Chris Rabb
Los Angeles CA
Chris Rabb
Los Angeles CA
Chris Rabb is a writer, consultant, teacher and thought leader on the intersection of entrepreneurship, media, civic engagement and social identity. He is an adjunct professor at Temple University's Fox School of Business where he teaches social entrepreneurship and organizational innovation and is the inaugural Social Impact Fellow at Temple’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Institute. A graduate of Yale College, Chris worked in the U.S. Senate as a legislative aide and as a writer, researcher, and trainer for the White House Conference on Small Business. He has worked on entrepreneurship from various vantage points, including co-founding a technology-based product design firm in Chicago, and running a nationally recognized business incubator in West Philadelphia. Chris also served as a board member for ten years for a family-owned newspaper business in Baltimore founded by his great-great grandfather over 120 years ago. Chris is the author of the groundbreaking book, Invisible Capital: How Unseen Forces Shape Entrepreneurial Opportunity, which explores the landscape of modern U.S. business in the context of structural inequality. Released in 2010 by Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Rabb's book explores the hidden factors that influence business viability when hard work, a great idea, and a good attitude are simply not enough. It also lays out how, through development of commonwealth enterprises, our society can democratize entrepreneurial opportunity towards greater social inclusion, economic sustainability and community wealth-building.