STORIES FROM THE ACADEMY
I learned of The Academy of Tomorrow’s workshop, The Power of Storytelling, through my friend Zack Embree who was the photographer at the event. Walking into the Home (that’s how they refer to the school, fittingly so), I didn’t know what to expect...
To carry on our discussion series, “The Science of Disruption”, a series devoted to the stories of young scientists and entrepreneurs who refuse to be bound by convention, we’re joined by Usman Kamran...
Our next conversation series offers an exclusive look into the "The Science of Disruption." In this series, we highlight young scientists and entrepreneurs whose body of work has rocked modern science...
We continue our “3 Things I Didn’t Learn in School” series, this time with Brian Wong, an inventor and entrepreneur who has appeared on Forbes Top 30 Under 30 three times already. Brian skipped four grades of school, graduating from Business School at 18, and was the youngest person to ever receive venture capital funding, when he was only 19 years old. He is currently the CEO of Kiip, a mobile rewards platform.
We continue our “3 Things I didn’t Learn in School” series, with Alex Deans, an inventor and entrepreneur, whose novel innovations have earned him top honors at the Canada-Wide Science Fair, the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, and a spot on Maclean’s 2014 list of “Canada’s Future Leaders.”
Building on our conversation series,“The Science of Disruption”, we got together with Ann Makosinski, inventor of the “hollow flashlight”, which is powered solely on the warmth of the user’s hand...