Your plan B needs a plan B, w/Crisis Text Line founder Nancy Lublin
Masters of Scale14 Jun 2017

Your plan B needs a plan B, w/Crisis Text Line founder Nancy Lublin

To succeed, entrepreneurs need a good idea, timing, money, luck. But more than anything, they need the ability to generate an endless supply of Plans B, C, and D when Plan A doesn't come through. Nancy Lublin has scaled three successful not-for-profits: Dress for Success, DoSomething.org and Crisis Text Line. She shares the tenacious approach to technology and financing that have helped these organizations scale.

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