It's pretty intense, the process Francisco and I are engaged in this past week and the coming one. Take 16 social entrepreneurs from a dozen countries on three continents, some very knowledgeable faculty, and more than a high-powered dozen mentors and guest lecturers from Silicon Valley companies, and stir well. Throw in 12-14 hour days, hard work improving business plans and elevator pitches, instruction on strategies, etc.

That's the Santa Clara University's Global Social Benefit Incubator. And we are both embedded, as the war journalists say--we talk to the entrepreneurs non-stop, we eat with them, we sleep in the same dorms, we go drinking together.

But even more interesting than the formal program are the informal interactions and unexpected discoveries. These are, after all, entrepreneurs, quick to seize on new ideas and used to thinking outside the box. So the cross learning is amazing. I can only give you my own subset of that, but it's happening all across the entrepreneur group.

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The last 10 days have been truly exciting ones. I have had the amazing opportunity to participate in this year's Global Social Benefit Incubator at Santa Clara University, a two-week in-residence mentoring program with social entrepreneurs from around the world.

Over the next few days I'll be sharing a few thoughts about the program, its amazing potential and some of the specific challenges that these entrepreneurs face. I will also introduce the entrepreneurs that are participating in the program through a series of short video clips.

Today I want you to meet David Okello, who runs Coast Coconut Farms in Kenya and is improving the lives of rural farmers by adding value to the coconut crop and producing high quality, extra virgin coconut oil. So without further ado, I leave you in the company of David.