I am this old

Commercial impact at scale is often measured in market share which is seldom perceived to have an equity lens. However, innovative & intelligent market segmentation is the real magic of successful scale. Race is a real & meaningful market segment. #socialimpact #businessmodels

Nice overview of Philanthropy and COVID via Candid & @funds4disaster. There is an opportunity to keep the innovation going - I really want to track what these dollars are doing on the ground - more of the same? changing models? bit.ly/32O4v74

From Techfinder in the 2000s to socialsourcecommons.org, these directories are sorely needed, but folks could never could come up with the G2 or Capterra style business models to make them sustainable - hopefully GivingTechLabs finds the right sustainable business model.

My wife in her all volunteer schools foundation board meeting (paraphrased): Now that we are getting traction with Google & Tides, we need this to do this administrative grant reporting work, which we can't use money from these grants to cover. #nonprofit

GoFundMe announces expansion of causes. Donors donate to GoFundMe & they turn that into a grant to a person or charity. Very reminiscent of models like Charity Water. people.com/human-interest…

One small piece of the story - another nonprofit finds out it isn’t a software company (philanthropy cloud). One of the biggest #tech4good lessons is that if you sell software to customers, you must operate as a software company regardless of mission. huffpost.com/entry/united-w…

“V.C.s seem like these quiet, boring guys who are good at math, encourage you to dream big, and have private planes. You know who else is quiet, good at math, and has private planes? Drug cartels.” newyorker.com/magazine/2020/…

Another good reminder that "reflection" is an underused muscle.

A quote from Tom- “I'm just going to keep apologizing for awhile” - this, paired with serious listening & reflection, is a perfectly good way for the world to become better.

I’m swooning: “What do we think they might do with [cash]? Buy needed supplies. Find new creative ways to help. Hire a few extra team members...they can pay for...five years. Buy chairs for them. Stop having to work every weekend. Get some sleep.” mackenzie-scott.medium.com/seeding-by-ced…

So glad this is a mainstream conversation with high impact examples operating at scale.

A bittersweet milestone in #TechForGood: "FrontlineSMS is Closing." This first farewell post (more are coming) outlines the reasons and motivations behind an orderly exit. I applaud the team for making the call, and doing it well (it seems). frontlinesms.com/blog/2021/6/28…

Nice to see this broader ecosystem forming.

My 17yr old daughter just said “if one person dies from a prop gun in a movie set, everyone talks about its safety relentlessly but when kids die from mass shootings in schools, it’s not a big deal. It’s unbelievable💔” - how about no one should die from gun violence?

Fantastic explainer.