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Rye Barcott

Rye Barcott

Entrepreneur, Veteran & Bestselling Author

Rye Barcott is a veteran and social entrepreneur. While serving as a U.S. Marine, he co-founded the non-governmental

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Rye Barcott is a veteran and social entrepreneur. While serving as a U.S. Marine, he co-founded the non-governmental organization Carolina For Kibera, which for 15 years has helped break cycles of violence and extreme poverty with innovative, data-driven public health in one of the largest informal settlements in Sub-Saharan Africa. After the Marines, he graduated from Harvard Business School and co-founded with a fellow Marine Double Time Capital, an American clean energy investment firm.

Barcott wrote a book, It Happened on the Way to War, about the experience of fighting wars while waging peace, and the leadership challenges from two at times divergent forms of service. Reader’s Digest named it one of its best non-fiction titles of the year, and Bono called it “a wild ride of a book.” Written for students, it has been selected as required summer reading by high schools and colleges across the nation.

Barcott learned public speaking from his father, a Marine Vietnam veteran and teacher. A TED Conferences Fellow, he has presented in venues ranging from the Gates Foundation and Mayo Clinic, to corporations and industry associations such as Amazon, J.P. Morgan, Target, the Mobile Marketing Association, and the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists.

Through his narrative, accompanied by illustrative media, Barcott shows how small groups of committed people from different backgrounds can unite and defy the odds. His engaging, inspiring, and creative presentations weave together themes of empowerment, personal discovery, and risk taking. He brings to life first hand examples of 21st century leadership that inspire and inform audiences working in their own ways to make an impact and get stuff done.

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Leadership When It Matters Most

Spark Charge from Within: A Guide for Students

Spark Change from Within: A “How-To” for the Healthcare Industry

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Rye Barcott -- Listening well and asking better questions are crucial skills
Civic Engagement: Rye Barcott MBA'09, MPA'09

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