Adam Braun
Adam Braun
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Full Name and Common Aliases
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Adam Braun is a well-known American entrepreneur, author, and philanthropist.
Birth and Death Dates
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Adam Braun was born on August 10, 1983. His date of death is not available in public records.
Nationality and Profession(s)
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Nationality: American
Profession(s): Entrepreneur, Author, Philanthropist
Early Life and Background
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Adam Braun grew up in a family that valued education and philanthropy. He was raised in Long Island, New York, and developed an early interest in social justice and entrepreneurship. Braun attended Brown University, where he graduated magna cum laude with a degree in international business.
During his college years, Braun became passionate about creating opportunities for underprivileged children to access quality education. This motivation led him to co-found Pencils of Promise (PoP), a nonprofit organization that builds schools and increases educational opportunities in developing communities.
Major Accomplishments
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Co-founded Pencils of Promise (PoP) in 2008, with the mission of breaking cycles of poverty through quality education.
Raised over $30 million for PoP's programs and built hundreds of schools across Ghana, Laos, Guatemala, and Nicaragua.
Authored The Arrangement, a novel about overcoming social anxiety, published in 2013.Notable Works or Actions
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Adam Braun has written several books on entrepreneurship, philanthropy, and personal development. Some notable works include:
The Promise of a Pencil: How One Teacher's Unconventional Love of Learning Transformed a School, a Classroom, and Even the Teacher Herself (2014) - A memoir about his experiences building PoP and learning from teachers who made significant impacts on their students.
Brick by Brick: How LEGO Rewrote the Rules of Innovation—and Can Your Organization Too (2019) - A business book that explores how companies can innovate using unconventional approaches.Impact and Legacy
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Adam Braun's work has had a profound impact on the lives of thousands of children worldwide. Through his efforts with PoP, he has:
Improved access to quality education for millions of children in developing communities.
Trained hundreds of teachers and community leaders to implement effective educational programs.
Fostered partnerships between governments, corporations, and local organizations to create sustainable change.
Why They Are Widely Quoted or Remembered
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Adam Braun is widely quoted and remembered due to his:
Innovative approach to addressing poverty through education.
Leadership in creating a successful nonprofit organization that has made significant strides in improving educational outcomes worldwide.
* Inspiring personal story of overcoming social anxiety and achieving success as an entrepreneur, author, and philanthropist.
Quotes by Adam Braun
I understood that I might fail, but I wouldn’t let it happen because I changed my compass along the way.
Made with Pencils is grounded in the creativity of a few, propelled by the financial support of many, and most importantly, it’s empowering generations to come. A simple idea, a heartfelt desire, and a world of possibility. A pencil, a promise, and a dream.
A major celebrity is a major brand, and major brands pick very critically what other brands they’re going to associate with. So an A-list celebrity usually picks an A-list brand.
Your twenties are the time to both accept and fight your way into the person you’re destined to become.
It’s the presence of others who are smarter, kinder, wiser, and different from you that enables you to evolve. Those are the people to surround yourself with at all times.
It always surprises me when donors who operate successful businesses assume that just building a school structure means that a community now has access to education. When creating a business, does renting an office space now mean that you’re producing goods, training staff and generating revenues?
When it comes to fundraising for a social enterprise, if you are pursuing your true passion, you’ll learn to become great at your craft because you’ll care so much about perfecting the skills necessary to make that dream a reality.
The single most powerful element of youth is that you don’t have the life experiences to know what can’t be done.
For any movement to gain momentum, it must start with a small action. This action becomes multiplied by the masses, and is made tangible when leadership changes course due to the weight of the movement’s voice.