Build With Impact: The Cheat Code to Social Entrepreneurship

Build With Impact teaches readers how to build a business that prioritizes creating a positive impact in the world, benefiting humanity and the planet-social enterprises. This book is an intentional step-by-step guide to help readers transform their ideas into impact-from identifying the problem you hope to solve, how to come up with an innovative solution, making it even more robust through design thinking, constructing every part of a scalable business model, and communicating it to the world. Above all, Build With Impact redefines the way we view our capacity to make a positive impact on the world.

The content of Build with Impact stems from the curriculum distributed by Fulphil, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that has created engaging and fun trajectory-changing educational content for thousands of youth nationally to empower them to build compassion and equip them with the skills needed to create a positive impact on the world. The very content of this book has been used and vetted in classrooms across the country to teach youth how to not only build their own businesses but also, build an entrepreneurial mindset-and more specifically, a social entrepreneurial mindset.

Tiffany Yau is a social entrepreneur, author, TEDx speaker, and community-builder who is passionate about empowering people with the needed resources and inspiration to make a positive impact on others, their community, and the world. Yau is a dual-degree graduate of the University of Pennsylvania (B.A., M.S. Sociology & Nonprofit Leadership). During her time at Penn, she founded Fulphil, an education nonprofit that empowers youth to build compassion and make an impact their future careers by creating fun and engaging classroom education curriculum. As recognized in Forbes and Yau's TED talk, Fulphil has inspired thousands of students across the country to lead lives of impact. After several rounds of iteration, Fulphil's curriculum has been transformed into books authored by Yau that will be fully published by 2023. Yau also co-founded Project Shields, an emergency COVID-response initiative that has mass-produced over 150,000 face shields for front-line workers and vulnerable populations during the initial onset of the pandemic. She is also has a background in venture capital through her fellowship with Venture For America, an organization founded by former Democratic candidate Andrew Yang. Yau is also the co-founder of We Are Gen Z VC, which cultivates and funds the next generation of changemakers and entrepreneurs.

Aditya Desai is a proven entrepreneur, builder, author, and current student at the University of Pennsylvania, pursuing a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School and M.S. in Computer Science from the School of Engineering. He served as the founder at Grains, Grapes, and Vine, a technology-first marketplace and SaaS service for consumer packaged goods brands, most notably in the alcoholic beverage space. Having worked with brands ranging from craft distilleries to multinational conglomerates, he's gleaned the collective operational and strategic expertise to bring a product to market and subsequently scale it across geographies. Desai was also engaged with Fulphil, an education nonprofit that instills the value of social entrepreneurship into Gen-Z, as a curriculum development intern, project manager, and board member. Founded by Tiffany Yau, Fulphil has been recognized by Forbes, TED, and others for its progressive work; to enhance access, it's curriculum has been packaged into books set to be published by 2023.Desai recently founded a media studio, geared to incubate the growing influencer sales channel in the alcohol-related verticals. He is an award-winning independent filmmaker, avid runner, and crypto-enthusiast in his free time.

Brooke McCormick is a marketing professional in the world of architecture and engineering. She graduated from Barnard College of Columbia University in 2022 with a degree in Urban Studies and a minor in History. With stints at Fulphil, the Museum of the City of New York, Danish Cleantech Hub, Brooke has a varied set of passions, including urban planning, arts & culture, design, and sustainability. She resides in New York City. She is a co-author of Build With Impact.