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Making a Difference With Your Physics Degree - Venture Philanthropy and Entrepreneurship

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Explore how a physics background can be leveraged for venture philanthropy and making a global impact in this lecture by Frank Levinson, fiber optics entrepreneur and founder of Small World Group. Delve into topics such as solar energy, problem-solving, entrepreneurship, and working with small companies. Learn about energy storage, the social aspects of science, and the differences between industry and academia. Gain insights on startup culture, PhD advice, and the concept of venture philanthropy. Discover how physics can be applied to address challenges in tropical forests and the developing world, and understand the mission of Small World Group in incubating core technology startups focused on clean tech, optics, and materials.

Syllabus

Introduction
How the Sun Works
Background
Key Questions
Can You Sell Yourself
Work on Other Peoples Problems
Challenges Solutions
What happened here
Working with small companies
Reinventing ideas
Fundamental assumptions
Energy Storage
Social Side
Industry vs Academia
Research
StartUp
PhD Advice
Philanthropy
Tropical Forests
Venture Philanthropy
The Deep Third World
Small World Group

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