Uncharted Blog
An inside look into our journey.
How to Get the Most Out of SOCAP
The Uncharted team has attended SOCAP every year since 2009. Uncharted’s co-founder, Teju Ravilochan, has led workshops at SOCAP about how to make the most out of the conference. In this post, we share his wisdom plus a few more nuggets from the team about making the most of this conference (special shout-out to Teju …
October 17, 2018
13 Mistakes Our Organization Made That You Can Learn From
Uncharted navigated major transition last year. We experienced a number of mistakes and learned the hard way but—as always—embraced the awkwardness of being beginners. We want to candidly share these mistakes and learnings with you so that you might be able to use these lessons as you charge forward into your own uncharted territory. REBRAND …
August 1, 2018
Story of Impact: Reinforcing Culture While Scaling Rapidly with Thread
In 2004, Sarah and Ryan Hemminger founded Thread, a Baltimore nonprofit that works with underperforming high school students who face significant barriers outside of the classroom. Each participating student is provided access to community resources and connected to a group of committed volunteers. From packing lunches to giving rides to school, volunteers help improve the …
August 1, 2018
Story of Impact: Looking at the Next Stage of Growth with The GrowHaus
When local social activists convinced real-estate developer Paul Tamburello to purchase an abandoned 20,000 square-foot greenhouse in Denver’s Elyria-Swansea neighborhood, it wasn’t much more than memories of a cut flower processing plant. The team reached out to the community to ask how to reimagine the space. Together they created The GrowHaus, a nonprofit indoor farm, …
August 1, 2018
The Story Behind our Visible Connect Cohort
This post is by Uncharted teammate Joe Santini, one of our newest teammates who played a pivotal role in selecting our entrepreneurs for Visible Connect! You won’t want to miss his side of the story! Today, we announced the nine ventures we selected for Visible Connect. Over the next nine months, Uncharted and Visible are …
July 24, 2018