June has been one crazy month for Fast Forward! We held our first accelerator launch event in NYC with BlackRock and Comcast NBCUniversal, announced our 2017 cohort, and are just one day away from the start of our 2017 accelerator program. The biggest news
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On Tuesday, June 13th Fast Forward, Comcast NBCUniversal, BlackRock, and folks from the NYC tech for good community braved the heatwave to come out to 30 Rockefeller Plaza and celebrate the launch of our 2017 accelerator cohort. It was an inspirational evening, with talks from
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By: Kevin Barenblat, Co-Founder & President of Fast Forward Three years ago I transitioned from the for-profit tech world into the uncharted waters of nonprofits and philanthropy. I had an idea to apply the well-established Silicon Valley accelerator model to nonprofits, but found myself
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When Michael Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old black man, was shot and killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Mississippi, protests arose nationwide and have perpetuated as these tragedies continue to occur year after year. The topic of police killings became hotly contested at the national
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Can you believe it’s been nearly a month since our 2016 Demo Day? Neither can we. Now that the dust has settled, we have exciting highlights to share from this year’s program, which is made possible thanks to the generosity of our funders Google.org, BlackRock
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There are 1 billion people in the world who will never see a doctor in their lifetime. Neha Goel, Amal Afroz Alam and Emily Eggert teamed up at Johns Hopkins through the Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design to build a solution to the massive gap
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Startup founders spend countless hours crafting and refining their investor pitch, but it’s not often they get the chance to have open conversations with funders about what they look for, what they appreciate, and what their pet peeves are when evaluating organizations for potential grants.
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Fundraising can be one of the most daunting aspects of running a startup, whether for-profit or nonprofit. Asking someone to give you money can feel extremely uncomfortable, and there are a multitude of factors to take into account when cultivating relationships with funders and perfecting
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We like to think of Jim Fruchterman as “The Godfather of Tech Nonprofits.” He launched the first tech nonprofit in 1989, Benetech, before some of our 2016 founders were even born and way before tech nonprofits were a “thing.” We were fortunate to have the
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The wait is finally over, and we are delighted to announce the nine organizations in our 2016 accelerator cohort. We received over 150 applications this year, meaning our application pool grew 3x since year 1. This represents a significant milestone for us in our mission
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