Mentors

Editorial One of 19 designers writing fashion’s future Vogue named her among the designers shaping what comes next. Her label’s name is a challenge: No Me Copies. The Visionarium Team · August 30, 2019 Editorial Boxing as a tool for change A Bronx-raised gym owner on using boxing to build social responsibility in teenagers. The Visionarium Team · July 5, 2019 Editorial Soccer as an engine for equality How Eglantina Zingg turned the discipline of the game into a tool for girls’ empowerment across Latin America. The Visionarium Team · July 5, 2019 Editorial The business of reputation A Llorente y Cuenca director on communications, public relations, and an uncertain world. The Visionarium Team · July 5, 2019 Editorial Nine years inside the terminal A senior software engineer on the platform that runs global finance, and the startup he co-founded on the side. The Visionarium Team · July 5, 2019 Editorial The designer behind the Met Gala What happens before New York’s most dazzling nights, according to the man who designs them. The Visionarium Team · July 5, 2019 Editorial Building wealth through real estate The founder of Velocity Capital — one of the organizations behind the week — on his approach to investing. The Visionarium Team · July 5, 2019 Editorial Collecting art without a fortune Inside the world of emerging-artist auctions, and why building a collection doesn’t require deep pockets. The Visionarium Team · September 16, 2018 Editorial What thirty years in advertising teaches you A ZULU 8 director and Visionarium advisory board member on branding — and on what makes the program different. The Visionarium Team · September 10, 2018 Editorial From composition major to CEO A music-industry entrepreneur and Visionarium advisory board member on turning a passion into a company. The Visionarium Team · August 27, 2017 Editorial Advising at the United Nations An advisor to Chile’s Permanent Mission on research, speechwriting, and the work behind multilateral diplomacy. The Visionarium Team · August 5, 2017 Editorial Reading the market at J.P. Morgan The Executive Director of Latin America Credit Research on what the job actually involves. The Visionarium Team · August 5, 2017 Letter A message from John West A short note to “Lala,” from the speech coach who calls himself honored to be part of Visionarium. John West · July 24, 2017 Editorial Leading Sotheby’s Private Clients Group A Senior Vice President on working at the intersection of art, clients, and one of the world’s oldest auction houses. The Visionarium Team · July 23, 2017 Editorial The label that dressed Michelle Obama Two Parsons classmates on building a fashion house from a shared last name — translated from the original Spanish. The Visionarium Team · July 23, 2017 Editorial One of Colombia’s youngest congressmen Federico Hoyos on political consulting, sustainable mobility law, and what he came to tell Visionarium students. The Visionarium Team · July 23, 2017 Editorial Two Stanford students, one search box A short history of Google, and why Visionarium partners with it for a week every edition. The Visionarium Team · July 23, 2017 Editorial Sweeping studio floors for lessons A Broadway actor on the method, the grind, and what it takes to actually get good. The Visionarium Team · July 23, 2017 Editorial Coaching Wall Street to speak One of New York’s most recognized speech coaches on what actually separates good communicators from great ones. The Visionarium Team · July 23, 2017 Editorial The systems behind global market data A Bloomberg project manager on liquidity, algorithmic orders, and what runs underneath the terminal. The Visionarium Team · July 23, 2017 Editorial Selling to the mind, not the person One of Latin America’s top marketing speakers on entrepreneurship, innovation, and giving back through education. The Visionarium Team · July 23, 2017 Editorial 40 U.S. presidents, one tailor Brooks Brothers’ VP of Strategy on 200 years of American style, and why knowing how to dress is its own skill. The Visionarium Team · July 23, 2017 Editorial The CEO who put Heads of State in one room Matthew Swift co-founded Concordia to make public-private partnerships actually happen. Here’s how. The Visionarium Team · July 23, 2017 Editorial Designing the future of the classroom A Gensler associate on the architecture of STEM education and academic libraries. The Visionarium Team · July 23, 2017 Editorial The club Yale students built in 1861 Inside the New York institution that has hosted Visionarium’s students ever since. The Visionarium Team · July 23, 2017 Editorial From Wall Street to Finhabits An MIT graduate and Wall Street veteran on leaving finance to make investing accessible in Spanish — translated from the original Spanish. The Visionarium Team · June 15, 2017