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Report: Jewish Innovator Payroll Relief Fund

Posted 10/22/2020

UpStart is committed to ensuring that the Jewish future advances along the pre-COVID-19 trajectory of creativity, expansion, inclusion, and relevancy…with even greater urgency and determination. Recognizing the potentially dire implications of COVID-19 on this sector, UpStart took swift action and immediately launched a series of interventions. We built out operational support and created the Jewish […]

We’re Hiring: Chief Strategy & Impact Officer

Posted 10/09/2020

CHIEF STRATEGY & IMPACT OFFICER UpStart partners with the Jewish community’s boldest leaders to expand the picture of how Jews find meaning and how we come together. Whether someone is starting a new venture, or reimagining what an existing one has to offer, UpStart gives them the entrepreneurial tools and network they need to build […]

Announcing the Jews of Color Career Development Program Inaugural Cohort

Posted 10/09/2020

The Jews of Color Career Development Program supports and fosters the growth of young Jews of Color (JOCs), giving them the entrepreneurial tools, mindsets, and experience to create systems-level change in the Jewish innovation sector and beyond. We are thrilled to announce the 8 bold JOC leaders selected to participate in the inaugural Jews of Color […]

Strategic Partnerships and Alliances Webinar Series

Posted 07/14/2020

Today’s unprecedented crisis has strained resources, challenged revenue models, and revealed emerging needs that many organizations are not equipped to meet. At the same time, the virtual world is opening up new opportunities for collaboration that didn’t seem possible in our pre-crisis worldview. This moment calls for strategic partnerships and alliances: an unparalleled resource for […]

UpStart’s Guide to Facilitating in the Virtual World

Posted 07/12/2020

by Taylor Epstein, Managing Director, Learning & Design We’re thrilled to release a brand-new guide called “Facilitating in the Virtual World: 26 interactive exercises to engage participants at all stages of the learning journey.” As so many ventures in the UpStart network began to pivot their programs to the virtual realm at the beginning […]

UpStart’s Commitment to Racial Justice

Posted 06/19/2020

At UpStart, our vision is a more just, vibrant, and inclusive future. That vision means a future that is safer and more equitable, and that illuminates everyone’s potential–particularly those who have been systematically disenfranchised both within and outside of Jewish communal life. As the pandemic disproportionately impacts people of color, and as we witness consistent […]

Cohort 11 Graduates from the Venture Accelerator

Posted 06/15/2020

Eighteen months ago, nine entrepreneurial ventures and their bold leaders entered UpStart’s Venture Accelerator, in order to go from seed to success by creating and activating a plan for sustained growth and impact. The world looked very different then, with in-person gatherings – the underpinning of so much of Jewish community – the norm. Now, […]

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