Starting Good

While the GI Bill makes higher ed affordable for veterans, many are daunted by the college admissions process. Anna Ivey assists vets navigating the transition to college through her non-profit, Service to School.

Year-round farming in a controlled environment is the promise of Freight Farms, a start-up that creates high-yield farms inside shipping containers. In this podcast, co-founder Brad McNamara explains the concept and the benefits of freight farming.

Stacy Ratner is the founder of Open Books, an innovative Chicago-based social venture that funds literacy programs for kids through sales of used books.

Erin Dinan hopes to change the world one sandwich at a time. Dinan is the founder of a New York charity that builds sandwiches for the city's hungry and homeless. In this podcast, she describes the inspiration for her innovative non-profit.

Chicago-based GirlForward provides tutoring and mentoring for refugee girls to support their educational goals. Founder Blair Brettschneider explains the inspiration for her non-profit and the challenges facing her students.

Journeyman International provides design and construction services for humanitarian building projects throughout the world. Hear founder Daniel Weins describe the inspiration for his non-profit and learn more about how their construction projects take shape.

A new wearable app called Backtrack targets one of the world's most common and most costly health concerns: Back Pain. Meet Alex Danco, co-founder of Backtrack, and hear how he plans to bring his product to market.