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Announcing 2022 Change Accelerator Participants

Posted 01/11/2022

UpStart is proud to announce the 28 professionals accepted into the two North American cohorts of the 2022 Change Accelerator program. UpStart’s Change Accelerator equips intrapreneurs – the bold leaders making meaningful change within our community’s Jewish institutions – to employ an entrepreneur’s mindset, change course quickly, and develop creative solutions to meet the current […]

Why Entrepreneur Support Organizations Are Critical For Social Entrepreneurs In 2022

Posted 01/11/2022

Originally Published in Forbes Nonprofit Council on January 4, 2022. By Aaron Katler. As we continue to navigate the pandemic, two things become poignantly clear: the workplace will never be the same, and holding on to old ways of doing things will be at the expense of our future. While the workforce navigates hybrid work, […]

Empowering Bold Leaders: Our Impact in 2021

Posted 12/09/2021

Over the past year and a half, UpStart’s network of bold Jewish social entrepreneurs has worked tirelessly to adapt and evolve their offerings to meet our community’s emerging needs–and we’ve been with them every step of the way. Throughout this challenging time, UpStart doubled down on our efforts to support the ventures and individuals changing the face […]

What is a Bold Idea, and why do we need to bring them to Light?

Posted 09/27/2021

by Aaron Katler Recently, I was invited to join a Clubhouse chat discussing a critical question in the field of innovation: What is a bold idea? And why do we need them? UpStart’s tagline is Bring Bold Jewish Ideas to Light. We created that tagline four years ago as a call to action and as […]

The Change Accelerator Returns

Posted 09/24/2021

Applications for the 2021-22 program are now closed. UpStart’s Change Accelerator equips intrapreneurs – the bold leaders making meaningful change within our community’s Jewish institutions – with a set of lifelong skills, tools, and mindsets to adapt to any challenge. This 9-month program will draw on the frameworks of design thinking and adaptive leadership […]

Meet Our New Board Members

Posted 07/15/2021

We are thrilled to welcome the following bold professionals to the UpStart Board this season: Andy Cheng, Vicki Perlmutter Dansky, Monica Rodriguez Kuniyoshi, and JCF Fed Fellow Michael Rosoff, as well as welcome Mark Achler in his new role as Board Chair. These professionals bring years of experience and expertise, as well as a deep passion […]

Global Intrapreneur Week: In Good Faith: How Nonprofit Leaders Effect Community Change

Posted 07/01/2021

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