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What It TakesFrom the Hood to Harvard with Karim AbouelnagaOn this episode of the What It Takes podcast, I sit down with an absolute powerhouse of purpose — Karim Abouelnaga. Karim’s story is nothing short of extraordinary. From growing up as a first-generation immigrant in a low-income community to becoming an entrepreneur, author, and leader on a mission to impact 1 million children by 2030 — this conversation is a masterclass in grit, conviction, and doing the work that truly matters.We get into it all. Karim opens up about the realities of growing up in the "hood" and how those early experiences lit a fire under him to change not only his fu...
2024-12-1253 min![[A] Growth Ventures Podcast with Hamlet Azarian](https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/798b87fa3a281e26064536bd48ba12be.jpg)
[A] Growth Ventures Podcast with Hamlet AzarianKarim Abouelnaga: From Humble Beginnings to Transforming EducationIn this episode, on [A] Growth Ventures podcast, Hamlet Azarian, the CEO and Founder of the Azarian Growth Agency, hosted Karim Abouelnaga, a vanguard and catalyst for change in urban education. Karim shared his inspiring journey, starting from his experiences growing up as an immigrant in New York City's underfunded public schools. He described how these challenges shaped his drive to succeed, with the mindset, "When you grow up poor, you want to be rich." Tune in to hear Karim's insights on entrepreneurship, scaling a business, and how AI shapes the future of education.
2024-10-1143 min![[A] Growth Ventures Podcast with Hamlet Azarian](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode/37379089/37379089-1729189401039-6978c115f23f.jpg)
[A] Growth Ventures Podcast with Hamlet AzarianKarim Abouelnaga: From Humble Beginnings to Transforming EducationIn this episode, on [A] Growth Ventures podcast, Hamlet Azarian, the CEO and Founder of the Azarian Growth Agency, hosted Karim Abouelnaga, a vanguard and catalyst for change in urban education.
Karim shared his inspiring journey, starting from his experiences growing up as an immigrant in New York City's underfunded public schools.
He described how these challenges shaped his drive to succeed, with the mindset, "When you grow up poor, you want to be rich."
Tune in to hear Karim's insights on entrepreneurship, scaling a business, and how AI shapes the future of education.
2024-10-1143 min
The Relentless Pursuit of Winning PodcastBuild Boldly: Overcome Obstacles with Intentionality with Karim Abouelnaga🔥 Excerpt "Real entrepreneurs marry impact, not ideas. If you're clear about your purpose, everything else—stress, setbacks, even failure—becomes fuel for the mission." ⚡ TL;DR Karim Abouelnaga—entrepreneur, author, and founder of Practice—joins Rick Meekins to unpack what it really takes to build boldly. From resilience rooted in faith to evolving an idea into a movement that serves over 50,000 students, Karim shares the lessons of purpose-driven entrepreneurship. If you're a founder wrestling with obstacles, imposter syndrome, or the grind of scaling, this episode shows you how conviction and intentionality turn adversity into advantag...
2024-08-2743 min
Get Your Entrepreneurship Together With Brian ElamEducating a Way Through the Achievement Gap with Karim Abouelnaga
On this episode I had the pleasure of talking with Karim Abouelnaga.
Karim has built an education technology company hyper focused on filling in the gaps of the school system. He brings awareness to the achievement gap in communities where educators don't have the resources or time to make sure that truly no child is left behind.
We talk about how his company works, the drive behind it, his journey as an
entrepreneur, and much more!
Be sure to share this show with anyone in your network who's in the education space as they can get massive value from...
2024-03-2350 min
It's Personal Stories, A Hospitality PodcastKarim Abouelnaga, Founder & CEO, PRACTICE Benefit Corp., interviewed by Lan ElliottKarim shares his unique journey and the mindsets that set him apart. He discusses how self-reflection and introspection helped him turn around his business at a critical point. Karim discusses the backstory of his 2017 TED Talk, one of the 9 Most Inspiring TED Talks that year, and how he embraces imposter syndrome. He also explains how to find your voice, the right way to ask for help, and why it’s better to ask for perspective than advice.
