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Alex Amouyel
Executive Director of Solve

Alex Amouyel is the Executive Director of Solve, an initiative of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Solve is a community of cross-sector leaders devoted to identifying and supporting solutions to actionable challenges through open innovation. Previously, Alex was the Director of Program for the Clinton Global Initiative, where she curated the content for the Annual Meeting. She also worked for Save the Children International in London and across Asia, the Middle East and Haiti, and at the Boston Consulting Group. Alex holds a double Masters from Sciences Po, Paris, and the London School of Economics, and a Bachelors from Trinity College, Cambridge, UK.

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Thursday
July 26
2018

Alex Amouyel

Stop Looking for the Next ‘Uber for X’ and Start Changing the World

The paradigm of the Silicon Valley "tech bro" pioneering the next "Uber for (whatever)" has become a cliché. Its ubiquity is a distraction, says Alex Amouyel of MIT Solve – one that excludes social innovators from much-needed funding and keeps those with capital from making real change through their investments. Instead of looking for the next unicorn and quick exit, she argues, investors should expand their definition of “venture-backable” entrepreneurs to include those driving transformative, mission-driven impact.

Categories
Social Enterprise, Technology

Tags
impact investing, social enterprise, startups, venture capital

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Alex Amouyel
Executive Director of Solve

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Stop Looking for the Next ‘Uber for X’ and Start Changing the World

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Alex AmouyelExecutive Director of Solve

Articles by Alex Amouyel

Stop Looking for the Next ‘Uber for X’ and Start Changing the World

Alex Amouyel
Executive Director of Solve