When UpStart first designed their merger with Bikkurim, Joshua Venture Group and the NA programs of PresenTense, they believed in the cumulative power of innovators - the dreamers, builders, and risk-takers opening up new pathways to community and to our tradition. This just released map illustrates a slice of this vibrant and diverse network. … [Read more...] about The UpStart Network Map
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“Innovation”: What to make of a word that just won’t go away
By Todd J. Sukol In the nearly 10 years since bestselling author and popular speaker Scott Berkun famously implored the world to “stop saying innovation,” we in the Jewish philanthropic and nonprofit world show no sign of heeding his sage advice. Scott, whose credits include the bestseller The Myths of Innovation, makes a nearly irrefutable case that the word innovation has lost meaning and become noise pollution. Instead, he encourages … [Read more...] about “Innovation”: What to make of a word that just won’t go away
UpStart Accelerator Announces Tenth Cohort of Game-Changing, Innovative Jewish Organizations
Who will be the next cohort of innovators to make their mark on Jewish life? The UpStart Accelerator - the Jewish community’s leading engine behind the success of innovative, early-stage organizations - just answered this question with the announcement of its tenth cohort of cutting-edge organizations. Selected from the Accelerator’s largest applicant pool ever (92 from around the world), these nine organizations are opening up new access points … [Read more...] about UpStart Accelerator Announces Tenth Cohort of Game-Changing, Innovative Jewish Organizations
New UpStart Network is Start of New Phase in Jewish Innovation
By Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman eJewish Philanthropy The merger of UpStart, Joshua Venture Group, Bikurim and the U.S. programs of PresenTense “is a game-changer for the field of Jewish innovation,” says Ana Robbins, executive director of Jewish Kids Group, Atlanta's independent Hebrew school. “So much of what is cool in our Jewish world has ties to UpStart and the other organizations.” The folks working at the four innovation organizations say … [Read more...] about New UpStart Network is Start of New Phase in Jewish Innovation
UpStart Honors Founder on 10th Anniversary
By Max A. Cherney When out-of-towners came to an UpStart Bay Area conference in years past, founder and CEO Toby Rubin would let them crash at her East Bay home. She was the kind of leader who, after her official responsibilities had concluded, would meet aspiring Jewish nonprofit leaders over a glass of wine and share her honest, unvarnished opinion and advice. Now Rubin, who stepped down as CEO last year, will be honored at UpStart’s … [Read more...] about UpStart Honors Founder on 10th Anniversary
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