Adam Braun

Purpose can manifest from so many different places, but it most often appears through the small things that enable us to feel connected to a broader whole.

Adam Braun

Tourists see, and travelers seek.

Adam Braun

I could enjoy the life that I had by virtue of the educational attainment that my grandparents and parents had pursued. Education was always incredibly valued in our family.

Adam Braun

I’m not a non-profit person. I think of myself as an entrepreneur who wants to work on global education.

Adam Braun

It’s the presence of others who are smarter, kinder, wiser, and different from you that enables you to evolve. Those are the people to surround yourself with at all times.

Adam Braun

My journey began with a single pencil. While traveling through India in 2006, I asked a boy begging on the streets, ‘If you could have anything in the world, what would you want?’ and he answered me with two words: ‘A pencil.’ Luckily, I had one in my pocket, and in the second it took me to give it to him, a defining dream was born.

Adam Braun

There’s nothing that can replace quality programs in a non-profit.

Adam Braun

We have every resource necessary to provide access to education for every child on the planet; we just need to commit to enabling it.

Adam Braun

What can a pencil do for all of us? Amazing things. It can write transcendent poetry, uplifting music, or life-changing equations; it can sketch the future, give life to untold beauty, and communicate the full-force of our love and aspirations.

Adam Braun

When it comes to fundraising for a social enterprise, if you are pursuing your true passion, you’ll learn to become great at your craft because you’ll care so much about perfecting the skills necessary to make that dream a reality.

Adam Braun