Author: Maëlys Renaud
- Doing the Hard Things That Matter: Reflections on our 2025 Nature Retreat- We just had our Nature Retreat with the 2025 cohort: 10 nature-inspired startups, 18 participants, and I’m thinking about Paul Graham’s famous advice: do things that don’t scale. At its core, the message is that…   
- Five Years of Nature-Inspired Innovation: Our Impact Report Is Out!- For the past five years, the Innovation team at the Biomimicry Institute has been steadily and purposefully supporting nature-inspired entrepreneurs worldwide as they address some of the world’s most pressing environmental challenges. Now, with the…   
- How Intentionality Drives Our Startup Selection Process- Intentionality breathes life into our Ray of Hope Accelerator's mission and into our operations. Our mission is to accelerate the growth of nature-inspired startups to scale systemic solutions to the world’s most pressing environmental challenges. 