2023-12-2541 min
Capital ClassNavigating the Challenges of Education: From Doubts to Success in Low-Income SchoolsIn today's episode, we have a special guest joining us, Karim Abouelnaga! Abouelnaga is a remarkable individual who is on a mission to revolutionize the education system. Abouelnaga shares his unique perspective, experiences, and insights, challenging the status quo and discussing the barriers faced by underprivileged students. From the struggles of language difficulties to the importance of representation and the impact of teachers, Abouelnaga leaves no stone unturned as he advocates for change. Get ready to be inspired and enlightened as we dive into this thought-provoking conversation with Karim Abouelnaga on Capital Class.Timestamps
2023-10-2643 min
Paparelli PodcastIf you win the morning, you win the dayThis is the promise of a morning routine.In this conversation with social entrepreneur Karim Abouelnaga, we talk about the importance of a morning routine. He is thoughtful, diligent, and disciplined about his morning routine. He believes these early morning activities are the foundation for his success. He told me it is the reason for his health, peace of mind, and productivity. I asked Karim to share his morning routine because I had never met anyone so dedicated to it. His morning routine, which is always preceded by eight hours of sleep, is non-negotiable. Nothing i...
2022-04-0848 min
TED Talks EducationThe small business hustle | The HartfordKarim Abouelnaga is a TED Fellow and founder and CEO of Practice Makes Perfect, a summer school opportunity that helps narrow the education gap for low-income children. Through his work, Karim shows how small business owners can have a big impact.
2021-10-1802 minPaparelli Podcast20. The Purpose-Driven Social EntrepreneurKarim Abouelnaga, founder and CEO of Practice Makes Perfect in NYC. He is a successful social entrepreneur, author, and speaker. He grew up poor in the inner city of New York to immigrant parents with little education. After his dad died when he was fifteen years old, a mentor came into his life that raised his expectations. Then he attended Cornell on a full scholarship and decided to pay it forward. Practice Makes Perfect's mission is to narrow the achievement gap in education for the inner city poor. Karim went right back to hi...
2021-05-192h 05
Social EntrepreneurThe Purpose-Driven Social Entrepreneur, with Karim Abouelnaga, Practice Makes PerfectNOTE: For a full transcript of the conversation, see: https://tonyloyd.com/karim-abouelnaga. Close the Opportunity Gap through high-impact programs before, during, and outside of school hours. Karim Abouelnaga is CEO of Practice Makes Perfect, a company he founded when he was 18 years old. Practice Makes Perfect partners with K-12 schools to help narrow the opportunity gap. Karim is a TED Fellow and Echoing Green Fellow. At 23, he was named to Forbes’ 30 under 30 list in education, and at 24 was named to Magic Johnson’s 32 under 32 list. In 2...
2021-02-2127 min
Dave Lukas, The Misfit Entrepreneur_Breakthrough EntrepreneurshipEntrepreneurship, Purpose, and Creating a Better Education System with Karim AbouelnagaThis week’s Misfit Entrepreneur is Karim Abouelnaga. Karim is CEO of Practice Makes Perfect (PMP), a Public Benefit Corporation that partners with K-12 schools to help narrow the opportunity gap. Karim founded PMP at 18. He is an author, a TED Fellow and Echoing Green Fellow. At 23, he was named to Forbes’ 30 under 30 list in Education, and at 24 was named to Magic Johnson’s 32 under 32 list. In 2016, he was ranked in the top 3 most powerful young entrepreneurs under 25 in the world. Karim’s TED Talk was named one of the 9 Most Inspiring Talks of 2017 and his Forbes day-in-t...
