Class features Innovation Consultant, Costa Michailidis, from Innovation Bound.

Costa's Bio:

In 2009 Costa escaped from university and has yet to be apprehended.

Constantly expanding his horizons, he has been a coach, a storyteller, an athlete, a web developer, a facilitator, and a full-time volunteer. Costa is incredibly passionate about making a positive impact and is grateful for the opportunity to work with scientists and business leaders on some of today's greatest challenges. He is also a TEDx Organizer, bringing together leading thinkers and helping spread breakthrough ideas.

Patrick's Bio: Growing restless in my final year of college, I built a philanthropic eyewear company from the ground up. I sold hundreds of pairs, with each sponsoring one vision-saving cataract surgery for a deserving individual. It was a full year later that I assembled a team of employees and interns to manage it before being bought out. After making many mistakes I learned that, classically, every entrepreneurial endeavor is a new thing by definition, so you have to learn very fast. One has to be able to adapt to change, and make decisions in time-compressed and information-poor environments. I believe that curiosity is the best teacher and its better to take action than to speculate. Studied Psychological & Brain Sciences, Entrepreneurship & Management at Johns Hopkins.

Patrick Stanley

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