Value Added: The Nonprofit Entrepreneur

Non-profit fundraising came easy to Beal. He is an extrovert who would routinely throw parties to raise money for charities at his Adams-Morgan apartment back in the early 1990s after graduation. He further developed the non-profit bug while working with Ashoka, a non-profit which sponsors social entrepreneurs. His time in the Clinton White House, where he worked as a liaison with U.S. governors, and for the State Department in India whetted his appetite for using business skills to impact social objectives instead of just turning profits.