2021-01-2747 min
Fresh from the Hill: Inside Stories of Noteworthy CornelliansEntrepreneurship: Practice Makes Perfect - Karim Abouelnaga '13In pursuit of scholarship funds for his Cornell education, Karim Abouelnaga ’13 was challenged to find a solution to the achievement gap. Taking immediate action, he founded his company Practice Makes Perfect (PMP) at age 18. PMP has since supported thousands of low income children and Abouelnaga has become an acclaimed leader in the fields of education and entrepreneurship. Tune in today and be sure to check out Karim's new book The Purpose-Driven Social Entrepreneur.
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2021-01-0650 minPaparelli PodcastThe education system is now a business planning constraintMy guest is Karim Abouelnaga, the founder, and CEO of Practice Makes Perfect. PMP is eliminating the achievement gap for low-income students in NYC. His organization has 180 employees who serve 67 schools, and 7,500 students. After 10 years, he is ready to begin rolling out nationally. A great entrepreneur who understands the poor and education.
2021-01-0359 min
Brand on PurposeA New Way to Summer School with Practice Makes Perfect’s Karim AbouelnagaPractice Makes Perfect CEO and founder Karim Abouelnaga talks about how the B Corp works with low-income schools to help narrow the achievement gap and reframe learning over the summer as a way to get ahead. Karim, a TED Fellow and Echoing Green Fellow, offers insight into his own background growing up in a community with a low high school graduation rate and limited expectations, and how he went on to become an Ivy League graduate. He and Aaron discuss the critical role of mentorship for low-income students, the importance of asking for help even when society teaches you...
2020-08-2541 min
The Sneaker Principal PodcastTSP #2 - Karim Abouelnaga & Practice Makes PerfectIn this second episode of The Sneaker Principal podcast I introduce you to Karim Abouelnaga the CEO of Practice Makes Perfect, a Benefit Corporation that partners with K-12 schools to deliver high quality, academic programs. He founded Practice Makes Perfect at 18. Practice Makes Perfect partners with K-12 schools to narrow the achievement gap and create greater equity in the world. Since 2010, this has been done through our flagship summer program that has been recognized by global leaders, national news outlets and local politicians for providing low-income children with access to programming that has historically only been accessible to their...
2020-04-0558 min
Press Play On Your Ears To A Must-Listen Full Audiobook.Entrepreneur Voices on Strategic Management by The Staff Of Entrepreneur MediaPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/401292to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Entrepreneur Voices on Strategic Management
Author: The Staff Of Entrepreneur Media
Narrator: Emily Ellet, Stephen R. Thorne
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 3 hours 33 minutes
Release date: December 19, 2019
Genres: Management & Leadership
Publisher's Summary:
Everything You Need to Know About Managing Your Team As a manager, you tend to walk a tightrope with executives on one side and employees on the other. But while managing personalities, team dynamics, and company culture aren't your only responsibilities, they are vital to the well-being of any company. To help you boost productivity and find the...
2019-12-193h 33Unlock Top Full Audiobooks in Business & Economics, Management & LeadershipEntrepreneur Voices on Strategic Management by The Staff Of Entrepreneur MediaPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/401292to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Entrepreneur Voices on Strategic Management
Author: The Staff Of Entrepreneur Media
Narrator: Emily Ellet, Stephen R. Thorne
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 3 hours 33 minutes
Release date: December 19, 2019
Genres: Management & Leadership
Publisher's Summary:
Everything You Need to Know About Managing Your Team As a manager, you tend to walk a tightrope with executives on one side and employees on the other. But while managing personalities, team dynamics, and company culture aren't your only responsibilities, they are vital to the well-being of any company. To help you boost productivity and find the...
