Marissa Sackler’s lifelong passion for nonprofits led to the formation of Beespace. She is a founding sponsor and activist for charity: water and serves on the Board of Directors for Invisible Children, Dia Art Foundation and the Mortimer D. Sackler Foundation.
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Resource Mentioned:
- Your Big Idea: Successful Entrepreneurs have One Big Idea. Follow JLD’s FREE training & you’ll discover Your Big Idea in less than an hour!
Business Failure
- Marissa shares a failure from her non-profit days that she knew was avoidable. It crushed her, but it also led to the creation of Beespace.
Entrepreneurial AH-HA Moment
- Marissa’s AH-HA moment came on a phone call when someone asked a question she knew the answer to… ACTION!
Current Business
- Beespace currently houses 3 nonprofits taking full advantage of the amazing space/counsel/community that Beespace provides. Marissa shares a little snippet of each; Fire Nation, prepare to be inspired!
Small Business Resource
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Best Business Book
- The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
Interview Links
- Beespace: A nonprofit incubator, helping to identify and launch the next generation of innovative nonprofits.
- hello@beespacenyc.org
- @MarissaSackler
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