Rapid Response: Fast pivots for changing needs w/DonorsChoose Charles Best
People are altruistic – even more so in times of uncertainty. This is what Charles Best, founder and CEO of DonorsChoose, has learned through 20 years of leading his nonprofit through the terrorist at...
7 Apr 202018min
Rapid Response: Relief funding & crowdfunding in a crisis w/Karen Cahn of IFundWomen
What are your options for emergency funding in the US? Can you use the U.S. CARES Act to get financial assistance? Should you consider crowdfunding? We talk to Karen Cahn, CEO of IFundWomen, about wha...
4 Apr 202034min
Rapid Response: Crisis data is the story of our times, says Crisis Text Line founder
"Anxiety," "grief," "mom”: These are the words surfacing at this extreme moment in time. That data comes from Crisis Text Line, whose online counselors are using both empathy and aggregated data to he...
2 Apr 202027min
Rapid Response: Hourly workers are a ‘hero class’ w/Cue Ball’s Tony Tjan
Hourly workers are the 'hero class,' says VC Tony Tjan. And the pandemic is wreaking havoc on their financial stability. At Boston’s Cue Ball Group, Tony’s portfolio includes companies that employ hun...
31 Mar 202038min
Rapid Response: First, be human – Thoughts on the crisis from Reid Hoffman
Can you blitzscale when the world grinds to a halt? How do you do right by your team AND your investors? What will the entrepreneurial world look like on the other side of this? In this special episod...
26 Mar 202033min
Rapid Response: Danny Meyer on the wrenching decision to do layoffs
Last week, Danny Meyer laid off 2,000 people – that's 80 percent of staff at Union Square Hospitality Group, representing 20+ restaurants across the country. It was a heartbreaking decision made with ...
24 Mar 202034min
Rapid Response: Remote teams, w/WordPress/Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg
The first in a series of special episodes with tools you need RIGHT NOW | Suddenly, many of us are remote workers. As companies radically reimagine their day-to-day in response to the pandemic, we all...
18 Mar 202017min
How to start a revolution, w/Bitcoin pioneer Wences Casares (Xapo)
What if your idea is so radical that people have trouble grasping what it is — or even believing it won't harm them? Every founder believes their product is revolutionary – and the more revolutionary ...
27 Feb 202036min
