In 2009, Mark Goldenson launched Breakthrough at TechCrunch50 to address this problem, offering an easy and private way for anyone and everyone to connect with mental health professionals via email or a HIPAA-compliant video platform on the Web.
The recently launched Breakthrough Fund, a political action committee run by the Trans United Fund and tailored to elect transgender people to office, is seeking to change that.
It is a tall order to find a proverbial win-win that on the one hand offers investors financial returns and at the same time channels working capital to social entrepreneurs launching breakthrough - though not yet self-sufficient - businesses to address social needs.
Greengrass was speaking to the Guardian ahead of the launch of Breakthrough Brits, an initiative spearheaded by the British Academy of Film and Television Artsto offer publicity, career advice and mentoring to young people in the film, TV and gaming sectors.
North Korean state media reportedly termed the launch a "breakthrough in boosting our national defence capability".
Del Rey said that she had disliked the media attention she had received – good and bad - since launching her breakthrough track "Video Games" in 2011.
Last month, Milner and Stephen Hawking launched the Breakthrough Starshot, an ambitious space project that aims to solve the technological problems that stand in the way of hurling a tiny, lightweight probe to our nearest star, Alpha Centauri, 25 trillion miles away.
On February 20th they announced the launch of the Breakthrough Prize in the Life Sciences, which also comes with a hefty cheque.As with the Fundamental Physics Prize, each year's recipients will be selected by past winners.
The Continuous Live Video launch represents a breakthrough for Facebook's engineering team.
The Facebook founder, along with Google's Sergey Brin and venture capitalist Yuri Milner, announced the launch of the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences on Wednesday.
