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

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

  • EC2
  • Shopify
  • Dropshipping
  • Mechanical Turk

Organizing edit

  • Leadership
  • Mailing Lists
  • Wikis
  • Social Psychology.

Convincing edit

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

Obtaining edit

  • Funding
  • Employees
  • China

Reaching Audiences edit

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

Connecting edit

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

Travel edit

  • Buses
  • Airfare
  • Couch Surfing