Want to Innovate? Get Uncomfortable. Four young entrepreneurs share the importance of pushing boundaries to create change in this roundtable discussion.

By Entrepreneur Staff • Jan 27, 2014

Featured in our recent Top 30 S tartups to Watch list, these founders discussed a range of topics, including the importance of discomfort in creating real change.

Adam Braun, CEO and founder of Pencils of Promise, co-fouders Kim Kaupe of ZinePak and Nikhil Arora of Back to the Roots, as well as Walter Driver, the mind behind Scopely, joined us for a candid discussion at the United Nations during the Empact Showcase.

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