Creating new opportunities for young social impact entrepreneurs
Our accelerators nurture student innovation via a global network of student pitch competitions, early-stage venture showcases, and idea festivals.
Teaching & Learning
Our co-curricular accelerators make classroom learning actionable. Using the framework of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, students tackle pressing societal challenges by building team-based ventures that aim to make a positive real-world difference while turning a profit.
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Elevate youthful ingenuity.
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Immerse students in projet-based learning that spans academic disciplines.
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Polish student presentation skills.
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Activate your campus innovation ecosystem!​
Student workshop, Brazil, Nov. 2024 Photo courtesy of UDC
Community & Development
Our student teams engage with peers, faculty, family, friends, and community members as they build ventures. Our calendar includes touchstones that provide students with novel opportunities for growth and success, such as our pitch competition, student venture showcase, and ideas festival.
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Energize your makerspaces, libraries, galleries, and open space.
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Invite alumni to mentor a student team.
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Listen to student pitches.
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Attend a spring student showcase with family and friends.
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Student showcase, Brazil, Nov. 2024 Photo courtesy of UDC
Our four phase approach:
Our accelerator framework has four clear and dynamic stages with acheivable milestones, strategies, and goals.
CO-CREATE
We co-create an accelerator with you based on your community's needs and desired outcomes. ​
Name a specific challenge or have students source challenges on their own.
SHAPE
Students shape projects using the SDGs as a guide. We share case studies and frameworks to surface ideas, form a team, and create empathetic solutions, and design a workflow.
SYNERGIZE
During synergize, students test their theories, find the right community for their ventures, build surveys, collect data, and do the research necessary to lay the groundwork for measurable success.​
SHOWCASE
The showcase is a celebration of student ventures and an opportunity to share beyond the classroom.​
We encourage and enable the use of augmented reality with our collaborator, Artivive.
ACCELERATOR LIFECYCLE
PEGASUS provides a tested framework and expert support throughout the creative process.
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IDENTIFY A CHALLENGE
BUILD YOUR TEAM
CREATE A SOLUTION
RESEARCH,BUILD, TEST
SHOWCASE / LAUNCH
EXPLORE THE WILD
EXAMPLE VENTURE
​ICE CREAM
MELTS
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NUTRITIONIST
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TASTE TESTER
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COOK
ROOM TEMP ICE CREAM
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RESEARCH
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PROTOTYPE
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TEST
POP UP SHOP
MIXED REVIEWS
ALUMNI VENTURES
THE TEAM
Sam Magee
​​Sam is a founding advisor for Harvard HealthLab Accelerators, H2A. He is the Director on Creativity and Entrepreneurship for the Lemann Program at Harvard College. He was the Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Harvard University's Operation Impact. Sam was also an arts administrator at MIT where he founded the Arts Startup Incubator, which has helped launch more than 125 student teams. He sits on several arts and VC boards and is also an artist.
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Meg Murphy
​Meg is a founding advisor for Harvard HealthLab Accelerators, H2A, the first social impact accelerator at Harvard University. H2A has rapidly scaled beyond Harvard's campus to include cohorts in Africa, Brazil, and Canada. Meg works in strategic communications at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and is a Pulitzer-winning journalist. She works closely with our student teams to polish their venture pitch decks and presentation skills.
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OUR SERVICES
Interested in learning more? Schedule a courtesy meeting to discuss how we can serve your community as thought partners and help deepen innovation pathways for your students.​​​​​​
Let's have a intro call!