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How to run a Successful 99designs Logo Contest

Best practices for how to run a productive 99design contest and get a great logo
Jul 12, 2020 3 min read founders
How to run a Successful 99designs Logo Contest

Approaching Enterprise Companies

How to guide for reaching out to enterprise companies for partnership and acquisition.
Jun 20, 2020 5 min read founders
Approaching Enterprise Companies

How I pitched my Startup to Nancy Pelosi and Bill DeBlasio

I presented Magnify Progress to a number of nonprofits, activists, and Congress members by saying yes.
Last updated on May 20, 2018 6 min read founders
How I pitched my Startup to Nancy Pelosi and Bill DeBlasio

New Founders Conference

Panel on millenial engagement in politics, and how Magnify Progress is raising a new generation of activists.
Last updated on Oct 27, 2017 4 min read founders
New Founders Conference

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Magnify Progress

An app to help people take part in social change and civic action. Mobilize around causes you care about.

Tobiko

An app to help people take part in social change and civic action. Mobilize around causes you care about.

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Recent Press

Restaurant app Tobiko goes old school by shunning user reviews

The app represents a return to the simplicity of expert reviews.
Greg Sterling
Oct 15, 2019

Mudd Alumna Develops App To Track Local Protests

Mudd Alumna develops activism app.
Alexandra Branscom
Mar 30, 2018

Ready to Get Politically Active? There's an App for that.

Magnify Progress uses AI to create personalized political activism feeds to get users involved on the issues they care about.
S.C. Stuart
Mar 12, 2018
Ready to Get Politically Active? There's an App for that.
Malous Kossarian

Malous Kossarian

Founder, Product Manager, Entrepreneur

Tobiko

Biography

Malous Kossarian is the founder of Tobiko and Magnify Progress, and an advisor to Easy Tab and The Ella Projects. Previously, she worked as a Product Manager at IBM Watson and Blekko, building AI products on top of Blekko’s web crawl technology. Her interests include mentoring start ups, sustainability companies, machine learning, and travel.

Interests

  • Machine Learning
  • Travel
  • User Research

Education

  • BS in Chemistry, 2012

    Harvey Mudd College

  • MS in Chemistry, 2013

    Northwestern University

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Women Founders Foundation

Women Founders Foundation (WFF) seeks to provide young women with the confidence, knowledge, and skills needed to build a business from …
Aug 19, 2019

The Lady Project Summit

The Lady Project Summit is an opportunity to bring together women across many industries to share their stories, build community, and learn from each other.
Oct 6, 2018
The Lady Project Summit