Shannon Farley, Executive Director and Co-Founder of Fast Forward, Joins Denver Frederick
The Silicon Valley story is familiar to most of us. A great idea, a visionary founder, accelerators, and incubators, angel investors, and so on. And it even sometimes ends in fame and fortune. But what about tech nonprofits? What do they do? Where do they go for funding? Who provides the support system for them? Well, up to about four years ago, the answer would have been, who knows? But now, it’s an organization called Fast Forward, and it’s a pleasure to have with us their executive director and co-founder Shannon Farley.
Miriam Altman, Co-Founder and CEO of Kinvolved, Joins Denver Frederick
It has been said that 90% of success is just showing up, and while that might be a slight exaggeration, it is a big part of it, especially when it comes to school. Yet, up to one-third of student populations in high-poverty urban areas are chronically absent. When my next guest observed that and the impact it had on things like graduation rates, she decided to do something about it. And that was the start of the social venture called Kinvolved.
Jacquelline Fuller, President of Google.org, Joins Denver Frederick
One company that everyone is just fascinated by is Google. What is their business model? What’s the secret of being so innovative? And how have they created such a fabulous workplace culture? Equally fascinating is their philanthropy and their approach to addressing some of the world’s most vexing social problems.
The Business of Giving Visits the Offices of Benetech
And for this evening’s Better Than Most segment, we will be going out to Silicon Valley into the Palo Alto offices of Benetech. We’ll begin with their CEO Jim Fruchterman and then hear from other members of the Benetech Team.