Clinton Global Initiative

A Business School on a World Mission [The New England Journal of Higher Education]

May 16, 2013 By Media.Relations Leave a Comment

By Henrik Totterman, Dean, Hult International Business School, Boston The idea of “doing good while doing well” is hardly new. But the Y Generation’s response to it is different. They are literally taking on a youth revolution that extends from one part of the world to the other, while changing the conversation around social good [...]

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Filed Under: Boston, Hult in the News Tagged With: Clinton Global Initiative, Henrik Totterman, Hult Prize, Social Entrepreneurship, The New England Journal of Higher Education

Eye on the Hult Prize: SF’s winning team starts Goalfrog campaign to put their plan into action

May 7, 2013 By Rebecca Joyce

Winning the regional round of the Hult Prize competition in March was a huge accomplishment for Hult San Francisco’s team. But it was just the first step. After a brief celebratory period following the competition – and lots of excitement across all Hult campuses – the team got to work setting their winning idea, [...]

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Filed Under: San Francisco Tagged With: Clinton Global Initiative, Features, food insecurity, Goalfrog, Hult Prize, Social Entrepreneurship

$1 Million to Solve the Global Food Crisis? Yes, Please [Net Impact]

April 18, 2013 By Media.Relations Leave a Comment

Net Impacters make their mark on the Hult Prize finalist teams Take one of the world’s biggest challenges: the global food crisis. Add a $1 million prize to solve it. Throw in some of the brightest minds of our generation and what do you get? The largest case competition out there: the Hult Prize. With [...]

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: CGI, Clinton Global Initiative, Features, Hult Prize, mPaani, Net Impact, President Bill Clinton

Hult to Host CSR Evening with Akanksha Hazari

April 10, 2013 By Media.Relations

MUMBAI, 10 April, 2013 — Hult International Business School is proud to announce that one of India’s leading social entrepreneurs and former Hult Prize winner Akanksha Hazari will be the keynote speaker at the school’s first thought-leadership seminar in India. The event, which will be held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Mumbai on April [...]

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Filed Under: Press Releases Tagged With: Akanksha Hazari, Clinton Global Initiative, CSR, Hult Prize, m.Paani, Mumbai, Sustainability

Boston’s future social entrepreneurs competing for $1 million Hult Prize [Boston Metro]

March 1, 2013 By Media.Relations Leave a Comment

Students from Boston and across the globe will spend the next few months competing for a $1 million grant to get their ideas on how to solve the global food crisis off the ground. The Hult Prize is a start-up accelerator for social entrepreneurship, and with more than 10,000 applications received this year, it is the [...]

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Filed Under: Hult in the News Tagged With: Ahmad Ashkar, Clinton Global Initiative, crowd-sourcing, Hult Global Case Challenge, Hult Prize, Social Enterprise

10,000 Students Respond to Clinton’s $1m Food Crisis Challenge

February 7, 2013 By Media.Relations Leave a Comment

World’s largest student competition yet New York, February 5, 2013 – The Hult Prize today announced that it has received over 10,000 applicants for its annual social start-up competition, which awards $1m in funding to the winning venture. This year’s challenge; the global food crisis, was personally selected by key partner President Clinton, and has [...]

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Filed Under: Press Releases Tagged With: Ahmad Ashkar, Clinton Global Initiative, Hult Prize, Muhammad Yunus, President Bill Clinton, start-up

Hult Prize – CNN

November 14, 2012 By Greg.Keegan

The World’s Most International Business School featured on the World’s Most International News Network in a public service announcement.

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Filed Under: Hult in the News, Video Tagged With: Bill Clinton, business, Clinton Global Initiative, CNN, crowd-sourcing, education, Hult, Hult Prize, Social Enterprize, Social Entrepreneur

President Bill Clinton Announces the Hult Prize at the Clinton Global Initiative

October 25, 2012 By Media.Relations Leave a Comment

President Bill Clinton delivers a Commitment Announcement on behalf of the Hult International Business School and the Hult Prize at the 2012 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting in New York City. Stephen Hodges, President of Hult International Business School and Ahmad Ashkar, CEO of the Hult Prize accept President Bill Clinton’s Commitment on stage [...]

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Filed Under: Hult in the News Tagged With: Ahmad Ashkar, Bill Clinton, CGI, Clinton Global Initiative, Future of Food, Hult Prize, Stephen Hodges

Doing business, doing good (DEVEX)

October 24, 2012 By Media.Relations Leave a Comment

Doing business, doing good from Devex on Vimeo. Companies are now much more involved in international development. And many business schools have adapted to the trend by introducing subjects on ethics and sustainability, according to Stephen Hodges, president of Hult International Business School. In this interview with Devex, Hodges discusses the mindset of young students [...]

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Filed Under: Hult in the News Tagged With: Clinton Global Initiative, Devex, Hult Prize, International Development, Rolf Rosenkranz, social good, Stephen Hodges

Hult Global Case Challenge To Announce Incubator-Based ‘NGO 2.0′ At Clinton Global Initiative Conference (Forbes)

September 26, 2012 By Media.Relations 1 Comment

By Caleb Melby In April, I wrote about the Hult Global Case Challenge, a worldwide social entrepreneurship challenge hosted by the Hult International Business School, an entity owned by Swedish billionaire Bertil Hult (worth $3 billion as of March), the entrepreneur who made his fortune by building language and cultural learning giant EF Education First. [...]

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Filed Under: Hult in the News Tagged With: Ahmad Ashkar, Clinton Global Initiative, Forbes, Hitendra Patel, IXL Center, NGO 2.0, President Bill Clinton