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We are excited to announce the launch of our UpStart Entrepreneur Sprints beginning on the West Coast! Join us in welcoming […]
Originally posted in eJP. By Taylor Epstein, Jenny Kibrit Smith and Jaime Rapaport Barry This is the first in a […]
THE POWER OF INFORMATION How shifting power impacts Jewish education High holiday services with no liturgical prayers. Shabbat dinners with […]
A digital outlet for self-identifying Jewish teenage girls to share their voices with the world and each other. A spiritually […]
Want to try out new ideas but aren’t sure how? Harness your creativity and problem-solving skills in a hands-on workshop […]
By Jenny Kibrit Smith, Senior Director , People & Systems When you’re a growing organization, executing on the day-to-day operations, […]
The UpStart Change Accelerator (formerly the ‘Innovation Fellowship’) supports Chicagoland intrapreneurs looking to #MakeChangeFromWithin their institutions. Participants learn from master […]
It’s a time of newness, with the start of the (secular) new year, new resolutions, and UpStart’s new brand. […]
It’s been months in the making, and we’re thrilled to announce UpStart’s new look and feel. We’re still doing the […]
We’re thrilled to have Cohort 11 joining the UpStart network, and to be partnering with them over the next […]
In the age of #metoo and implicit bias, our organizational cultures as we have known them are being challenged in […]
Innovation Lead, Entrepreneurs & Ventures UpStart partners with the Jewish community’s boldest leaders to expand the picture of how Jews […]
UpStart has launched an experimental podcast miniseries! BrandLaunch features conversations with experts in the UpStart network. Hosted by Jaime Rapaport Barry, […]
#BuildTheJourney Have you ever engaged in a program or experience that made you say “wow?” This workshop is about doing […]
by Taylor Epstein Originally published on eJewish Philanthropy It’s that time of year, when so many individuals and organizations are […]
Originally published in Gleanings, Summer 2018 “The answer is not ‘Build it and they will come’; it’s closer to ‘If […]
Catalyzers of Change: Unlocking the Potential of Institutional Leaders Twenty years ago, the Jewish innovation to reorient their organizations towards […]
#BuildTheJourney Have you ever engaged in a program or experience that made you say “wow?” This workshop is about doing […]
Designing Your Participant’s Journey In this workshop, you’ll learn the art of storyboarding, a popular tool for designing programmatic journeys […]
“Working Across and Working Between: A Theory of Innovation in Jewish Education” by Ari Y. Kelman and Maya Bernstein, with […]
by Benjamin Rosenberg Few teenagers are able to travel to a foreign country to pitch their own invention. Then again, […]
The UpStart Colorado Teen Fellowship empowers Jewish teens to make change by creating their own social entrepreneurship initiatives to strengthen […]
Jewish life is evolving. As the world rapidly changes, so do the diverse needs, interests, and values of modern Jews. […]
May 18, 2018 | J-Weekly, The Jewish News of Northern California In the early 1990s, Debra Sagan Massey was a […]