2019-12-193h 33Unlock Top Full Audiobooks in Business & Economics, Business & Career DevelopmentEntrepreneur Voices on Strategic Management by The Staff Of Entrepreneur MediaPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/401292to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Entrepreneur Voices on Strategic Management
Author: The Staff Of Entrepreneur Media
Narrator: Emily Ellet, Stephen R. Thorne
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 3 hours 33 minutes
Release date: December 19, 2019
Genres: Business & Career Development
Publisher's Summary:
Everything You Need to Know About Managing Your Team As a manager, you tend to walk a tightrope with executives on one side and employees on the other. But while managing personalities, team dynamics, and company culture aren't your only responsibilities, they are vital to the well-being of any company. To help you boost productivity and find...
2019-12-193h 33
Comp Day19: Transforming Leadership to Legacy (ft. Karim Abouelnaga of Practice Makes Perfect)Karim Abouelnaga is the founder & CEO of Practice Makes Perfect (PMP), a Benefit Corporation that partners with K-12 schools to deliver high quality, academic summer programs. He received over a quarter million dollars in scholarships to make his education possible. Karim founded PMP at 18. He is an author and writes for Entrepreneur, Forbes, and Linkedin. Karim is a TED Fellow and Echoing Green Fellow. At 23, he was named to Forbes’ 30 under 30 list in Education, and at 24 was named to Magic Johnson’s 32 under 32 list. In 2016, he was ranked in the top 3 most powerful young entrepreneurs under 25 in the world by Richtop...
2019-04-2826 min
Comp Day19: Transforming Leadership to Legacy (ft. Karim Abouelnaga of Practice Makes Perfect)Karim Abouelnaga is the founder & CEO of Practice Makes Perfect (PMP), a Benefit Corporation that partners with K-12 schools to deliver high quality, academic summer programs. He received over a quarter million dollars in scholarships to make his education possible. Karim founded PMP at 18. He is an author and writes for Entrepreneur, Forbes, and Linkedin. Karim is a TED Fellow and Echoing Green Fellow. At 23, he was named to Forbes’ 30 under 30 list in Education, and at 24 was named to Magic Johnson’s 32 under 32 list. In 2016, he was ranked in the top 3 most powe...
2019-04-2800 min
Comp Day2: Me gusta mi café negro: Diversity TrainingsEmployee of the Day: Karim AbouelnagaReceipts:Two Types of Diversity Training That Really Work https://hbr.org/2017/07/two-types-of-diversity-training-that-really-workDiversity Training Doesn't Workhttps://hbr.org/2012/03/diversity-training-doesnt-workHow Diversity Training Infuriates Men and fails Womenhttp://time.com/5118035/diversity-training-infuriates-men-fails-women/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2018-06-2625 minComp Day2: Me gusta mi café negro: Diversity TrainingsEmployee of the Day: Karim AbouelnagaReceipts:Two Types of Diversity Training That Really Work https://hbr.org/2017/07/two-types-of-diversity-training-that-really-workDiversity Training Doesn't Workhttps://hbr.org/2012/03/diversity-training-doesnt-workHow Diversity Training Infuriates Men and fails Womenhttp://time.com/5118035/diversity-training-infuriates-men-fails-women/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2018-06-2600 min
Forbes Under 30Karim Abouelnaga Is Changing Lives By Making Summer School CoolWhen young students return to school in the fall, they might have lost around three months of math and reading learning that teachers have to spend valuable time reteaching. Karim Abouelnaga is a product of the public school shortfalls and triumphs as he struggled his way through his early education. With the support of key mentors, non-profits and his own persistence, he graduated from Cornell. His time there was transformative, and he wanted to give back to young students like himself to help them thrive in the world. So, he started Practice Makes Perfect, a summer school reframed so that...
2017-11-2943 min
TED Talks Kids and FamilyA summer school kids actually want to attend | Karim AbouelnagaIn the US, most kids have a very long summer break, during which they forget an awful lot of what they learned during the school year. This "summer slump" affects kids from low-income neighborhoods most, setting them back almost three months. TED Fellow Karim Abouelnaga has a plan to reverse this learning loss. Learn how he's helping kids improve their chances for a brighter future.
