Legendary Legal Titan, Rob Chesnut-Federal and Silicon Valley Lawyer-turned Modern Ethicist Elder and Author traced the arc of his career and sea changes in American Business; while gracefully imparting business and life advice to teen Y-Labs Fellows solving social problems for Silicon Valley non-profits. Rob Chesnut, author of a new…

Y-Labs is wrapping up its third week – with Demo Day showcase next Friday, August 7th Summer 2020 Fellows have had the opportunity to connect with and be mentored by world-class professionals and industry leaders, develop innovative social enterprise projects, and take classes on emerging technologies like Game Design, AI and Machine Learning, Space Technology, and New Venture Design. …

Scott, a prominent supporter of Black and Women Founders, brought his infectious enthusiasm and business and life hacks to Y-Labs Teen Business Accelerator Fellows on Thursday July 31, 2020, National Intern Day. “Nothing brings people together like vulnerability” — Jason Scott Google’s Scott dazzled the teen audience, a globally and…

The dynamic and down-to-earth Dr. Pablo Paredes inspired and challenged Y-Labs Teen Business Accelerator Fellows to “focus on solving important problems” and to “bring your heart to CS” in the same unique and multi-dimensional manner that Dr. …

Tom Kosnik, Silicon Valley Savant-in a give and take dialogue with Y-Lab Teen Accelerator Fellows provided practical life lessons on; How to Cross Chasms, How Silicon Valley works and how to work Silicon Valley, and Why having a Plato-esq view of your life’s mission around work and play and play…

Larry Namer is the co-founder of the E! Network and the Founder, President & CEO of Metan Global Entertainment — a cross-cultural media company with offices in LA, Shanghai, and Beijing. Larry Namer — Cashing in on Pop Culture, Advice to Y-Labs Business Teens Larry Namer, legendary Global Entertainment guru gave an incredible talk that tackled real world start-up lessons fit for Y-Labs’…

Y-Labs Ventures’ Teen Business Students motivated by Dan Kammen to create Businesses with Principles and promote Climate Equity, Environmental Justice, and Black Lives Matter. — University of California Berkeley Energy Professor and Nobel Laureate contributor Dan Kammen spoke to Y-Labs teen business accelerator students on July 16, 2020. Kammen spoke about his career as a climate scientist at UC Berkeley, his work as an Environmental Envoy for the U.S. State Department under the Obama administration…

The Social Enterprise Model Social enterprises solve social issues created by underserved markets or outright market failures with entrepreneurial solutions. These issues are often too large for nonprofits to effectively shoulder or not broad enough for government entities to embrace. Social enterprises fill a much needed gap, straddling the line…

Exciting news! As part of our ecosystem strategy to build extensive strategic partnerships to continue to enhance different aspects of our programming, Y-Labs has teamed up with Wiase Capital on our 2020 summer entrepreneurship program. The partnership with Wiase Capital, an impact investment and venture philanthropy firm, will focus on…