Young Global Leaders

With comic books and music festivals, a social entrepreneur promotes Nigeria

To understand Oriteme Banigo’s philosophy toward work and life, it helps to contextualize where he came from. He had a light-bulb moment in Dennis Shaughnessy’s class on social entrepreneurship at Northeastern 12 years ago, and things haven’t been the same for him since.

by Khalida Sarwari November 14, 2019

How a disrupter transformed Thailand’s used car industry almost overnight

Within six months of starting his first job at Carro, an online marketplace for buyers and sellers of used cars in Thailand, Northeastern graduate Manit Ghogar was tapped to lead the multimillion-dollar business, helping to shake up an industry that has been stagnant for decades.

by Khalida Sarwari November 12, 2019

To help him get the word out, Jason Yau works with several prominent Hong Kong athletes, including Russell Webb, who plays professional rugby. Photo courtesy of Zyphr

He wants to create ‘the next Nike’ in Hong Kong

Northeastern graduate Jason Yau has created Zyphr, an athletic apparel company based in his hometown of Hong Kong that he hopes can rival the quality of big name brands such as Nike and Adidas, and change the “perception that Hong Kong brands are cheap and low quality.”

by Irvin Zhang July 26, 2019

Make a bar your home office

Northeastern graduates Van Sharma and Zach Mammadov have launched a startup in London that transforms underused restaurants and bars across the city into workspaces for entrepreneurs, freelancers, and small business owners.

by Khalida Sarwari June 7, 2019

Connecting cultures in Hong Kong

Northeastern graduate Haley Meng has created an online platform to connect people from different cultures in Hong Kong. The organization, known as the WE Club, curates weekly events, including panel discussions, food tastings, and street art tours.

by Khalida Sarwari June 5, 2019

They couldn’t find anything to wear in New Delhi. So they launched a fashion line.

Northeastern graduates Aashray Thatai and Ashish Gurnani were frustrated. They were each working full time in professional settings near New Delhi and couldn’t find clothes that were stylish, affordable, and appropriate both for work and dinner afterward. So, they created their own.

by Molly Callahan February 27, 2019

He grew up making wine in France. Now he’s making connections in Silicon Valley.

Louis Desbois grew up on a family vineyard in the south of France. His time at Northeastern opened the door for his move to San Francisco, where he serves as a liaison between tech companies and the French government.

by Ian Thomsen October 23, 2018

The world's oceans are in peril. This Northeastern graduate wants Generation Z to care.

Northeastern graduate Daisy Kendrick founded Ocean Generation to help young people better understand the problems plaguing the world’s oceans. Over the past two years, she has worked with a fishing community in Haiti, a group of students in Saint Lucia, and other island communities to help them cope with the challenges posed by overfishing, plastic pollution, and climate change.

by Laura Castañón - contributor September 10, 2018

How to go from city living to urban farming in six months

Do you know where your leafy greens come from? If you’re dining at a restaurant in Boston, there’s a good chance the salad greens you’re eating have been grown by two Northeastern graduates inside a small apartment in Boston’s South End neighborhood.

by Molly Callahan July 19, 2018

Building businesses piece by piece

Entrepreneurship fever is sweeping Northeastern, and students all across campus are catching the bug. A host of student-run operations is springing up to support Northeastern startups, offering skills and expertise in fields from accounting to graphic design to software coding. To help these groups forge an alliance, faculty member Dan Gregory made a lead gift last fall, inspiring parents, alumni, and faculty to join in. To date, support for the new initiative—which students named Mosaic—comes to $425,000.

by News@Northeastern March 31, 2016