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Finding Health and Joy – 3 Years in SF
February 5, 2015 · 1 Comment
This photo says it all. Let me share the story behind it. After spending 27 years growing up on the East Coast and becoming a hard-nosed workaholic entrepreneur, I never thought I’d be one of those hippies from San Francisco talking about wellness and mindfulness. I didn’t think wellness... [Read the full story]
And So The Journey Begins… Again
May 21, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Today I finished my first year at Harvard Business School. I wrote the below post 10 years ago last week (on May 11, 2003)… at a similar point in life after finishing year one at UNC and just four weeks before starting Broadwick with Aaron, which became iContact. I didn’t quite do... [Read the full story]
Why We’re Building Connect.com (Plus We’re Hiring!)
March 21, 2013 · 3 Comments
Below is the story of Connect.com. We’re currently hiring a full-time UI/UX Designer and a Front End Engineer to join our team in San Francisco as our 5th and 6th team members. If you have anyone to recommend or wish to apply, you can email me at ryan@connect.com. The Founding of Connect.com Since... [Read the full story]
Tech
Innovators Support President Obama on YouTube
October 21, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Back in August in San Francisco, I was interviewed by CNet Co-founder Shelby Bonnie on my thoughts on innovation in America and why I support President Obama in the 2012 election. The interview was part of the Technology for Obama Innovator Series and... [Read the full story]
What Harvard Business School is Teaching This Tech Entrepreneur
October 8, 2012 · 13 Comments
Reflections on the Last Three Weeks at HBS: Over the weekend, I took some time to reflect on my last three weeks at HBS and the key lessons I’ve learned. This post is a follow-up to “What I Learned: Week 3 at HBS.” As an entrepreneur,... [Read the full story]
The Adventure Continues in San Francisco
June 15, 2012 · 2 Comments
I’m drinking an Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout at my house in San Francisco. Our Chief of Staff candidate is for some reason awesomely dancing in the kitchen behind me. I’m looking out the window at a view of the Castro, Mission, Potrero... [Read the full story]
Entrepreneurship
Why We’re Building Connect.com (Plus We’re Hiring!)
March 21, 2013 · 3 Comments
Below is the story of Connect.com. We’re currently hiring a full-time UI/UX Designer and a Front End Engineer to join our team in San Francisco as our 5th and 6th team members. If you have anyone to recommend or wish to apply, you can email... [Read the full story]
Innovators Support President Obama on YouTube
October 21, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Back in August in San Francisco, I was interviewed by CNet Co-founder Shelby Bonnie on my thoughts on innovation in America and why I support President Obama in the 2012 election. The interview was part of the Technology for Obama Innovator Series and... [Read the full story]
What Harvard Business School is Teaching This Tech Entrepreneur
October 8, 2012 · 13 Comments
Reflections on the Last Three Weeks at HBS: Over the weekend, I took some time to reflect on my last three weeks at HBS and the key lessons I’ve learned. This post is a follow-up to “What I Learned: Week 3 at HBS.” As an entrepreneur,... [Read the full story]
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Innovators Support President Obama on YouTube
October 21, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Back in August in San Francisco, I was interviewed by CNet Co-founder Shelby Bonnie on my thoughts on innovation in America and why I support President Obama in the 2012 election. The interview was part of the Technology for Obama Innovator Series and... [Read the full story]
What Harvard Business School is Teaching This Tech Entrepreneur
October 8, 2012 · 13 Comments
Reflections on the Last Three Weeks at HBS: Over the weekend, I took some time to reflect on my last three weeks at HBS and the key lessons I’ve learned. This post is a follow-up to “What I Learned: Week 3 at HBS.” As an entrepreneur,... [Read the full story]
Slides: All I’ve Learned by 28
September 3, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Here is the download link to the PDF slides of the “All That I’ve Learned by 28″ project I did earlier this month to document what I have learned in the first 28 years of life and to back up my brain before heading to graduate school.... [Read the full story]
Journal
Why We’re Building Connect.com (Plus We’re Hiring!)
