{"id":18722,"date":"2019-05-30T09:43:31","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T09:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hnews.hult.edu\/?p=18722"},"modified":"2023-01-09T16:39:11","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T16:39:11","slug":"how-the-hult-prize-turned-me-into-a-social-entrepreneur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/how-the-hult-prize-turned-me-into-a-social-entrepreneur\/","title":{"rendered":"How the Hult Prize turned me into a social entrepreneur"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Elpida Kokkota has many goals. One of them is to positively impact 5,000 women around the world by 2020. Another is to create a school of entrepreneurship for children. We spoke to the serial entrepreneur, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/mba\/\">Hult MBA<\/a> Class of 2011 grad, and Greek national to find out more about her life since Hult and the incredible achievements that led to her winning the Greek International Women&#8217;s Award in the Social Responsibility category.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Congratulations on winning the GIWA! What an awesome recognition. You mentioned that one of your biggest aspirations is to impact 5,000 women around the world by 2020. How did that come about?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>This was a Commitment to Action that I made at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting in 2015. It all started when I was a student at Hult, which was a catalyst for my global career and changed my life on so many levels. I was passionate about the Hult Prize and keen to be a student volunteer. I already had lots of events experience as I had worked for my mother\u2019s events business, one of the largest events management organizations in Europe. So I was really excited to submit my proposal to volunteer&#8230; I had my interview and was told that I hadn\u2019t got the place\u2014I was devastated! But I refused to take \u201cno\u201d for an answer, and I ultimately convinced them to let me carry the boxes and I worked my way up from there!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10197\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10197\" style=\"width: 702px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img class=\"wp-image-10197\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Hult-Prize-New-York-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"702\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Hult-Prize-New-York-.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Hult-Prize-New-York--500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Hult-Prize-New-York--518x345.jpg 518w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Hult-Prize-New-York--768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10197\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elpida working at the Hult Prize Finals in New York City, 2012.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>The determination of a true Hultian! So what happened next<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>I took on all of the production and marketing for the Boston regional finals held on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/en\/locations\/boston\/\">Hult\u2019s Boston campus<\/a>. Then, after graduation, he hired me full-time to work on the brand and events management, and that September I was proud to be one of just a few people from the team to attend the Finals in New York City, hosted by President Clinton and the Clinton Global Initiative. And it was here that I fell in love with the goals of the CGI.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10213\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10213\" style=\"width: 702px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img class=\"wp-image-10213\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2017\/10\/rsWith-President-Clinton-at-CGI-2015-as-a-member.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"702\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2017\/10\/rsWith-President-Clinton-at-CGI-2015-as-a-member.jpg 957w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2017\/10\/rsWith-President-Clinton-at-CGI-2015-as-a-member-500x312.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2017\/10\/rsWith-President-Clinton-at-CGI-2015-as-a-member-553x345.jpg 553w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2017\/10\/rsWith-President-Clinton-at-CGI-2015-as-a-member-768x479.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10213\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elpida with President Clinton at the Hult Prize Finals in NYC, 2015\u2014the year that she became a member of the CGI.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10214\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10214\" style=\"width: 702px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img class=\"wp-image-10214 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CGI-university.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"702\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CGI-university.png 702w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CGI-university-500x284.png 500w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CGI-university-607x345.png 607w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10214\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mentoring young students at CGI University.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>So you continued to work for Ahmad and the Hult Prize for two years after graduation. Tell us about that.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>I learned a lot from Ahmad\u2014he showed me the way to greater things and how to transition yourself from doing something well to becoming a catalyst for big things to happen. The year after graduation we held the Hult Prize at the New York Public Library. I was leading the whole project, in touch with Clinton\u2019s team and the Secret Services.<\/p>\n<p>All this opened my eyes and proved to be one of the biggest opportunities of my life. I still remember the impactful conversations I had with President Clinton as well as [Nobel Peace Prize recipient and Hult Prize judge] Dr. Muhammad Yunus. Dr. Yunus and his tech advisor David Stevens became my mentors and I traveled alongside them for six months and met many influential people from the social impact sphere. One day they turned to me and said \u201cyou have the fire in your belly to change the world. Why don\u2019t you do it?\u201d This was the first time that I had been motivated so directly and it inspired me to take the leap.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10215\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10215\" style=\"width: 702px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img class=\"wp-image-10215 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2017\/10\/rs-With-Professor-Yunus-at-CGI-2015.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"702\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2017\/10\/rs-With-Professor-Yunus-at-CGI-2015.jpg 702w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2017\/10\/rs-With-Professor-Yunus-at-CGI-2015-500x291.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2017\/10\/rs-With-Professor-Yunus-at-CGI-2015-594x345.jpg 594w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10215\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elpida with Nobel Peace Prize recipient and Hult Prize judge Muhammad Yunus, in 2015.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>And where did you go from here?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Within a month, I left my job and moved to Tijuana, Mexico, to launch my non-profit, MeXOXO.org\u2014working to empower disadvantaged women by teaching them entrepreneurship. I was still in contact with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/joannetlawrence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joanne Lawrence<\/a>, my Professor of Practice, Business &amp; Global Society at Hult and she was very influential in this. She said to me: \u201cYou have all this business knowledge and opportunity, and a uniquely creative approach to problem-solving\u2014why not transfer it to women who wouldn\u2019t otherwise have the chance to learn it?\u201d So that is what I did. I took my Hult knowledge, made a simplified business plan, and started imparting it to other women. It began with ten females in Mexico, expanded across the country, and then into the USA, Nepal, and Greece.<\/p>\n<p>Today we have reached more than 1,720 women. And after three years of trying we have just secured a grant from the Coca-Cola Foundation in Atlanta to support 600 more this year. By the end of May 2018, we will have reached 50% of the goal and be on target to complete it by 2020.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10216\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10216\" style=\"width: 694px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img class=\"wp-image-10216\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2017\/10\/rs-mexico-workshop.