Ulu in Action – April 2022
From Latinx Leadership Awards and judging Latinx startup competitions to fireside chats with major pension funds and conversations with the San Francisco Federal Reserve about
Transforming Everyday Shopping into Nonprofit Impact
Growing up in Cleveland, Viveka Hulyalkar began her entrepreneurial career at the age of five by selling bookmarks. In grade school, emulating her hero Nancy
Promoting Diversity on Startup Boards
Founders have a responsibility to their investors to try and create the best outcome. Having diverse board members makes fiduciary sense because companies where boards
Making Environmental Sustainability Profitable for Building Owners
Ulupreneur Raphael Rosen, CEO of Carbon Lighthouse, grew up hearing stories about John Muir and Teddy Roosevelt, and internalized the ethos that if we don’t
Ulu in Action – March 2022
March was Women’s History Month and we celebrated our female founders with some amazing stats highlighting their accomplishments. Bloomberg Equality Summit Miriam was featured on
Micro Daycares Primed to Help Students, Teachers, and Parents
Ulupreneur Michael Lai’s passion for diversity, equity, and inclusion began at a young age. Michael was born in China, and grew up in a predominantly
The Quest to Move a Trillion Dollars into High Impact Charities
Ulupreneur Jenny Xia Spradling, the daughter of immigrant Chinese parents, grew up in Washington State. When she visited China as a child—where her not-so-distant relatives
Healthcare Investing: Mind the Gap
As a millennial, I’ve mostly thought of and interacted with healthcare as a discrete service, something to activate only when I need it, or something
The Power of Finance in Farming
Growing up on a cattle ranch in Virginia, Ulupreneur Jayce Hafner watched her family struggle yearly to make ends meet. As hard as they tried,
Using Time-Tested Tools to Make Impactful Changes in Education
We met Ulupreneur Alix Guerrier when he was co-founder of LearnZillion, which delivers personalized world-class tutoring and coaching services, and which was acquired in 2019.