High Impact Angelenos Posts

Hub LA Shares: Five Lessons from Self-Publishing “How to Give Half Your Work Away for Free”

November 1st, 2013 – Posted by Hub LA
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This is the first installment of a new blog series, “Hub LA Shares.” We’ve asked members to share their expertise on something they’re passionate about professionally or personally. For the first post, verynice‘s founder Matthew Manos shares some of his take-aways from writing and self-publishing a book about verynice’s innovative business model. Matt’s book


Meet Our Members: Fine Artist & Theme Park Designer Zofia Kostyrko

October 28th, 2013 – Posted by Hub LA
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Meet Zofia! Zofia is a fine artist, sculptor, creative director, theme park designer, and skateboarder. Her portraiture aims to capture the inner spark and the complex connections between artist, viewer, and subject. Currently, twenty five of her portraits of famous ocean explorers are featured in an exhibit at the Aquarium of the Pacific. Zofia was formerly a Disney imagineer, where she conceptualized theme park design. She is now working on the plans for a new […] Read More


MEET OUR MEMBERS: Jessica Meaney of Safe Routes to School National Partnership and Los Angeles Walks

September 23rd, 2013 – Posted by Hub LA
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Meet Jessica! Jessica Meaney works as the Southern California policy director for the Safe Routes to School National Partnership, working on transportation policy priorities specifically regarding transportation finance, equity, and data collection/evaluation. She is also on the steering committee of Los Angeles Walks, a volunteer based pedestrian advocacy group that makes works to walking safe, accessible and fun for all Angelenos. Jessica enjoys being part of efforts to strengthen communities through improved transportation investments and […] Read More


Meet Our Members: Dr. Rishi Manchanda

July 25th, 2013 – Posted by Hub LA
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Meet Rishi! Rishi is a physician, public health leader, and social entrepreneur. Dr. Manchanda is the President and Founder of HealthBegins, a startup that provides training and tools to help clinics address patients’ social needs and community factors that drive disease. He is the lead physician in a clinic for high-utilizing homeless veterans at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System and also serves as the Director for Health System Transformation at Charles R Drew […] Read More


Meet Our Members: Andrew Gibbs, CEO and Founder of TheDieline.com

January 18th, 2013 – Posted by Hub LA
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Meet Andrew Gibbs! Andrew Gibbs founded TheDieline.com, the world’s number one package design website, in 2007. Formerly the Creative Director for the leading beverage development company in the nation, Andrew now serves as CEO of Dieline Media LLC, where he oversees TheDieline.com, The Dieline Package Design Awards, and The Dieline Package Design Conference. He is also author of Box Bottle Bag - The World’s Best Package Designs from TheDieline.com. Why did you become a Hub […] Read More


Meet Our Members: Mike Tringe of CreatorUp

November 6th, 2012 – Posted by Katy
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Meet Mike Tringe, co-founder of CreatorUp! CreatorUp is an online web series school offering fun, educational workshops and courses taught by experts and industry professionals. As the co-sponsor of the Unofficial Google+ Film Festival, CreatorUp is at the forefront of online content creation and distribution. (If you have a short film or webseries you’d like to submit, click here for more info.) Why did you chose to become a member of the Hub LA? The […] Read More


Meet Our Members: D’Artagnan Scorza of the Social Justice Learning Institute

October 9th, 2012 – Posted by Katy
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Meet D’Artagnan Scorza, Executive Director of the Social Justice Learning Institute. The SJLI is dedicated to advancing social justice by empowering communities through education, training, and programs that help to address their needs. Why did you choose to become a Hub LA member? I decided to join HUB LA because of the people. Knowing that there were emerging entrepreneurs, civic leaders and changemakers in one space called to me…I am happy I answered. What are […] Read More


Blast Off! We’ve Launched!

September 24th, 2012 – Posted by Katy
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A Launch Party Recap and Heartfelt Thank You Last Thursday, September 20th, we celebrated the launch of Hub Los Angeles with over 500 of our closest friends, supporters, and sponsors. As is usually the case when cocktails, music, and a photo booth is involved, the photos are fantastic. And in some cases, fantastically incriminating. Visit the Picturesque Photobooth gallery to see the hard evidence. DJ B Hen on the turntables got the dance floor hot- […] Read More


Impact Investing in Social Enterprises

December 15th, 2011 – Posted by Hub LA
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On Tuesday December 7th, Hub LA Founding Members, foundation leaders, and private investors gathered at the California Endowment in Downtown Los Angeles at the invitation of Academies for Social Enterprise and Hub Los Angeles for a seminar on Impact Investing. A generally accepted definition of Impact Investing is when “investments create positive social or environmental impact beyond financial return,” according to JP Morgan and the Rockefeller Foundation. Betsy Densmore of Academies for Social Entrepreneurship introduced  the seminar, presenting an overview […] Read More