Business
Race and Ethnicity in Social Entrepreneurship
This panel will discuss barriers faced by entrepreneurs as a result of racial identities, with a focus on those who run socially-responsible ventures.
Karim Abouelnaga
Founder & CEO, Practice Makes Perfect
New York City
Karim is the founder & CEO of Practice Makes Perfect (PMP), a Benefit Corporation that partners with K-12 schools to deliver high quality, academic summer programs. He received over a quarter million dollars in scholarships to make his education possible. Karim founded PMP at 18. He writes for Entrepreneur, Forbes, Linkedin and is working on releasing three books during Summer 2018. Karim is a TED Fellow and Echoing Green Fellow. At 23, he was named to Forbes’ 30 under 30 list in Education, and at 24 was named to Magic Johnson’s 32 under 32 list. In 2016, he was ranked in the top 3 most powerful young entrepreneurs under 25 in the world by Richtopia. Karim graduated from Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration and is currently pursuing a Master’s in Education Policy at Columbia University.
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