Daniel A. Epstein
Daniel Epstein (born December 10, 1985) operates a business incubator for entrepreneurs in Boulder, Colorado.
Business career
His first entrepreneurial venture was Tuition Specialists, a company aimed at helping out-of-state students pay tuition at less-expensive resident rates.[1][2]
In 2009, with some fellow graduates of the University of Colorado, he co-founded the Unreasonable Institute, a nonprofit that is a business incubator for entrepreneurs in Boulder, Colorado. Associated with the incubator is an early-stage investment fund that invests in social entrepreneurs, including those who attended the Unreasonable Institute.[3] Attendees raise $10,000 for tuition and will spend six weeks living in Boulder, Colorado.[4][5][2][6]
In 2012 he left the non-profit Unreasonable Institute to launch "Unreasonable Group", a private holding company of for-profit organizations that was spun out of Unreasonable Institute,[4][7][8] including:
- Unreasonable Adventures, founded in 2005, which sells booking software for tourism services.
- Unreasonable at Sea, a partnership between Unreasonable Institute, Stanford d.school (Institute of Design at Stanford), and Semester at Sea.[9][4][9]
- Unreasonable Media, the production company that produces all multimedia collateral for Unreasonable ventures.[10][11]
- Unreasonable.is, a web site for social entrepreneurs.[8]
- Girl Effect Accelerator, business accelerator program aimed to benefit millions of girls in poverty to unleash The Girl Effect. [12]
Personal life
Epstein was born in Blaine, Washington. Epstein studied philosophy at the University of Colorado at Boulder and graduated in 2009.[13]
References
- ↑ Rivard, Ry. "Stopping a Shortcut to In-State Tuition". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved 12 Aug 2014.
- 1 2 Seligson, Hannah. "Unreasonable, Maybe, but It's a Social Mission". New York Times Business Day. New York Times. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
- ↑ "Interview with Daniel Epstein, Founder of The Unreasonable Group". GoBright.co. BrightCo. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
- 1 2 3 Fein, Donna. "Inside the Radical Incubator for Social Entrepreneurs". http://www.inc.com/30under30/donna-fenn/tyler-hartung-daniel-epstein-teju-ravilochan-founders-of-the-unreasonable-institute.html. Inc. External link in
|website=(help); - ↑ "Forbes Impact 30". Forbes. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
- ↑ McMahan, Ty. "Turning Unreasonable Ideas into Reality". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
- ↑ "Social Innovation Summit 2013 Speakers". Social Innovation Summit 2013. Landmark Ventures. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
- 1 2 "LAUNCH: Social Impact Careers Conference". Retrieved 15 July 2014.
- 1 2 Syed, Saira. "Social tech entrepreneurs on around the world voyage". BBC News Business. BBC. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
- ↑ "Writers". Unreasonable Group. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
- ↑ Stoiber, Marc. "How Fast Can an Unreasonable Idea Grow?". Huffington Post Small Business. Huffington Post. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
- ↑ "Greenlight planet joins accelerator program aimed at benefiting poor girls". FastCompany.com. Fast Company. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
- ↑ Fein, Donna. "Inside the Radical Incubator for Social Entrepreneurs". Inc. Retrieved 12 July 2014.