Teodora Zareva

Teodora Zareva

Contributing Writer, Big Think

Teodora Zareva is an entrepreneur, writer, board games geek and a curious person at large. Her professional path has taken her from filmmaking and photography to writing, TEDx organizing, teaching, and social entrepreneurship. She has lived and worked in the U.S. and Bulgaria and is currently doing her MBA at Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford. Her biggest passion lies at the intersection of media and youth development. She is the co-founder of WishBOX Foundation, a Bulgarian NGO that helps high school students with their professional orientation by organizing events, courses, summer camps and developing digital media resources.

Every year, millions of patients are told that they have exhausted conventional treatment options. With statistics showing the disturbing increase of cancer cases, it is unfortunately becoming common to have […]
It hadn’t hit me before I saw it, but it’s true – we have 3-D printing pens, yet we still have to use bulky, stationary printers that don’t fit in […]
GMO-free, fresh, out-of-your-own garden produce is (almost) everyone’s dream. For urban dwellers and gardening novices, however, it usually comes true only on farmers’ markets days. UrbnEarth’s founder Phil Weiner is […]
ANAR Foundation is a Mexican foundation that operates an anonymous and confidential phone line for kids and teenagers under a risk situation. In its attempt to reach more children, the foundation […]
The last disruptive innovation in the building industry happened in 1883 when Warren Johnson invented the thermostat, helping to launch the entire building control industry. This was 30 years after […]
You never intended to eat the whole bag of chips, or smoke the entire pack of cigarettes; to keep participating in the mindless WhatsApp fight with your friend, or continue […]
Ever wondered what it would feel like to be Dr. House for a day and solve medical mysteries? CrowdMed might be able to help you. It is a service that […]
“Revolutionize the way we use air” is all that the team behind Windcatcher wants to do. Ryan Frayne, the inventor of the device, was inspired when he watched his brother […]
On June 19, the world’s first automatic magazine newsstand reached the Swedish consumers. Meganews Magazines is up and running in Stockholm, hoping to change the modern media landscape. The newsstand kiosk […]
What would a great ad for a university of technology be? An ad, that itself, solves a problem through technology. This is exactly what the University of Engineering and Technology of […]
Every 13 seconds someone in the U.S.A. gets divorced, which is the second most stressful event in an adult’s life, costing at average between $15,000 – $20,000. Wevorce is a service […]
It’s a hot debate. Should businesses make money off poor people? Paul Polak, the 79-year old entrepreneur, founder of the International Development Enterprises (IDE), and co-author of soon to be released The Business […]
“This is a game changer!” says Jim Stinner, the vice president of marketing for Rust-Oleum, the company which manufactures and distributes NeverWet – a spray-on coating that repels water, mud, […]
Let the numbers do the talking. 2.5 million children die of malnutrition every year. Meanwhile, we produce 27% more food per person today than we did 50 years ago when […]
A friend of mine, school psychologist, told me recently how she was asked by parents to deliver a presentation on future career opportunities in front of third graders. She called […]
Athletes, workout enthusiasts, and everyone who has suffered from the embarrassing armpit “situation”, rejoice. Bioengineers at University of California, Davis have developed a new fabric that works like human skin, […]
You only know how hard it is to be a responsible consumer after you’ve tried it – running laps around isles trying to find that one brand you know is […]
Check out “the fairest system for payment of carriage or anything by air”. According to Samoa Air, they are the first airline in the world which charges you by the […]
There’s been a pretty cool design piece circulating the tumblrsphere in the past few days. It’s called The Window Socket and is designed by Kyuho Song and Boa Oh. It’s […]