Fast Forward welcomes Hillary Baker Draper as Partnerships Manager. Below she shares her story: Some might say that I’m a nonprofit super fan. From interning with nonprofits while a student at Tufts University, to participating in an Americorps Year of Service upon graduating, to working for
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Fast Forward welcomes our new Marketing Coordinator: Nicole Dunn. Her story below: Discovering Fast Forward felt like fate. I’ve always been passionate about the potential for creative solutions to solve the challenging issues our world faces. I was delighted to find Fast Forward – an
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Tech nonprofit diversity is the ray of light in the dark and seemingly endless conversations around diversity – or the lack thereof – in the tech space. It’s proven that diverse teams perform better, yet dismal diversity reports are the norm in Silicon Valley and
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Determining your business model is a big decision for any entrepreneur, but perhaps even more so for a social entrepreneur. At Fast Forward we talk to tons of social entrepreneurs who have built amazing tech for good products, but gotten stuck when trying to determine
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It’s been three weeks since Accelerate Good Global, the only summit dedicated to the tech nonprofit sector, wrapped, but we’re still riding on that tech for good buzz. On March 6 and 7th, we convened nearly 500 individuals, including tech nonprofit entrepreneurs leading product companies,
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Fast Forward’s Accelerate Good Global summit is back for round two, with an exciting lineup of talks and fireside chats on tech for good you won’t hear anywhere else. Accelerate Good Global will span March 6-7 and take place at The Midway in San Francisco. Fast
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Drumroll, please! We’re ecstatic to unveil our new look, which brings our entrepreneurs front and center, and better embodies the work we do at Fast Forward. The website redesign is much more than a cosmetic revamp for us, it’s a significant growth milestone and the
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216 hours in person + 100 mentors + 29 inspirational speakers + 8 incredible Accelerator hosts + 288 pitch practices + 224 cups of coffee + 2 Demo Days = over $430,000 in funding unlocked for the tech nonprofit sector! Every year we are
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This is the seventh feature in our 2017 entrepreneur series, highlighting Raheem, a chatbot for anonymously reporting and rating experiences with police. Brandon Anderson, the Founder and CEO of Raheem, intimately knows the desperate need for data and insights that bridge the information gap
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This is the seventh feature in our 2017 entrepreneur series, highlighting Onward, an employer benefit platform helping low-wage workers weather financial instability. A car breakdown, exorbitant medical bill, or family member in monetary crisis can rock anyone’s financial stability. Most of us have experienced,
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