Mills Scofield

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How to “Manage” A Blue Lobster

Mills Scofield

He gave me the freedom to design my own role and the autonomy to accomplish my goals, only “interfering” to remove obstacles and create more visibility. He fully supported my telecommuting, since it “proved” our project in action, and funded a home office with every device imaginable for 1988, including a laptop and cell phone.

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How to Have an Impact without Electricity and the Internet

Mills Scofield

This is a guest post by Kona Shen , Founder of GOALS Haiti , mentioned here. I don’t have internet on my phone, don’t work on projects late at night or on weekends, and almost always take a real lunch hour. I began traveling to Haiti as a volunteer in 2007 and moved here in 2010 to launch an organization called GOALS.

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How to “Manage” A Blue Lobster

Mills Scofield

He gave me the freedom to design my own role and the autonomy to accomplish my goals, only “interfering” to remove obstacles and create more visibility. He fully supported my telecommuting, since it “proved” our project in action, and funded a home office with every device imaginable for 1988, including a laptop and cell phone.

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The Time is Now to Become an Entrepreneur

Mills Scofield

Ilan , Founder of The Founder Project , is no exception and I can''t wait for The Founder Project to come stateside! Our goal is to raise enough money so we can begin investing $10,000-$15,000 into student companies. Aron Solomon Culture Founders Project Innovation Leadership Millennials Startup Student Startups entrepreneur'

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Education? Innovation? Do - Learn - Do - Learn

Mills Scofield

Victor’s Leap Year Project “Masters Program” is the wave of the future. My work with students and the building project made me curious about further education in business, design, and social impact. I gave my self-made experiential education and the community project a title: The Leap Year Project.

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To Move the World, Show, Don't Tell

Mills Scofield

When done respectfully - when the goal is listening and partnering - service learning has the power to build empathic relationships and empower both sides. At the start, Ashoka’s goal was to accelerate our fellows’ impact to the largest possible scale. It doesn’t have to be this way. How to unlock potential.

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Genecians Journey Into Corporate Giving

Mills Scofield

Projects-With-Purpose: Bringing a Community Volunteer Program to Lif e Chatham and Geneca teams at work. Each project is completed within 48 hours, consisting of both personal and company release time. Our First Project. Last month, we learned about Geneca's journey into creating a culture of innovation within the company.

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