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What a Compass Fellow is Made of

The mission of The Compass Fellowship with the Kenneth Cole Foundation is to identify “passionate young entrepreneurs.” Here are a few qualities we associate with our current members, and will look for when choosing our brand new Compass Fellows.

Compass Fellows…

• View the world as one big community
• Are passionate about social change
• See problems in the world and DO something about them
• Make things happen
• Think up new ways to do things and are eager to share
• Jive with the Compass Values
• Want to participate proactively in a community of equally passionate, driven, and socially-minded individuals

Does this sound like you?

Our Exciting Community

Excitment surrounds everything we do. The Compass Fellowship with the Kenneth Cole Foundation may be a highly selective social entrepreneurship training program, but it’s also an incredible, fun-loving community, filled with exceptionally talented entrepreneurs, academics, and professionals. Becoming a Compass Fellow means becoming an integral part of this fantastic, values-driven community of Mentors. This means:

• Endless inspiration and motivation
• Extensive entepreneurial, and business-building resources
• Learning outside the classroom & limitless exchange of ideas, passion, and energy
• Personal, professional, and leadership development opportunities
• Links to job and internship opportunities

Social Venture Development

We’re looking for passionate young innovators who and driven to participate proactively. We empower young social entrepreneurs to develop their own world-changing solutions, and we believe that there is no better way to learn than by doing. By the end of their freshman year of college, each Fellow will have created a social venture that is:

• Operationally Possible
• Financially Sustainable
• Socially Beneficial