Interesting, passionately argued TechCrunch article on why email as a platform is ripe for disruption. Sarah Perez outlines the growing pain and problem of deluged inboxes, and the scope for innovation in tools to manage email more intelligently and effectively.
OneLeap Co-Founder, Robyn Scott, was selected by the World Economic Forum as one of the 2012 Young Global Leaders. The honour, bestowed each year by the Forum, recognises up to 200 outstanding young leaders from around the world for their professional accomplishments, commitment to society and potential to contribute to shaping the future of the world. Read Robyn’s guest post for The Forum, for International Women’s Day, where she writes about the importance of making women leaders more accessible.
World Economic Forum Announces Young Global Leaders for 2012
OneLeap is honoured to have been selected as an Unreasonable Institute Fellow 2012 – the only British organisation to be awarded the prestigious fellowship this year.
Every year, the Unreasonable Institute recognises 25 exceptional social enterprises -selected from more than 300 enterprises from 60 countries around the world – which have the potential to solve some of the biggest problems facing society today.
In partnership with over 140 leading organisations, including Hewlett Packard, Kellogg Business School and the Acumen Fund, the Institute helps accelerate these high impact social enterprises to help them reach at least one million beneficiaries.
“Many of societies’ biggest problems are amplified because people with great ideas and solutions are not able to get access to those people with the resources to develop opportunities,” said OneLeap Co-founder, Robyn Scott. “Most fellows are working directly on the scene of these acute problems in some of the world’s poorest countries. We are delighted that the Unreasonable Institute, in selecting OneLeap, shares our belief in the importance of complementary solutions that break down barriers and democratise access to resources governed by people typically in wealthier countries.”
As an investor and a business student, I think it is important to want to meet people with fresh and interesting solutions to problems. Access is always difficult though (as I recently learned through LinkedIn when I tried to connect with some people from Hollywood whom I did not have any connection with – if any of you can help, please do!)
Often the most interesting and promising entrepreneurs are not those who are one or two degrees of separation away, but genuine outsiders: from different sectors, countries and backgrounds. For this reason, while many excellent people still come to me via introductions, I always try to read messages via my blog, twitter and those (often awkward) “please add me to your network LinkedIn” requests.
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It costs £375 to get in touch with Bill Liao, an entrepreneur, diplomat and founder ofWeForest, but only £40 to connect with Adam Parr, the Chairman of Williams F1 and it’s just £30 to email with Rupert Turnbull, the Publisher of Wired Magazine. Once you’ve sent a pitch and paid your dues, you’ll receive a guaranteed response within 10 days. And where does all the money going? To a charity of their choice.
Our professional networks are growing by the day and it’s never been easier before to connect with so many people. But with great connectivity comes a lot of noise that can stifle innovation. To solve this problem, entrepreneurs Hamish Forsyth and brother and sister Damien and Robyn Scott, have launched a platform called OneLeap, which challenges the professional-network site model by adding a philanthropic twist.
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