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PERSPECTIVES / 100× THESIS

Builders. Backers. Believers.

The 100× Thesis is ultimately about people: those building ventures, those backing them, and those creating the conditions in which they can succeed.

01 / BUILDERS

Those building the ventures.

What began as a simple idea evolved, through Alain's guidance, into a functioning business generating real revenue and impact. His ability to clarify vision and translate it into strategy and execution made the difference.

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Nadia Aristide
CEO / Founder

Alain helped us move beyond growth by instinct and build the systems required for sustainable scale. He created the structure for accountability, automation, performance, and diversification—and became an integral part of turning strategy into execution.

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Lynda S-Taylor
CEO

During one of the most uncertain periods in our history, Alain helped us rethink what community could become beyond physical walls. His strategic foresight helped us build digital infrastructure that connected people across continents and laid the foundation for our next stage of growth.

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Jeff Lindor
Founder, Gentlemen's Factory

Alain has identified a critical gap in the impact ecosystem: the space between intention and execution, and between capital and capacity. The Venture Philanthropy Blueprint offers a practical response to that gap for founders trying to create both meaning and value.

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Jim Forward
Founder
02 / BACKERS

Those providing capital, expertise, and resources.

Venture Philanthropy Blueprint bridges the rigor of venture finance with the empathy of social mission. By integrating capital, capacity, and community, Alain gives structure to an idea many intuitively understand: generosity, when paired with discipline, can scale just like enterprise.

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Glaister Welsh
CIO / Founder

Alain takes familiar ideas—investing, philanthropy, and entrepreneurship—and brings them together in a new way. Venture Philanthropy Blueprint offers entrepreneurs and investors a practical path for building, funding, and scaling sustainable social ventures.

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Ahmed Kassim
Partner, Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.

Venture philanthropy needs an operating model that connects capital deployment, founder development, technology, and performance measurement. VPB provides a framework for doing that while remaining flexible enough to work across sectors.

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Raynald Leveque
Asset Owner Professional

The more people who understand and apply the Venture Philanthropy Blueprint, the greater the opportunity to build a portfolio of ventures capable of reaching meaningful scale and impact.

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Jack McGowan
Executive Director, Buffalo Angels
03 / BELIEVERS

Those strengthening the ecosystems around them.

Alain brings rare clarity to how capital, capacity, and community can align to drive systems-level change. He doesn't approach impact as charity; he treats it as disciplined design—where strategy, structure, and empathy intersect.

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Lindsay Askew
Entrepreneur & Business Executive

Alain embodies the spirit of venture philanthropy. He knows how to drive real business growth while remaining grounded in deeply held values, and he gives generously of his time, expertise, and resources. Few people bring that combination of operating experience and authenticity to this work.

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Olivia Goldstein
CEO, Upstate Venture Connect

Alain's focus on building sustainable, mission-driven ventures reimagines how we approach some of our most pressing challenges. His work offers entrepreneurs and institutions a smarter, more sustainable path for building organizations that serve communities for the long haul.

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Rosemonde Pierre-Louis
Executive Director, NYU McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research

From the first day I met Alain, his commitment to building organizations that can do well and do good was evident. His give-first approach offers a model that more founders and funders should embrace.

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Chris Cochran
Executive Director, Entrepreneurs Across Borders
From the 100× Thesis

The 100× Thesis explores what it takes to build companies that create lasting economic and social value—and the systems required to help them scale.

100 ventures × $10M+ each = $1B+ in economic and social value.Capital + Capacity + Community

By Alain Leroy, Venture Architect and author of Venture Philanthropy Blueprint.

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