By Shannon Farley, originally posted on Forbes.com 7/9/19 There are times when inspiration hits so strongly, you can’t help but take action. That’s exactly what happened to Lisa Wang, who quit her job as a Google Product Manager to build a tech nonprofit, Almost Fun.
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This is the fifth piece in Fast Forward’s 2018 Accelerator Series featuring Learning Equality. As he walked by a classroom in the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya, Jamie Alexandre, co-founder of Learning Equality, saw something he’ll never forget. In a class of at least 80 students, a
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Tech had a wakeup call over the past year. Tech leaders were forced to reassess the type of impact their products created. As this crisis moment erupted, our confidence in the tech nonprofit model stayed strong. From building products that help more citizens run for
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This is the first post in Fast Forward’s 2017 entrepreneur series. This week, you’ll meet Beyond 12. Stay tuned all summer to learn the stories of each entrepreneur in our 2017 accelerator cohort. College graduation is a worldwide measure of educational success and career
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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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