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<br/><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-281eedc4-2bb3-2fcb-43ac-f51005360fac"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Stakeholders:</span></span></span>
*<span style="font-size:larger;">Swarthmore Finance and Investment Office: will be key in securing the initial grant and endowment for the Impact Investing project.</span>
*<span style="font-size:larger;">Lang Center for Civic and Social Responsibility: will connect mature Swarthmore entrepreneurs and project leaders to the Impact Investing project.</span>
*<span style="font-size:larger;">Center for Innovation and Leadership: will educate and nurture Swarthmore entrepreneurs and project leaders in their initial entrepreneurial stages.</span>
*<span style="font-size:larger;">Swat Careers: can be helpful in finding Swarthmore alumni who are willing to work pro-bono or train students on how to invest money.</span>
*<span style="font-size:larger;">Swarthmore Alumni Office: can be helpful in their outreach to investors who are in the Swarthmore alumni network.</span>
*<span style="font-size:larger;">Swarthmore Investment Club: will be exposed to best practices in Impact Investing. They will support and assist pro bono investors of the Impact Investing project. This educational experience will ensure the sustainability of the pro bono investor pipeline.</span>
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<br/><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">'''<span style="background-color:#ffffe0;">Strategic Priority #3.2 (Lamia 2018):</span>'''</span></font><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color:#ffffe0;">Develop spin-off opp</span>'''<span style="background-color:#ffffe0;">ortunities to support more mature entrepreneurs at Swarthmore College by</span>'''</span>'''<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color:#ffffe0;">connecting these entrepreneurs to the resources needed for them to accelerate in the ‘real world’.</span></span>'''
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="Arial"><u>Potential Components</u></font></span>
*<span style="font-size:larger;">Business network - connection to established UX designers, marketing freelance, other entrepreneurs in the industry etc.</span>
*<span style="font-size:larger;">Connection to real investors - alum network, potential opportunity to pitch in front of them</span>
*<span style="font-size:larger;">Connection to other pitch competitions (including some that other students have already pitched at and have connections to) ex. Global Startup Ecosystem, University Startup World Cup,</span>
*<span style="font-size:larger;">Scholarship opportunities to real business accelerators like Draper University, Y Combinator, 500 Startups etc. in San Francisco and elsewhere</span>
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<li><span style="font-size:larger;">Funding for summer cohort in these accelerators as an additional option for "summer impact funding"</span></li>
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*<span style="font-size:larger;">Accepting credit for programs like Draper University towards an entrepreneurship course (Under Economics? Peace & Conflict Studies?) [longer term goal]</span>
*<span style="font-size:larger;">Office space on campus for established student-run business - business address and temporary space for team establishment</span>