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"694\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2017\/10\/rs-mexico-workshop.png 694w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2017\/10\/rs-mexico-workshop-500x296.png 500w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2017\/10\/rs-mexico-workshop-583x345.png 583w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 694px) 100vw, 694px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10216\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of Elpida&#8217;s workshops for female entrepreneurs in Mexico.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>Amazing! So what<\/strong><strong>\u2019s next?!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>After 2020 I want to get more involved with my goal to create a school of entrepreneurship for children. The refugee crisis in Greece has impacted me hugely. When I returned to Greece I knew what was happening but felt I needed to experience it to understand it and begin to help. People told me not to go\u2014they said it would be too hard. But we need to know the reality if we are going to change it. Eventually, I convinced a friend to come with me and on day one of arriving we rescued ten children from the rocks of Samos Island. There was a group of women there who had started cooking out of their kitchens and were feeding 1,500 people a day, so I started financially supporting them. A few months after that I started a social business\u2014Muse Sandals\u2014to employ and empower women around the world.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10206\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10206\" style=\"width: 702px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img class=\"wp-image-10206\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2017\/10\/rescuing-the-children-Samos-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"702\" height=\"527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2017\/10\/rescuing-the-children-Samos-.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2017\/10\/rescuing-the-children-Samos--500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2017\/10\/rescuing-the-children-Samos--460x345.jpg 460w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2017\/10\/rescuing-the-children-Samos--768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10206\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elpida joins the refugee rescue operations in Samos.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Muse Sandals produces Greek leather sandals, crafted by local women, and exports them around the US and Canada. Within six months we signed a contract with TJ Maxx in Canada [TK Maxx in the UK], and now we are in our second year. This is a social business: for profit and for impact\u2014and for every pair sold a percentage goes to orphaned children in the country where they are sold. So far we have managed to feed approximately 1,500 children in the Mexico orphanages over the past three months, and educated 40 children in Greece. In our first year, we offered 800 labor hours to the female entrepreneurs producing the sandals.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10205\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10205\" style=\"width: 702px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img class=\"wp-image-10205\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Refugee-Camp-Samos-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"702\" height=\"527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Refugee-Camp-Samos-.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Refugee-Camp-Samos--500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Refugee-Camp-Samos--460x345.jpg 460w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Refugee-Camp-Samos--768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10205\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At a refugee camp in Samos.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>Looking back, how would you say your time at Hult prepared you for all this?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>I loved every single moment of being at Hult and it changed my life on so many levels. The school and the Hult Prize were truly a stepping stone for my global career. I loved that Hult was very practical, experiential, and multicultural. It is an exciting school with a fresh approach that turns academics into action. After you have been to Hult, you truly have friends all over the world. I even went to the Cayman Islands recently and I even had a classmate living there!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10217\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10217\" style=\"width: 702px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-10217\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2017\/10\/rs-fem-entrepreneurs.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"702\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2017\/10\/rs-fem-entrepreneurs.png 702w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2017\/10\/rs-fem-entrepreneurs-500x312.png 500w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2017\/10\/rs-fem-entrepreneurs-553x345.png 553w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10217\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elpida (front row, second from right) with the Mayor of Rosarita, Baja, at an event celebrating female entrepreneurs in Mexico.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Thanks Elpida, it<\/strong><strong>\u2019s been awesome catching up with you. All the best!<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10211\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10211\" style=\"width: 702px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img class=\"wp-image-10211\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2017\/10\/women-me-in-Nepal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"702\" height=\"557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2017\/10\/women-me-in-Nepal.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2017\/10\/women-me-in-Nepal-500x397.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2017\/10\/women-me-in-Nepal-435x345.jpg 435w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2017\/10\/women-me-in-Nepal-768x610.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10211\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elpida with some budding female entrepreneurs in Nepal.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10212\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10212\" style=\"width: 702px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img class=\"wp-image-10212\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Workshop-to-Orphan-Children-Mexico.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"702\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Workshop-to-Orphan-Children-Mexico.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Workshop-to-Orphan-Children-Mexico-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Workshop-to-Orphan-Children-Mexico-613x345.jpg 613w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Workshop-to-Orphan-Children-Mexico-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10212\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Running an entrepreneurship workshop for orphaned children in Mexico.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Find out more about Elpida<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7C8bsmgEVB4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch this short video<\/a>\u00a0about Elpida\u2019s journey<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5pJKOUBFgrM&amp;list=UUMMEQaSGed8H-lKaPeDLiUQ&amp;index=30\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch this video<\/a> depicting the refugee crisis in Samos<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nM-l4tYS8XM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Find out how<\/a> Elpida is supporting orphanages in Baja, Mexico<\/p>\n<p>Learn about the impact of Muse Sandals <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=T4bRxqRttCc&amp;list=UUMMEQaSGed8H-lKaPeDLiUQ&amp;index=17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/anastasia-elpida-kokkota-29794622\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contact Elpida on LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>More about Elpida\u2019s businesses<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ilovesifnos.com\">ilovesifnos.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/musesandals.com\">musesandals.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mexoxo.org\">mexoxo.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/countingstars.me\">countingstars.me<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/libertymkt.gr\">libertymkt.gr<\/a>,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Want to know more about Hult&#8217;s Global One-Year MBA program? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/en\/brochure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Download a brochure<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elpida Kokkota has many goals. 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