March 21, 2013 · 3 Comments
Below is the story of Connect.com. We’re currently hiring a full-time UI/UX Designer and a Front End Engineer to join our team in San Francisco as our 5th and 6th team members. If you have anyone to recommend or wish to apply, you can email... [Read the full story]
A Letter to the HBS MBA Class of 2015
December 23, 2012 · 5 Comments
The admissions department at Harvard Business School asked me to write a reflection on my first semester in the MBA program for the Class of 2015 pre-matriculation blog. Here’s what I sent in. I hope it gives an insight into what I’ve... [Read the full story]
What Harvard Business School is Teaching This Tech Entrepreneur
October 8, 2012 · 13 Comments
Reflections on the Last Three Weeks at HBS: Over the weekend, I took some time to reflect on my last three weeks at HBS and the key lessons I’ve learned. This post is a follow-up to “What I Learned: Week 3 at HBS.” As an entrepreneur,... [Read the full story]
Social Entrepreneurship
My TEDx Presentation – “Creating a Better World”
January 20, 2012 · 1 Comment
On December 10th, 2011 I gave a TEDx presentation in Raleigh on “Creating a Better World.” Here is the video. And here are the slides from the presentation: TEDx Ryan Allis – Optimism for the Next 40 Years of Human History Read More →
Visit to the Akilah Institute for Women Rwanda
January 4, 2011 · 2 Comments
Muraho from Kigali! Today I’m working from The Akilah Institute for Women in Kigali, Rwanda. Akilah is a non-profit school that teaches hospitality, leadership, and entrepreneurship to women 18-25 here in Rwanda. Akilah was started in 2009 by Elizabeth... [Read the full story]
You’re Invited: A Metropolitan Safari for Rwanda at iContact
November 2, 2010 · Leave a Comment
I wanted to invite Dare Mighty Things readers to a special event coming up at iContact. We are hosting a “Metropolitan Safari” on Monday November 8th at 6:30pm at our new offices in Morrisville. We will have as guests... [Read the full story]
Travel
Today’s Fuel Explosion in Nairobi
September 12, 2011 · 3 Comments
I’ve got a special place in my heart for East Africa, having visited there three times and with investments in Pengo Loans and Think Impact, both with operations in Kenya. After visiting the Kibera slum in Nairobi in 2009 to see the work of Carolina... [Read the full story]
My Message to Egyptian Entrepreneurs
July 4, 2011 · 3 Comments
On Thursday at the Smart Village Egypt outside of Cairo, I had the opportunity to give a keynote speech during the NexGen IT Entrepreneur Bootcamp award ceremony. The winning teams were Bey2ollak, Inkezny, Supermama, and Crowdit. The team from Bey2ollak... [Read the full story]
Egypt: From Political Revolution to Entrepreneurial Evolution
June 30, 2011 · 1 Comment
I came to Cairo five days ago not knowing what to expect. I leave knowing there are world-class tech entrepreneurs here in Egypt. In April, I learned I had been selected as one of six American entrepreneurs who would be mentors for a USAID/State Department... [Read the full story]
Life Lessons
Finding Health and Joy – 3 Years in SF
This photo says it all. Let me share the story behind it. After spending 27 years growing up on the East Coast and becoming a hard-nosed workaholic entrepreneur, I never thought I’d be one of those hippies from San Francisco talking about wellness and mindfulness. I didn’t think wellness had anything to do with being an impactful entrepreneur. Seven years ago at age 23, I was 212 pounds. I was often anxious and stressed out. I had a ‘racing mind’ that would keep me up past 2am. I had chronic neck pain from a car crash in Florida when I was 16 that doctors said would require surgery. I ate a terrible diet of processed foods (lots of nachos, frozen dinners, Bagel Bites,... [Read more]
Essays
- The False Tradeoff Between Financial & Social Responsibility
- Maximizing Social Return from The Giving Pledge
- Social Good With Market Returns at Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship
- How I Aligned What I Love With What I Do & Scaled Myself
- Five Ways a Non-Profit Director Can Be An Entrepreneur
- Five Ways a For-Profit Entrepreneur Can Be a Social Entrepreneur
- The Revolution Will Be Tweeted – Saturday May Bring Change to Iran
- Can a For-profit Entrepreneur Be a Social Entrepreneur?
- The Great Challenge of Our Generation
- Sustainable Capitalism and The Role of Aid vs. Trade in Prosperity Creation
- How to Be a Public Company CEO
- The Opportunity of Our Lifetimes
- The Superficial Luxurious Degeneration of America
Presentations
Slides: All I’ve Learned by 28
Here is the download link to the PDF slides of the “All That I’ve Learned by 28″ project I did earlier this month to document what I have learned in the first 28 years of life and to back up my brain before heading to graduate school. Feel free to share. The content is broken up into four sections: Introduction All That I’ve Learned About Life All That I’ve Learned About The World All That I’ve Learned About Business I’ll be posting the videos in late September. Enjoy! Ryan Read More →
Social Entrepreneurship
- Week One at HBS
- My TEDx Presentation – “Creating a Better World”
- Visit to the Akilah Institute for Women Rwanda
- You’re Invited: A Metropolitan Safari for Rwanda at iContact
- Opportunity Collaboration 2010 Recap
- The False Tradeoff Between Financial & Social Responsibility
- Maximizing Social Return from The Giving Pledge
- Raj Sisodia on Conscious Capitalism (Awesome)
- To the Dominican Republic I Go
- Volcano Causing Entrepreneurs to Be, Well, Entrepreneurial
- Social Good With Market Returns at Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship
- Tech Awards: $50K for Using Technology to Address Humanity’s Challenges
- Bull City Forward: Looking for Socially Responsible Tenants in Durham
- How I Aligned What I Love With What I Do & Scaled Myself
- Why Poverty?
- Five Ways a Non-Profit Director Can Be An Entrepreneur
- Five Ways a For-Profit Entrepreneur Can Be a Social Entrepreneur
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