Kris Daff is a developer with two companies. The first, Make Ventures is a more traditional development company, focused on urban infill. It’s the second that Kris is wildly passionate about, and that passion is wildly contagious. Assemble Communities, a developer and “community manager,” is offering a housing model that sets out to solve the very many problems that low … [Read more...] about Assemble communities.
Visionary
Re-designing design.
Once upon a time design and architecture were quite discrete disciplines. But over the years as educational priorities have been re-defined, they have become more complex and collaborative. We’ve adopted an inter-disciplinary approach to skills and knowledge that requires creativity, innovation and the ability to solve problems. Teaching is steadily moving towards a more … [Read more...] about Re-designing design.
Co-creating.
Adam Sgrenci, a carpenter by trade with an education background in international development, founded The Center for Infrastructure and Society in 2019 with a mission to “accelerate social, economic and ecological transformation." As a startup the Center's work has evolved over the last year into an organization focused primarily on human capital. While affordable housing … [Read more...] about Co-creating.
1,000 urban entrepreneurs.
Lyneir Richardson is a man with a mission. His goal is to help 1,000 urban entrepreneurs grow their businesses, through a nine-month program run by the Center for Urban Entrepreneurship & Economic Development (CUEED) at Rutgers University in Newark, NJ. The program, where diversity abounds, has enrolled about 400 entrepreneurs so far. As executive director of CUEED, … [Read more...] about 1,000 urban entrepreneurs.
Advancing financial inclusion. With Fintech.
Melissa Koide has described herself as a “policy entrepreneur,” and she is the founder of a relatively new research organization called FinRegLab (2018), an independent non-profit working rigorously to test the technological tools used by the world of financial services. Most specifically, they have been looking at the use of data in credit underwriting. By examining the … [Read more...] about Advancing financial inclusion. With Fintech.