The Sistine Chapel Of The Ancients | Pharrell’s New Beat | A Fossil Named Dolly

Hello and welcome to a new edition of the Upturn, the newsletter born out of the desire to do something that will improve the communities within our reach.

It’s hard to have missed the release of the
Forbes 30 Under 30 list this week. Beyond the glitz of the more well-known celebrity names, the list contains a wealth of inspirational stories of success, reinvention, and giving back.

Among my favourites is this profile of
Frederik Groce and Sydney Sykes, who founded Blck VC to increase diversity in the venture capital scene, and this overview of the amazing work of the honorees in the social enterprise category.

More stories about
inspiring achievements below.

In the
Upside, a woman’s fertility struggle leads her to start a company, and two beauty queens use their platform to raise awareness about disabilities.

In
Up-And-Coming, we look at producer and rapper Pharell Williams’ innovative plan to support Black and Latinx entrepreneurs and a scheme in the U.K. aiming to get people cycling and back into work at the same time.

In
Uplifting, we explore an astonishing archaeological discovery in Colombia and new information about the record-breaking lifespan of the snapper fish.

Finally, in the
Wrap-Up, the numbers making a difference this week are 25, 100, 1,500,000,000.

Sofia Lotto Persio

Sofia Lotto Persio

Assistant Editor Forbes Europe

The Upside

 
Squaring The Cycle
 
 
 
Squaring The Cycle
 

Kristina Cahojova was frustrated and angry that there weren't any practical solutions to her struggle in tracking her fertility. So she set out to make a product that would help her and other women out there who were experiencing the same issue.

Meet Kristina Cahojova →
 
Queens With A Goal
 
 
 
Queens With A Goal
 

Ryann Kress and Camille Schrier have a few things in common: they are both pageant queens (Ms Wheelchair Virginia and Miss America, respectively) and both suffer from Ehlers Danlos syndrome (EDS). But as the condition manifests itself in different ways for each of them, they hope that, together, they can help change perception of disabilities and how they affect people.

Read Their Stories →

Up-And-Coming

 
A New Beat
 
 
 
A New Beat
 

Producer and rapper Pharrell Williams is launching a new initiative to provide Black and Latinx entrepreneurs launching startups in tech, design, healthcare and consumer products with the funding and mentorship required to attract venture capital down the line, as well as closing the racial wealth and equity gap.

How It Works →
 
Two Birds, One Bike
 
 
 
Two Birds, One Bike
 

A new e-bike scheme launching in Cambridge, U.K., next year will be operated by people who were previously unemployed so as to provide a sustainable form of transport while supporting vulnerable people back into skilled work.

Why It Matters →

Uplifting

 
Sistine Chapel Of The Ancients
 
 
 
Sistine Chapel Of The Ancients
 

An astonishing discovery in Colombia’s Amazon has unearthed tens of thousands of cliff paintings dating back to the Ice Age, which archaeologists are calling “the Sistine Chapel of the ancients,” dating back as far as 12,500 years ago.

Take A Look →
 
A Fossil Named Dolly
 
 
 
A Fossil Named Dolly
 

She’s known as a country music singer, but Dolly Parton is also a rock star. Or, more specifically, she now shares her name with the newly identified fossil moss species Dollyphyton boucotil, found in 460 million-year-old rock deposits that once laid just a few miles from the Dollywood theme park in Tennessee.

How It Happened →

The Wrap-up

25 - families fed for every backpack sold by Adventurist Backpack through their Feeding America partnership. 

100 - megapixels indicating the highest resolution snowflake photographs ever captured.

1,500,000,000 - birds whose lives were saved thanks to 40 years of air quality regulations in the U.S.

"I always like to appreciate any achievement, but then try and figure out how to top that the next time"

KANE BROWN

MUSICIAN

 
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