creating a new product.
Happy Hour till 7pm $5 all draft beers, 1/2 off wine by the glass, and 1/2 off staff craft cocktails
Agenda:
6:00 – 6:30 pm: Registration, meeting fellow fuckuppers, drinks and food
6:30 – 7:30pm: Fuckup presentations + Q&A
7:30- 8:00pm: More drinks, more mingling with fellow fuckuppers
by houston | Feb 13, 2019
WTF is Fuckup Nights?
Failure is a part of any success story, but we don’t talk about it enough. We’ve all been to plenty of events where people tell you how they hacked, hustled, and created their success, but very few where someone gets up and says “I totally messed up, and this is what you can learn from it.”
Fuckup Nights is a global speaker series where stories of failed businesses and projects are told, questioned and celebrated. Each speaker is given 7 minutes and is able to use 10 images. After each speaker, there’s a Q&A session, as well as time for mingling and drinks!
300+ cities, 80+ countries, 10 minutes, 10 images, 1 failure.
*SPECIAL EDITION // MOMTREPRENEURS*
Momtrepreneur: 1) A woman nurturing an entrepreneurial steak while simultaneously juggling home and family life. 2) A mother who starts a business from home. 3) A multi-tasker in its extreme.
Speakers:
Roshni Gurnani is an Indo-American Executive Chef and James Beard Foundation Featured Chef. She is a cookbook author that has appeared on Food Network and Fox TV!
Randi Rubenstein (Randi Rubenstein, Parent Coach) is a mamma of 3, author of the book The Parent Gap, founder of Mastermind Parenting and host of Mastermind Parenting podcast teaches strategies for raising confident, KIND and self-motivated kids…even if you have a strong-willed one!
Pauline Billy (Pauline’s cuisine) launched Pauline’s Cuisine to help people create quick easy, simple & healthy meals. She’s French and a happy mother of 2 beautiful kids. Pauline discovered the entrepreneur life after more than 13 years working in a big corporation. She’s worked in the cosmetic industry since graduation and more than a year ago moved from Paris to Houston with her family.
Toyin Sanni is a Nigerian Social Worker and businesswoman, opening a dollar store at the tender age of 22. She went to the University of Maryland to obtain her bachelors in Accounting. She quickly got a job with the DC Government in the office of Child and Family Services. Quickly she realized she wanted to be a part of the change in children’s life. She obtained her Masters of Social Work at Howard University and became a social worker.
Agenda:
6:00 – 6:30 pm: Registration, meeting fellow fuckuppers, drinks and food
6:30 – 7:30pm: Fuckup presentations + Q&A
7:30- 8:00pm: More drinks, more mingling with fellow fuckuppers
