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Name: Every founder has a reason they started. Before taking the stage at the President’s Innovation Chal
Uploaded: 2026-06-16T14:30:07.033Z
Channel: Harvard Innovation Labs
Description: Every founder has a reason they started. Before taking the stage at the President’s Innovation Challenge, we asked finalists what inspired them to build their ventures. For Matthew McCurdy (Harvard

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Every founder has a reason they started. Before taking the stage at the President’s Innovation Challenge, we asked finalists what inspired them to build their ventures. For Matthew McCurdy (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health '28), co-founder of BLKHLTH, it was his grandmother. Watching her care for and support her community taught him the power of courage, compassion, and showing up for others—an example that continues to guide his work today.

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