2017-05-0507 minTEDTalks Vie familialeDes cours d'été auxquels les enfants veulent aller | Karim AbouelnagaDurant l'été, les enfants américains issus de quartiers à faibles revenus oublient presque l'équivalent de trois mois de ce qu'ils ont appris durant l'année scolaire. L'entrepreneur en éducation et TED Fellow Karim Abouelnaga veut inverser cette perte d'apprentissage, transformant la période creuse de l'été en une opportunité pour prendre de l'avance et grandir dans la direction d'un meilleur avenir.
2017-05-0507 minTEDTalks Niños y FamiliaCursos de verano para los niños que lo deseen | Karim AbouelnagaDurante el verano los jóvenes de barrios de clase baja en Estados Unidos olvidan casi tres meses de lo que aprenden durante el año escolar. Karim Abouelnaga, emprendedor educativo y TED Fellow quiere invertir esta pérdida de formación, convirtiendo el bache del verano en una oportunidad para adelantarse en los estudios y encaminarse hacia un futuro mejor.
2017-05-0507 minTEDTalks Crianças e FamíliaUm curso de verão que os alunos realmente querem frequentar | Karim AbouelnagaDurante as férias de verão, jovens de bairros pobres nos EUA se esquecem do equivalente a quase três meses do conteúdo que aprenderam durante o ano letivo. O empresário educacional e Bolsista TED Karim Abouelnaga quer reverter essa perda de aprendizado, transformando a "recessão do verão" em uma oportunidade para melhorar e crescer rumo a um futuro melhor.
2017-05-0507 min
TEDTalks 儿童与家庭孩子们真正想去的暑期学校 | Karim Abouelnaga在夏天，美国贫穷社区里的孩子，往往会忘了他们在每学期学到的近乎三个月的知识。教育企业家和TED会员，卡里姆 · 博尔纳嘎想要扭转这种学习上的损失，把“夏季萧条”转变成走在前面、迎接更美好未来的机会。Translated by Yali GaoReviewed by Yanyan Hong
2017-05-0507 min
#FreeLifeFridays on BMpowered PodcastEp15 - The Ivy-League Give Back w/ Karim AbouelnagaOn this #FreeLifeFridays episode, we talk to Karim Abouelnaga, Founder and CEO of Practice Makes Perfect, about giving up Wall Street job offers to start his own business, how he runs a multi-million dollar company at 24 years old, how you can turn your liabilities into assets, and much more.
If you’d like to get in touch with Karim, you can contact him on his website at www.KarimAbouelnaga.com. He’s also on Twitter at https://twitter.com/KarimAbouelnaga and Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/karim_abouelnaga/.
Interested in being interviewed for a future episode of #FreeLifeFridays? Email Ash...
2016-07-2900 min
The Ash Cash ShowEp19 - Properly Educating the Next Generation w/ @Karim_AbouelnagaWe talk to Award winning entrepreneur and founder of Practice Makes Perfect @PMPUSA, @Karim_Abouelnaga, about transitioning from an inner-city kid to a ivy-league grad, and how he is helping to usher the next generation of scholars through his organization. Karim is an ivy-league educated inner-city public school graduate. He received over $300,000 in scholarships to make his education possible. He founded Practice Makes Perfect at 18, writes for Entrepreneur, is an Echoing Green Fellow, Global Shaper, at 23 was named to Forbes’ 30 under 30 list in Education, and at 24 was named to Magic Johnson's 32 under 32 list. In 2016, he was ranked in the top 5 mo...
2016-07-1141 min
Entrepreneurs on Fire Business PodcastWhy are YOU the right person to be doing this asks Karim AbouelnagaKarim is an ivy-league educated, inner-city public school graduate. He received over $300,000 in scholarships to make his education possible. He Founded Practice Makes Perfect, writes for Entrepreneur, is an Echoing Green Fellow and Global Shaper, and at 23 was named to Forbes’ 30 under 30 list in Education.
2015-04-1829 min