Leverage

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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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

  • EC2
  • Shopify
  • Dropshipping
  • Mechanical Turk

Organizing[edit | edit source]

  • Leadership
  • Mailing Lists
  • Wikis
  • Social Psychology.

Convincing[edit | edit source]

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

Obtaining[edit | edit source]

  • Funding
  • Employees
  • China

Reaching Audiences[edit | edit source]

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

Connecting[edit | edit source]

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

Travel[edit | edit source]

  • Buses
  • Airfare
  • Couch Surfing