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Alumni Basecamps Mentorship Impact Speaker Series Nominator Network Employer Network Apply Flagship Fellowship Halloran Fellowship Rising Leaders of Mexico Fellowship At Lynn University Western Union Foundation Fellowship Nominate A Fellow Find your community. Discover your calling. Accelerate your career. Dwayne Griffith, Alum, 2020 Begin the journey today. Protect your Courage The future demands that emerging leaders have the tools, network, experience, and courage to lead impactful lives and successful careers. Amplify your impact In partnership with leading corporations and foundations, powers Fellowships to support highly promising, historically disenfranchised rising entrepreneurs and leaders. The Fellowships provide award-winning entrepreneurship and leadership skills training, committed mentorship, stipends, long-term Alumni support, and access to a global community of peers, mentors, and opportunities. programs will positively impact over 2,400 rising leaders this year. Alumni of ’s Fellowships have raised over $185 million, created over 1,900 paid jobs, and impacted 10 million people around the world through initiatives they help lead. 90% of alums are employed, continuing their education, or building a venture. This is on par with leading business schools, yet all of the Fellowships powers are free. 99% of Alumni use a skill they learned while in a powered program up to 10 years later. ’s Alumni have been selected to Y Combinator, the Echoing Green Fellowship and seven have been named to Forbes’ 30 under 30 lists. Alums continue their education at Harvard University, New York University, and Princeton University, among others. Corporate and Foundation Partners Watson Accelerator Boulder, Colorado The Watson Accelerator is an 18-week fully funded fellowship program designed for impact-driven entrepreneurs seeking to elevate their ventures to achieve product-market fit and scale. Learn More at Lynn University Boca Raton, Florida The Bachelor of Science in Social Impact and Entrepreneurship from Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida, in collaboration with , is for students passionate about ‘majoring in their mission’ and leading impactful, successful careers. Learn More Everything you need to succeed, right here at Watson. Tools Award-winning training that empowers students to build impactful and successful careers while developing the skills of entrepreneurship, leadership, and innovation. Mentorship Personalized and committed mentorship from seasoned entrepreneurs, leaders, and executives, to strengthen students’ global network. Community A powerful group of peers, alumni, and lifelong relationships, partnerships, and collaborations are formed at . A global community of Watson alumni ’s Fellows and Alumni have raised over $185 million, created over 1,900 part or full-time jobs, and impacted over 10 million people around the world through initiatives they help lead. Watson Alumni Cicy Zhang Cicy received the Enlight China Fellowship to attend and develop, YouthPower, a Chinese NGO she started that provides leadership education to high schoolers through projects and experiential learning. After graduating from the Watson Accelerator in Boulder, Colorado, Cicy completed her graduate studies at Harvard Graduate School of Education where she furthered her mission to transform education and develop the next generation of leaders in China. Watson Alumni Ryan Singh After graduating from , Ryan returned to University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign where he co-founded and led the iVenture Accelerator and Social Innovation at Illinois initiative. Since then, Ryan co-founded Loop Health, a healthcare startup that is bringing modern primary care and insurance to the Indian middle class. In 2019, Ryan was selected to Y Combinator and closed a $1.7M investment to advance Loop Health’s work to change the incentives and limitations that plague India’s healthcare system. Watson Alumni Tessa Zimmerman Tessa was the first student to earn a Bachelor of Science from Lynn University. During her undergraduate studies, Tessa built Asset Education, which has now trained teachers from over a dozen schools in Denver, Colorado and Harlem, New York to help their students manage anxiety. Asset Education’s curriculum and training impacts 10,000 students across the United States every month. After graduating, Tessa published her first book, I am Tessa, about growing up with anxiety and tools to help young people thrive. 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