The Government Does the Talking, Your Nonprofit Does the Walking, and Other Lessons from Evan Marwell, Founder of EducationSuperHighway - a podcast by The Goldenburg Group, LLC

from 2019-06-18T12:43:24

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Dolph talks with Evan Marwell, successful serial entrepreneur, about his move into the nonprofit world with the creation of EducationSuperHighway. Evan compares and contrasts his experiences starting for-profit companies with the startup of a nonprofit organization.

*****Timestamped Highlights*****

(2:20) The wifi problem that launched EducationSuperHighway

(4:30) F.E. #1 – Learning from Bold Endeavors by Felix Rohatyn

(6:00) F.E. #2 – Expanding a school’s bandwidth for technology

(7:45) F.E. #3 – Bringing the tech issue center stage (White House)

(9:35) America’s CTO lets Evan in on a government secret (shhh!)

(12:23) How Evan ran his nonprofit like a startup

(18:42) A project-oriented team is KEY!

(20:56) Gauging commitment to allocate tasks

(22:24) Working with a sense of urgency

(23:25) You MUST recruit the people that are invested in your mission

(25:39) A Big Bold & Finite Goal: Go out of business by 2020