Keynote Presentation -- Social Entrepreneurship: Next Generation Trends and Challenges

New York, NY, May 27, 2011 – FA analyst Justin Goldbach delivered a lecture on the topic of social entrepreneurship at IE Business School in Madrid, Spain.  The presentation, titled “Next Generation Business Leadership,” kicked off the school’s first-ever Impact Weekend focused on developing socially responsible business plans.

Throughout the intensive, hands-on event, Impact Weekend empowered both current social entrepreneurs and students with the tools to create a more socially and environmentally sustainable world through business.  The weekend’s activities were organized by IE Net Impact Club, iWeekend, Ashoka, and IE Venture Lab.

After Justin’s keynote, the weekend began with an open pitching session on Friday evening, where a short list of 12 ideas were pitched in front of an audience of judges and Impact Weekend participants; 5 were selected. 10 students worked on each of these 5 ideas on Saturday and Sunday, using innovative and practical methodologies to build scalable ventures that address real-world issues. Established experts in social entrepreneurship provided valuable mentoring advice throughout the weekend. On Sunday evening, each team pitched their plans to a handful of European investors working in both traditional and socially oriented venture capital firms. In addition to gaining exposure and media attention, the winning team was provided with a direct entry into the next IE Venture Lab, whose classes begin in September 2011.

Justin is a generalist at Fitzgerald Analytics and has been deployed on a variety of client engagements, from aiding a leading brokerage firm in identifying key performance indicators (KPIs) and developing dashboards vis-?-vis customer experience to establishing an advisory arm of a next-generation security firm.

Fitzgerald Analytics, a New York City-based firm, helps its clients - from Fortune 1000 companies to data-driven start-ups to international non-profits - achieve extraordinary results by maintaining a clear line-of-site between business objectives and the analytics and data management programs which support them.  The firm has made a long-term commitment to supporting the social sector by applying its tools and expertise to enhance non-profit outcomes.

The firm is one of Consulting Magazine’s "Best Small Consulting Firms to Work For” and ranked in Inc. Magazine’s “5000 Fastest Growing Companies in the Country.” FA clients are unusually loyal: 100% of clients in the firm’s history have used FA more than once.

Contact:
Justin Goldbach
Fitzgerald Analytics
Telephone: +1.917.589.2288
jgoldbach@fitzgerald-analytics.com
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