2016 Voqal Fellow Spotlight: Hlee Lee-Kron
September 2, 2016 The Voqal Fellowship is an investment in a new generation of social entrepreneurs. Fellows receive financial resources and mentoring to help bring an early stage idea to life. The Voqal Fellowship is an opportunity for young innovators to test assumptions, research target audiences and build strong business plans. This week we take
2016 Voqal Fellow Spotlight: Laurel Wamsley
The Voqal Fellowship is an investment in a new generation of social entrepreneurs. Fellows receive financial resources and mentoring to help bring an early stage idea to life. The Voqal Fellowship is an opportunity for young innovators to test assumptions, research target audiences and build strong business plans.
Voqal Fellow Eric Shih Participates in Netroots Nation New Tools Shootout
July 15, 2016 Voqal Fellow and founder of Spendrise, Eric Shih, is scheduled to participate in the New Tools Shootout at Netroots Nation 2016 in St. Louis, Missouri on July 16. Eric’s project, Spendrise, is a digital organizing platform for launching online petitions where consumers create change using an all-or-nothing crowdfunding engine and user interface.
2016 Voqal Fellow Spotlight: Andrea Hart
July 8, 2016 The Voqal Fellowship is an investment in a new generation of social entrepreneurs. Fellows receive financial resources and mentoring to help bring an early stage idea to life. The Voqal Fellowship is an opportunity for young innovators to test assumptions, research target audiences and build strong business plans. This week we take
2016 Voqal Fellow Spotlight: Marquis Cabrera
June 3, 2016 The Voqal Fellowship is an investment in a new generation of social entrepreneurs. Fellows receive financial resources and mentoring to help bring an early stage idea to life. The Voqal Fellowship is an opportunity for young innovators to test assumptions, research target audiences and build strong business plans. As part of our
Voqal’s Leah Pryor-Lease to Moderate Panel at Funders’ Committee for Civic Participation Convening
May 18, 2016 Voqal Fund program officer and manager of the Voqal Fellowship, Leah Pryor-Lease will moderate a panel titled Effective Civic Tech: Getting Beyond Bubble Gum + Paper Clips at the 2016 Funders Committee for Civic Engagement Convening on Wednesday, May 25. The panel will focus on a survey New Media Ventures recently conducted
2016 Voqal Fellowship to Convene in Denver
February 2, 2016 The latest cohort of the Voqal Fellowship will participate in a retreat this week to commence the 2016 fellowship program. The event, to be held in Denver on Feb. 6, will give the six new fellows the opportunity to get to know each other and build collaborative learning and accountability. Along with learning more about the Voqal
2016 Voqal Fellows Announced
January 19, 2016 Six tech-savvy entrepreneurs have been accepted into the third cohort of the Voqal Fellowship, which provides the resources and mentoring needed to bring early-stage ideas to life. Voqal Fund Program Officer Leah Pryor-Lease said the current round of the fellowship program, which was launched in 2012, received the most applicants to date, with a wide
Breaking Down Barriers
Online platform helps first-generation college students and their parents For Voqal Fellow Luis Hernandez, innovation was sparked when he saw the unique needs of high school students who were members of the first generation in their families to apply for college. “Students couldn’t go home and ask their parents about financial aid — their parents
Hungry For Change
Voqal Fellow Yongjun Heo Fights Hunger with Technology Not content with simply pursuing profit, today’s brightest young entrepreneurs are forging innovative paths to social change. “I’m very passionate about social causes,” said Yongjun Heo, whose organization, Farepath, uses technology to fight hunger. “If I see a potential solution to a problem, I’ll think about ways