Humanity is Hungry.
Hungry for purpose. Hungry for opportunity. Hungry for impact.
The Hungry Lab is a holistic and decentralized platform future-proofing today’s youth and workforce and empowering impactful ventures, initiatives and corporates.
The Hungry Lab is a holistic and decentralized platform future-proofing today’s youth and workforce and empowering impactful ventures, initiatives and corporates.
The World We’re Building
Vision & Mission
This is the world we envision. One person, one team and one organization at a time.
Our mission is to lay the educational, entrepreneurial and ecosystem foundations for a future where anyone who is hungry to shape the world has the capacity, opportunity and resources to do so.
Welcome to The [RE]conomy™.
FutureProofing Humanity Through
Business as UNusual.
New Solutions to Big Challenges
Out-of-the-Box? What about no box at all?
Never before has there been such a sense of urgency to prepare society to adapt to a volatile tomorrow, with growing anxiety about being left behind.
We are provoking new thinking, structures and systems around old problems. By redefining how opportunity is created, how innovation is measured and how progress is shaped, we are creating a world where anyone who is hungry to belong to the future has the ability to do so.
PEOPLE
High youth unemployment.
Critical skills gaps. Lack of empowerment.
Fear of automation replacing jobs.
Wasted potential.
PROFIT
Misaligned social and financial incentives.
Unsustainable business models.
Donor fatigue.
Lack of product-market fit.
Wasted resources.
PLANET
Water. Food. Climate. And much more.
Our pressing global challenges that require borderless thinking, unconventional collaboration and disruptive problem-solving.
The Hungry Platform
Prepare the Soil. Sow the Seeds. Cultivate the Ecosystem.
So you want to change the world. What challenges do you want to solve? Where do you start?
The Hungry Lab empowers individuals, teams and organizations with the mindset, tools and nurturing ecosystems to build a more resilient future and stake their claim in a rapidly changing world.
Through our Global School for the Future™, we are future-proofing today’s youth, workforce and communities for the next generation of global challenges. We have created the content, training and programs to help you ignite your passion, unlock your purpose, unleash your potential and create your pathway.
THE HUNGRY CLASSROOM
Prepare the SOIL. SEEDs for the Future
THE HUNGRY LAB
EAT for the FUTURE.
Educate. Act. Transform
THE HUNGRY FUTURIST
FEAST for the Future
Forecast. Empower. Accelerate. Sustain. Transcend.
We all start as seeds. So do our ideas. Different soils grow different seeds. Different seeds bear different fruits. No matter your background, we believe that everyone has the right to build a brighter future. Just like in Mother Nature, we all have a place at the table. As we are all stakeholders in the future, how do we help more impactful ideas bear fruit?
Gone are the restrictions of traditional, linear schooling. Gone are the limitations of venture capital’s broken model for investment. Gone is the dogma of cookie-cutter conformity of what “success” looks like. In their place, we have created a holistic, dynamic model that combines freedom with structure, technology with humanity and customization with common ground that works on all levels to help anyone who is hungry grow their idea from seed to sustainability.
Hungry? Let’s EAT. Educate. Act. Transform. The EAT framework served as The Hungry Lab’s first foundation for success. However, at the speed with which the world is changing, EAT is not enough to avoid getting left behind. To create a more inclusive economy, our platform has evolved to help more individuals, teams and organizations anticipate tomorrow to prepare for today.
To truly future-proof the next generation, we must strive to not only help them survive, but thrive. Hungry? Let’s FEAST.
Start with the SOIL™
Strong roots grow in the right soil. How will your idea take root?
Stakeholders: It takes a village. Build the right support structure.
Oxygen: Acquire the breathing room and resources to take risks, fail forward, learn and grow.
Intelligence: Gather the right information, knowledge and metrics.
Leadership: Inspire awareness and action to your vision.
Nurture the SEED™
The SEEDs of an Inclusive Future:
Social: Bridging the gender, class and diversity gap.
Economic: Enhancing access to market, investment and financing
Educational: Breaking the confines of cookie-cutter schooling
Digital: Leveraging technology to level the playing field
From EAT™ to FEAST™.
Forecast: Respond, not just react. Pioneer, not just predict
Empower: Build your own authority and agency to lead
Accelerate: Mobilize resources to propel you to the next level
Sustain: Ensure your pathway is built for the long-term
Transcend: Evolve with the times. Think bigger. Rise higher.
Our Team
Curious. Connected. Catalysts.
We are a passionate, global group of entrepreneurs, strategists, international development practitioners, investors, trainers and technologists with depth of expertise and breadth of experience across the world.
Marwan is a C-level management consultant with engaging leadership ability, analytical mindset and strategic insight to drive long-term value creation.
B is an entrepreneur, futurist and former investment banker at the intersection of finance, operations, technology and social innovation. She is a multiple time TEDx speaker, appeared in Inc. Magazine and speaks and presents frequently around the world.
With vast experience in research and a passion to teach, Dr. Raman uses his knowledge and experience towards preparing them for the unseen tomorrow. He is a passionate facilitator for unleashing the talents of the next generation of India’s youth.
Chris is a season tech entrepreneur and technology advisor with a passion to assist startups and growing businesses. Collaborating with top venture networks - including Tech Coast Angels, Tech Coast Venture Networks, and Winchester Private Equity - Chris has been able to effectively guide technology startups towards a proper exit.
Lijo is Head of CSR of Synergy Marine Group and Executive Trustee at Synergy Educational and Charitable Trust. He is an alumnus of the Yale University and Robert Bosch Foundation. His climb of the Mt Everest has been published in Malayalam (a regional Indian language) by DC Books.
Martijn is a seasoned professional, entrepreneur and pilot with experience and educational background in management consulting, aviation, airlines and hospitality.
The combination of twenty years of global business experience and an erudite approach to technology and innovation provides Pietro with a unique edge in asset allocation and early stage investing.
Every trainer brings unique life experiences to their presentations—both in style and content. As an expert facilitator for innovation and diversity and inclusion training, Michele Soria shares her unique insight and knowledge with organizations and individuals across the country and abroad.
NEWS & EVENTS
All the Latest
The Hungry Lab founder Bian Li was honored to speak at the Charity with a Twist (CWAT) App launch on the importance of sustainable fundraising pipelines for NGOs and how NGOs can create a larger win-win-win funding ecosystem amongst all its stakeholders.
I was honored to interview venture capitalist and IgniteX founder Andre Yap in Manila. He speaks with me about his vision and goals for IgniteX and how his organization is shaping the conversation for the future of sustainable development and social entrepreneurship.
At TEDxDharavi, experience amazing ideas that will inspire you to take a step back & look at things with a renewed perspective. We tap into the India's most innovative thinkers to ponder what's new and what's next - listening, learning, and sharing their own perspective!