Hunter Walker

APRIL 2, 2016

” Did you always know you wanted to move to Silicon Valley and work in tech? My parents were immigrants from Haiti who didn’t grow up with access to computers in their homes and consistent electricity so there was only so much they could share with me about tech. what would a Branch 2.0

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Hunter Walker

AUGUST 2, 2017

Christy doing work in Haiti Hunter Walk: Every Mother Counts is a nonprofit focused on supporting maternal health. How has this reality impacted the type of community building you do—does it make you more careful? Did you feel connected to Silicon Valley back then?

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

Jered Lawson discovered a passion for community farming while in college. He also worked in the Peace Corps in Costa Rica and helped start a national health program in Haiti. Here he explains the origins of the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) movement he’s working to foster. If you can’t hear the clip, click here.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

In 1991, ten-year-old Jerry and his family escaped civil war in Haiti and resettled in America as refugees. And in response, our entrepreneurial, the Silicon Valley-style economy is putting $120 million into companies that are making $500 do-it-yourself cold-pressed juicers rather than respond to these pressing problems.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

It's the same reason why some people in the national security community, particularly ultra-conservatives, don't view climate change as a national security threat. So we need to really address that, also, as a country and as part of a global community. It's an environment problem. These aren't just one-time things.

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