Schmidt Futures

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Lead Designer
Client
Schmidt Futures
Philanthropic Fellowship (2020 - 2022)
Schmidt Futures

Project Background

Schmidt Future's original objective was to create a job board catering to high-impact roles spanning both public and private sectors. However, through extensive interviews with industry leaders, it became evident that impactful roles were predominantly secured through professional networks rather than traditional job board applications. With this insight, supported by data science analysis led by Schmidt Futures, we built the Field Strategist Fellowship.

Utilizing a structured funnel approach, we systematically identified and cultivated prestigious fellows who were already established in their respective fields. These individuals were then empowered to spearhead industry events, facilitate key introductions, produce influential reports, and allocate resources toward their designated cause areas.

While the program has since been closed, during its tenure we took an investment of less than $1M and catalyzed $10m of funding in the program’s target cause areas.

The Act 2 Thesis aims to reallocate resources to the world's most important cause areas.
Field Strategists were experts in their cause area. They hosted events, allocated funding, and connected under represented but high impact cause areas.
Fellows wrote industry reports at the end of their fellowship term.
Events and double-opt in introductions were key to fellows hosting cause area events and building networks.

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Schmidt Futures

Role
Lead Designer
Client
Schmidt Futures
Schmidt Futures Design Work

PROJECT BACKGROUND

David Schnur Associates is a medical device design & development consultancy with a specialized network of manufacturing partners. Providing state-of-the-art technologies and innovative design solutions to companies of all sizes.

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Project Background

Schmidt Future's original objective was to create a job board catering to high-impact roles spanning both public and private sectors. However, through extensive interviews with industry leaders, it became evident that impactful roles were predominantly secured through professional networks rather than traditional job board applications. With this insight, supported by data science analysis led by Schmidt Futures, we built the Field Strategist Fellowship.

Utilizing a structured funnel approach, we systematically identified and cultivated prestigious fellows who were already established in their respective fields. These individuals were then empowered to spearhead industry events, facilitate key introductions, produce influential reports, and allocate resources toward their designated cause areas.

While the program has since been closed, during its tenure we took an investment of less than $1M and catalyzed $10m of funding in the program’s target cause areas.

The Act 2 Thesis aims to reallocate resources to the world's most important cause areas.
Field Strategists were experts in their cause area. They hosted events, allocated funding, and connected under represented but high impact cause areas.
Fellows wrote industry reports at the end of their fellowship term.
Events and double-opt in introductions were key to fellows hosting cause area events and building networks.

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