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Idea Enterprise
A collaboration between business leaders and idea-makers
The Idea Enterprise brings together a select group of highly successful senior business leaders chosen for their systems thinking, insights and experience to help ensure that ASU’s most promising ideas are advanced into action.
How it works:
Team Spotlight
SolarSPELL (Solar Powered Educational Learning Library) is a portable, ruggedized, solar-powered digital library that broadcasts a webpage containing open-access educational content over an offline WiFi hotspot with content that is curated for a particular audience in a specified locality. SolarSPELL addresses infrastructural challenges across the developing world, such as a lack of fundamental resources, like textbooks, libraries, electricity and Internet connectivity, by bringing relevant, digital educational content to offline, off-grid locations.
SolarSPELL
Leader Spotlight
Les Brun is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sarr Group, LLC, a diversified holding company for his investments. Previously, he was a Managing Director and Head of Investor Relations in the New York office of CCMP Capital Advisors. Les also founded and was Chairman Emeritus of Hamilton Lane, the world’s leading Private Equity advisory and management firm.
ASU professor (and IE alum!) recognized as ‘Teaching Innovator’ by Chronicle of Higher Education https://t.co/yQD2EjxeiJ
— IdeaEnterprise @ ASU (@IdeaEnterprise) October 26, 2017
Why work with us?
A Unique Set of Resources
The combination of academia and business produces a gold mine for innovation. With our combined resources, big ideas are more likely to become a reality.
Real-world experience
We are experts in making things happen. Our private sector leaders bring to the table real-world experience in recognizing what produces results in the real world.
Support for teams
We are invested in helping your idea see the light of day. We will work directly with your idea and team to best prepare for success during the session.