Renee Franzwa

Renee Franzwa

International human rights activist and educator gone social enterprise entrepreneur. Out to make things better through education and community.

San Francisco, California, United States
Member since July 29, 2013
  • About
I am a(n):

First-time entrepreneur

Companies I've founded or co-founded:
enroll
Companies I work or worked for:
enroll
If you're an entrepreneur or corporate innovator, why?

I want to change the world.

My favorite startups:

Class Dojo, LearnSprout, Tripping, AnyRoad, Inigral, Udemy, SkillShare

What's most frustrating and rewarding about entrepreneurship/innovation?

Gets lonely, but all ideas matter and the more ideas I get, the more I generate. What a beautiful thing!!

What's the No. 1 mistake entrepreneurs/innovators make?

Hiring the wrong peeps.

What are the top three lessons you've learned as an entrepreneur?

Don't hire the wrong peeps.
Find your community- talk with other founders, they get it and will help you!
Let go of a schedule or being "normal". Nothing will be normal ever again- not your working/sleep/social hours, not your personal life, not your income, not your motivations, not your diet, not your exercise (do I really need to keep going?)

Full bio

As Director of Education at enroll.com, Renee is the primary liaison for organization, institution and corporate partnerships. She works collaboratively with the business and technology development teams to ensure a fun, easy, and productive user experience for all participants – students, educators, parents and organization administrators. Renee's experience as an international educator for nine years has encompassed various roles, including teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL), tour managing for Stanford's Travel/Study program and leading service-learning projects with a variety of human rights programs abroad. Some of her proudest accomplishments have been executing the environmental education/videography Onda Verde project in the Galápagos Islands and directing the first annual Cape Coast AIDS Race in Ghana. Renee graduated with her BA in Latin American studies from California State Polytechnic, San Luis Obispo. While completing her MA in International Multicultural and Human Rights Education at the University of San Francisco, she developed a study abroad program for US students to study in Cuba. Her work at Enroll is built on an ethic of enduring commitment to human rights education and a determination to inspire ambition, innovation and activism at any age and at any level of learning.