Andy Stoll
Social Entrepreneur, Producer, Speaker & Ecosystem Builder
- Role
- Founding Executive Director at Eship Alliance
- Location
- Omaha, NE, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Andy Stoll
Andy Stoll is a serial social entrepreneur, producer, and professional speaker. He has co-founded seven social change companies and organizations and currently serves as the founding executive director of the ESHIP Alliance.His expertise is in participatory, emergent, community-driven, networked-based social change approaches that blend his deep background in business, social innovation, ecosystem building, impact networks, philanthropy, storytelling, and culture change.Andy previously served as a Senior Program Officer at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, where he co-led the Foundation\'s efforts to advance entrepreneur-led economic development and ecosystem building as an emerging practice in economic, community, and workforce development. Andy\'s career has focused on building pioneering programs, communities, classes, and events to help entrepreneurs and creatives turn their ideas into reality. Stoll’s work has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal, and his portfolio of work includes collaborations with AOL Founder Steve Case, Microsoft Founder Paul Allen, and former Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh. Andy is a sought-after speaker on leadership, creativity, entrepreneurship, communities, and travel and has been a featured speaker at SXSW, numerous TEDx events, hundreds of conferences, and more than 100 American universities.Stoll has served as an adjunct faculty member at Cornell College, co-taught social entrepreneurship courses at the University of Iowa, served as a Global Facilitator for Startup Weekend, and completed a four-year, 40-country solo trip around the world. Andy holds a BA in Media Production and a BBA in Business Management from The University of Iowa and a Masters Degree in Media Cultures from The City University of Hong Kong. He moonlights as a photographer, sometimes chef, and occasional cooking class instructor.
Experience
Founding Executive Director
Jun 2024 — Present
The ESHIP Alliance (formerly EBLN) is a newly forming national network collectively designed to advance entrepreneurial ecosystem building as a valued practice, a trusted profession, and as a model for economic health and community wellbeing in the United States.
Education
The University of Iowa Tippie College of Business
BBA with honors, Management and Organizations
1998 — 2003
University of Iowa
Certificate, Entrepreneurship
2002 — 2006
City University of Hong Kong
Masters in Media Cultures | School of Creative Media
2006 — 2007
University of Iowa
BA with honors, Communications: Film and Media Productions
1998 — 2003
Skills
- Leadership
- Start-Ups
- Creative Direction
- Storytelling
- Travel
- Startup Communities
- Public Speaking
- Creativity
- Content Strategy
- Entrepreneurship
- Nonprofits
- Film
- Producing
- Marketing
- Video
- Creative Directing
- Community Building
- Advertising
- Editing
- Community Outreach
- Film Production
- Social Entrepreneurship
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