Dev Aujla

Dev Aujla

Social Entrepreneur & Founder of DreamNow

Dev Aujla is the founder of DreamNow, a charitable organization that produces ideas that do good for the world. The ideas which Aujla has played a role in producing reach over fifty thousand people annually and have collectively raised over 1.5 million dollars. Aujla has spent that last two years researching how today's generation is finding ways to both make money and change the world and is currently working on his first book (co-authored with Billy Parish) on the stories, strategies and tangible steps one can take in order to find a career that does good.


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Dev Aujla is the Founder and Executive Director of DreamNow, a charitable organization that produces ideas that do good for the world. As a producer, DreamNow brings together people, raises money and plans for the growth of ideas.

The ideas that Aujla has played a role in producing reach over fifty thousand people annually and have collectively raised over 1.5 million dollars. DreamNow is best known for both launching Continuum, a social enterprise that provides follow-up for conferences and its research on how a new generation can make money and change the world. Aujla is currently working on his first book building on this research and sharing the stories and tangible steps that he has discovered through his research.

Aujla is a blogger for The Huffington Post on social entrepreneurship and has been featured throughout numerous media outlets including, Time Magazine, The Globe and Mail and CBC Newsworld. He currently sits as an advisor to the Laidlaw Foundation and holds the role of ambassador for the Pepsi Refresh Project, which is giving out a million dollars to ideas that do good across Canada.

Aujla holds an English Literature degree from the University of Western Ontario and currently lives and works in both Toronto and New York. Focusing on teaching people how to use their resources and ideas to make money and make a positive social contribution, Aujla’s groundbreaking ideas are changing the way that people are getting involved and building careers.

  • 2. Making Change Happen

    Speaking from his experience of helping over a thousand young people start community projects and producing several of his own Dev not only helps audiences of all types get motivated and come up with tangible ideas on how they can change the world but he provides a fast-paced lesson on all the steps and knowledge you need to know in order to actually make it happen.
  • 1. Make Money & Change the World

    The last generation made its money destroying the world, today's generation is going to make its money putting it back together. Dev shares the strategies, stories and tangible steps he has learned from the last two years of researching the new Green Economy sharing some of the key insights that will be featured in his upcoming book.
  • Dev was a powerful speaker who was able to share his personal experience and his professional expertise in a way that made everyone in the room see the world in a different light. He helped us see that nothing was impossible, so long as we are willing to dream.

    Ontario Student Trustees' Association
  • Making Good
    February 2012

    Making Good

    As we emerge from the recession, a generation is searching for practical answers about how to succeed and make positive change in the world. With real-life success stories and practical advice and exercises, Making Good outlines how to find opportunities to effect change and make money. These opportunities are not just for entrepreneurs and Fortune 500 companies: Making Good shows step-by-step how any person can achieve financial autonomy, capitalize on global changes to infrastructure, and learn from everyday success stories, providing the skills and insights this generation needs to succeed and build careers and lives of consequence.