Maha Jouini is an AI expert and passionate advocate for women interested in working in technology and developing digital skills. Her challenging journey from Tunisia to Mauritania to founding the African Center for AI and Digital Technology is filled with hard-won points for women like herself. She shares her story and her passionate plea for women everywhere to stand …
A True Bond – Poem by Chaitali Sinha Honoring Friendship Day
“When our younger Frontrunners share their thoughts and feelings in poetry, we are compelled to share with the world as our young leaders should be heard.” Publisher, Mary Kurek Chaitali is a young aspiring design student from Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. At the age of 12 years, she was inspired by nature and started writing poems as a hobby. She blogs …
Dr Osita Aniemeka Shares Event Details of the Youthgether Global Second Anniversary Celebration
Youthgether Global (a youth development organization) chaired by Dr. Osita Aniemeka, Chancellor of the Sub Saharan Open University, Nigeria, talks with Frontrunners Innovate Producer and Host, Mary Kurek, about the August 12, 2022 event celebrating Youthgether’s second anniversary and the UN International Youth Day. Dr. Aniemeka shares details of the agenda and speakers that will be on the roster for …
Irma Sanchez Answers Questions on How She Gets Such Great Funders
Irma Sanchez is the Women’s Economic Forum leader in Silicon Valley. As such, she must produce events and programs that assist women in becoming self-sufficient in enterprise and confident in life. The work requires a budget that only reaches sustainability if she has some significant sponsors and funding partners. She has worked with Coca-Cola for a number of years as …
Frontrunners Development YouTube Channel Explainer
Publisher Note: We’ve curated our videos on YouTube into categories that loosely match up with the UN Sustainable Development Goals to make it easier for viewers to find and connect with potential partners, like innovators with fascinating and investible inventions, diplomats with information to share about a new direction and a solution needed, or an NGO that might have been …
Are You Personally Investment Worthy? Insights and Resources for the Investment Seeker
Publisher Article (Excerpted from Linkedin Newsletter) “I have a serial investor on my advisory board, have interviewed several investors for my media platform www.frontrunnersinnovate.com, and reviewed many innovator pitchdecks and one-pagers. Over the last 15 years or so, I’ve advised and conducted business development activities for a few hundred startups, but, don’t mistake me for an expert. When I talk …
Marissa Fayer on Women’s Health and Women’s Innovation Funding Opportunities
Marissa Fayer is the Founder/CEO of HERhealthEQ based in the US. Her work spans many projects in several countries but focuses on women’s health. Along with sourcing hospital equipment for re-use in hospitals and women’s clinics in areas of the world where needed, she also conducts screening events for women-centric diseases, like breast and cervical cancers. She now adds …
Linda Mac Dougall Educates and Advocates for Healthy and Safe Aging
Linda Mac Dougall has been working in the aging space and within disabled communities for most of her career. Her expertise and education credentials have landed her on boards and with a client base who appreciates her holistic approach to managing the health stresses of aging. She shares her expertise with aging care professionals and family caregivers as well …
Fundraising Ideas and Grantwriting Tips for Nonprofits and Charities
On July 8th, 2022, Mary Kurek, Frontrunners Development President, and CEO along with Aaron Smith, Ph.D., Founder of Workplace Readiness Solutions, hosted a webinar to deliver fundraising ideas and tips along with grant writing information and resources. The mission was to help nonprofits and charities build sustainability into their budgets. The webinar was video recorded and is shared …
Raising Capital is What Greg Downey Does and What He Teaches
Greg Downey is the founder of Purim Ventures, a venture capital company that also specializes in advisory services and fundraising education. Greg has over 25 years of helping disruptive innovations get to market and has helped companies already on market to expand. Over the last 15 years, he has successfully helped lead multiple capital raises totaling over $75,000,000 from …