Summer of Impact Week 1: Spark Your Passion Recap
Missed this week's Summer Impact? Here’s a recap!
This first week of camp was focused on Sparking Passion. From ‘What is entrepreneurship?’ to ‘What skills and qualities would I need?’, we covered the basics of the world of entrepreneurship.
Who joined us this week?
Ryan Holmes, serial entrepreneur and founder and now board member of Hootsuite.
He started the company in 2008 and has helped grow it into the world’s most widely used social relationship platform, with approximately 200 thousand paying customers, and millions of users.
A serial entrepreneur who started his first business in high school, Ryan supports youth entrepreneurship through his charity, League of Innovators, offering online and in-person programs for the next generation of entrepreneurs. Ryan is the author of Saving Social: The Dysfunctional Past and Promising Future of Social Media, as well as the Amazon-best-selling guide to social media for leaders, The $4 Billion Tweet. He shares his insights in Forbes, Fast Company and Inc. and ranks as a global influencer on LinkedIn and Facebook.
Jill Sinclair changes lives! As an international speaker, author, executive coach, podcast host, mentor and tv personality, she helps people to uncover and overcome their success blockers so they can crush their life’s goals.
Jill is also a strong advocate for young people and has created a free youth focused mentorship program called Head Start Mentoring. www.headstartmentoring.com
What did you miss?
Ryan Holmes AMA takeaways
- Find and focus on ‘big waves’
- Don’t fall in love with your idea – be realistic and pragmatic about your business
- Entrepreneurship is a marathon made of small sprints. You won’t last if you don’t recharge.
Jill Sinclair Mentorship Session
From providing insights on how to find one’s niche to providing tangible tips on motivation and habit making, Jill discussed commonly faced challenges in one’s entrepreneurial journey.
Big ideas
- What is entrepreneurship
- Qualities & Skills of an entrepreneur
- Getting started: from problem to market
- Why start with Why
- Self reflection: core values and personal mission statement
Mentorship Session with Jill Sinclair
Jill Sinclair changes lives! As an international speaker, author, executive coach, podcast host, mentor and tv personality, she helps people to uncover and overcome their success blockers so they can crush their life’s goals.
Jill is also a strong advocate for young people and has created a free youth focused mentorship program called Head Start Mentoring. www.headstartmentoring.com
Join us every Thursday at 11am PST or 2pm EST to attend live sessions with fellow peers and learn straight from entrepreneurs to support your journey. You can expect all the mentors to share their experiences and knowledge with you as well as expand on specific topics or challenges that you may encounter. (register via eventbrite)
Want to join us live? It’s not too late to sign up and join us weekly. Click here to register!
