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tks global 2021
a 10 month human accelerator for the most ambitious and curious young people to build projects in emerging technology and sciences
tl'dr
my role as a director included
- managed and coached 10 month acclerator for 150 ambitious young people returning for second year in TKS with a 4.5 avg nps score
- launch our global virtual program
- coached 2 global challenges and 100+ projects
what kids had to say
- thanks holmie
- yo, was pretty good
- ayyyye
higlights (BIG QUESTION → pitches, or linked out...)
- naila featured top 100 in canada for solar cell and bioplastics research
- linkedin, project research, media features
- aryan building in web3 and recognized by schmid futures global rise program
- sofi building lab grown cotton and awarded new harvest experiment grant
- valkyrie building fire fighting drones, and youngest intern at spacex
- bj (+ team) from $400k in padawan dao, to $2M raised for governance build
featured people, projects, and presentations
highlight journeys of ambitious young people
- zayn building...
- amy bioelectricity
- sriya earning potential
- klara annual update
- Sri or ahaans, hmm
select projects
WTP
- sri for autonomous vehicles
WBP
- ashley covid screening
- alisha mental health
- foundations
and along the way, some stages
- anna sxsw
- websummit
- global forum
- ETH amsterdam
- hmm.
program highlights
top weekly sessions
- wtp: early cancer detection, battery tech, metaverse
- wbp: XXX, indian farmers, digital healthcare for new moms, medical errors
- open community sessions, 2 hackathons
global challenge
program monthly updates
coaching debrief
top insights
what i would have done differently
it takes an olympic level village to raise olympic level innovators, so thank you
- brandon
- navid + nadeem for mentorship and support
- full tkteam for partnerships, marketing, operations, and coaching support
- every. single. awesome human playing a mentorship role or unlocking an opportunity.
- the 2022 activate cohort, for constant feedback, and putting in the work. excited to see what you do next.
if you enjoyed this and want one more click down the rabbit hole, then
check out my first year as a tks director in boston →
and if you didn't then feel free to keep on moving.
insert footah!