Leverage

Leverage is an Olin College Student Course occurring during the Spring 2010 semester. Leverage seeks to foster skills that let small teams have large impacts.

Themes

Some potential themes for Leverage may include:

• Doing
• Organizing
• Convincing
• Obtaining
• Reaching Audiences
• Connecting
• Traveling

Within each theme, speakers and "labs" will help the group solidify skills and learn techniques that will prove valuable in the future.

Doing

• EC2
• Shopify
• Dropshipping
• Mechanical Turk

Organizing

• Leadership
• Mailing Lists
• Wikis
• Social Psychology.

Convincing

• "How to Win Friends"
• Powerpoint Karaoke
• Cold Calling
• Sales
• Public Speaking

Obtaining

• Funding
• Employees
• China

Reaching Audiences

• SEO Contest
• Hubspot
• AdWords
• "Social Media"

Connecting

• "Social Media"
• "Networking"
• Cold Calling

Travel

• Buses
• Airfare
• Couch Surfing