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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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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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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This is the sixth feature in our 2017 entrepreneur series, highlighting Online SOS, a platform that connects victims of harassment to resources and support. “If you don’t return my calls, I’ll release your photos.” “You have no idea who you’re dealing with. I’ll find
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This is the fifth feature in our 2017 entrepreneur series, highlighting Real Talk, a mobile app that provides sex education to middle schoolers via stories presented as text conversations. Sexual health resources, particularly those aimed at youth, are in jeopardy. The National Campaign to Prevent
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Rey Faustino, Founder and CEO of One Degree, is an incredible social entrepreneur as well as an alum of Fast Forward’s very first accelerator cohort. One Degree is like a Yelp for social services: it digitizes critical community resources, enabling anyone to search, comment, save,
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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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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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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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