This is the first piece in Fast Forward’s 2018 Accelerator Series featuring Dost. The familiar Skype ringtone sounded, and Sneha Sheth and Sindhuja Jeyabal found themselves face to face. Between them lay a screen and 8,834 miles. They’d never spoken before, but a friend of
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Acceptance into an accelerator is cause for big celebration. But once the champagne bottle’s empty and the balloons have deflated, preparation time begins. We partnered with Comcast NBCUniversal to share our top tips on maximizing your accelerator experience, featuring accelerator gurus Brandon Anderson of Raheem,
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Summertime is here and so is the third issue of What’s Good In Tech! It’s time to crack open a cold one, kick back, and let the good tech news roll in. This month, blockchain is protecting the Moon, a crash course on speaking three
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Ready to meet the tech nonprofits in Fast Forward’s 2018 Accelerator cohort? We sure hope so! If you’ve taken part in Fast Forward’s journey over the past 4 years, you’ve likely had the incomparable experience of chatting with a tech nonprofit entrepreneur, or hearing one
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Imagine the moment you open an email to discover your organization has won a $4 million grant. Finally – the chance to make all of your audacious dreams a reality… right? Now, imagine the moment you realize that with this money comes big expectations, and
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The late 70s and early 80s were a period of political and economic turmoil in the Philippines. That was right around the time 8 year old Rey Faustino, founder and CEO of One Degree (FFWD 2014), immigrated to America with his family. Born in the
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Heejae Lim, founder of TalkingPoints (FFWD 2015) embodies what it means to be a global citizen. Born in Seoul, Korea, Heejae and her family immigrated to the UK when she was eight years old. Years later, Heejae moved across the globe to the US. Her
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Welcome to the second issue of What’s Good in Tech, a monthly roundup of highlights and headlines from the tech nonprofit sector. This month, read about machine learning and marijuana, nonprofits leveraging for-profit financing, and the ways Fast Forward teams accelerated impact in the month
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The year is 2015 and Ashley Treni, Dan Kass, and Georges Clement are deep in the research phase for a new product they’re building. No, they weren’t crowded around a whiteboard plotting yet another meal delivery app. They were sitting in Bronx Housing Court observing
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