Enacting Social Entrepreneurship

Anastasia Konstantakatou, A08, F08, Klosti; Matthew Edmundson A05; Kahran Singh A10
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Anastasia is the founder of www.klosti.com, a social enterprise that showcases and sells unique, Greek hand-crafted creations inspired by Greece's cultural heritage. It's mission is to support Greek craftsmen so that they may continue to make a living from their talent and flourish artistically. Anastasia holds a BA in Political Science and Languages from Tufts University and a MALD from the Fletcher School also at Tufts.  Anastasiya was a member of EPIIC 2006.

Matt Edmundson is co-founder of Violet Health, an India-based social enterprise focused on combatting iron deficiency anemia in pregnant and lactating women through culturally appropriate iron supplements. Prior to that, he was Operations Officer at RefugePoint, a non-profit focused on advancing solutions for at-risk and vulnerable refugees in Africa. He received his MBA from NYU’s Stern School of Business and his BA from Tufts University. Matt was in EPIIC 2004 and was the co-founder of the IGL's photography and human rights program, EXPOSURE.

From his first job, with the Expedia co-founders at a Benchmark Capital & General Catalyst-funded company to his latest work with Vidyanext, Kahran straddles the technical, business & product worlds. Trained in computer science and economics, Kahran’s passion comes out of using design to solve complex problems. Kahran has built products and taken them to market in four different countries. He has a deep understanding of digital marketing from pioneering the practice at Symphony Teleca, a division of Harman International.

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