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Types of cloud computing

A Crash Course in The Cloud with a Google SRE

The age old adage “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” does not apply to Emmanuel Klu. In fact, Emmanuel, an amazing Google Site Reliability Engineer, is an expert at breaking things on purpose so he can figure out how to prevent those failures in

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nonprofit accounting

Nonprofit Accounting FUN-0-1 with Alison Ball

Accounting can be a scary, overwhelming topic that you might want to ignore. However, nonprofit accounting is critical to sustaining your organization, and even telling your growth story. This is especially true for nonprofits that rely on a variety of funding sources to bring in

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mission sourcing

Mission Sourcing to Save the World Faster

Gavin McCormick is Cofounder and Executive Director of WattTime, a Fast Forward alumni. Gavin’s tech nonprofit journey is quite unique, and last week he came to our Accelerator session graciously hosted at HPE’s Palo Alto office to share some of the lessons he’s learned along

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2017 accelerator applicant

A Peek Inside Our 2017 Accelerator Applicant Pool

Application season is a flurry of excitement here at Fast Forward world headquarters. While we are familiar with almost all the world’s tech nonprofits, we still get plenty of surprises in our applicant pool each year. Whether it’s an entrepreneur who has made huge gains in 12 months,

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