The Graduate Enterprise Network Foundation (GEN) is a startup nonprofit building the nation’s first leadership-succession ecosystem—one designed to grow prosperity from the inside out.
GEN’s mission is rooted in localized economic sustainability: connecting graduate talent, small and mid-sized enterprises, and civic mentors to regenerate local prosperity through leadership continuity.
Our six founding initiatives form the GEN Continuum, an end-to-end model that develops successors, strengthens community businesses, and transforms regional economies into self-sustaining systems of leadership and rooted sustainable growth.
Affordable Access Initiative
Cultivating Local Successors
Connecting graduate talent with community enterprises through paid consulting projects that strengthen small businesses and grow the next generation of local leaders.
Affordable Access Initiative
Mentorship that Sustains Communities
Linking founders, educators, and graduates in civic mentorship networks that keep leadership wisdom, values, and prosperity rooted in the community.
Affordable Access Initiative
Sustaining Prosperity for Generations
Creating trusts that ensure leadership—and the prosperity it protects—remains a renewable civic resource.
Outcomes Initiative
Building the Backbone of Continuity
Designing the financial and digital infrastructure that powers leadership succession—turning local economic renewal into a measurable, scalable system.
Outcome Initiative
Defining the Science of Succession
Establishing national metrics, research partnerships, and policy frameworks that make leadership succession a recognized discipline for sustainable growth.
Outcome Initiative
Celebrating Leadership That Lasts
Showcasing the nation’s most impactful succession projects through the annual GENius Games—a “Leadership Olympics” for enterprise renewal and continuity.