Kevin Barenblat's guest appearances

Kevin Barenblat

Inspiring Social Entrepreneurs Podcast

Financing Social Entrepreneurs

Simulation

Give First

Charly Kleissner

Jed Emerson

Ron Cordes

Rodney Schwartz

Cheryl Dorsey

Joel Solomon

Kevin Starr

Tim Freundlich

Anurag Gupta

Nikki Glaser

Eckhart Tolle

Tim Chang

Ramana Maharshi

Mike Johnson

Rick Doblin

OwlTail

“Techstars for nonprofits” is a pretty good description for Fast Forward, an accelerator for tech nonprofits. The similarities are many — like Techstars, Fast Forward provides mentorship, network, and resources to tech founders, designed to help them succeed. The key difference is that Fast Forward focuses on the specific needs of nonprofit companies.“Our entrepreneurs have all the challenges of tech startups, and all the challenges of nonprofits,” says Kevin Barenblat, Cofounder and President of Fast Forward.Listen as David and Kevin talk about the amazing results Fast Forward has achieved — the 60 nonprofits that have completed the program have impacted almost 90 million lives and raised $275+ million in follow on funding — and how Kevin actually measures success. Because while these metrics are important, Kevin also believes in taking risks and supporting entrepreneurs that he believes in. Techstars personnel and/or guests who speak in this podcast express their own opinions, and not the opinion of either Techstars or any company discussed in this podcast. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and should not be relied upon as legal, business, investment, or tax advice. You should consult your own advisers as to those matters. References to any securities are for illustrative and/or informational purposes only and do not constitute an investment recommendation or offer to provide investment advisory services. Furthermore, this content is not directed at nor intended for use by any investor or prospective investor, and may not under any circumstances be relied upon when making a decision to invest in any fund managed by Techstars. Certain of Techstars funds own (or may own in the future) securities in some of the companies discussed in this podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“Techstars for nonprofits” is a pretty good description for Fast Forward, an accelerator for tech nonprofits. The similarities are many — like Techstars, Fast Forward provides mentorship, network, and resources to tech founders, designed to help them succeed. The key difference is that Fast Forward focuses on the specific needs of nonprofit companies.“Our entrepreneurs have all the challenges of tech startups, and all the challenges of nonprofits,” says Kevin Barenblat, Cofounder and President of Fast Forward.Listen as David and Kevin talk about the amazing results Fast Forward has achieved — the 60 nonprofits that have completed the program have impacted almost 90 million lives and raised $275+ million in follow on funding — and how Kevin actually measures success. Because while these metrics are important, Kevin also believes in taking risks and supporting entrepreneurs that he believes in. Techstars personnel and/or guests who speak in this podcast express their own opinions, and not the opinion of either Techstars or any company discussed in this podcast. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and should not be relied upon as legal, business, investment, or tax advice. You should consult your own advisers as to those matters. References to any securities are for illustrative and/or informational purposes only and do not constitute an investment recommendation or offer to provide investment advisory services. Furthermore, this content is not directed at nor intended for use by any investor or prospective investor, and may not under any circumstances be relied upon when making a decision to invest in any fund managed by Techstars. Certain of Techstars funds own (or may own in the future) securities in some of the companies discussed in this podcast. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Fast Forward’s Kevin Barenblat on running an accelerator for tech nonprofits

Shannon Farley

Shannon Farley &amp; Kevin Barenblat are co-founders of Fast Forward which accelerates tech for social impact. They’ve accelerated 41 tech nonprofits impacting 51 million lives so far. https://ffwd.org Twitter ► https://twitter.com/FfwdOrg Shannon's LinkedIn ► https://linkedin.com/in/farleyshannon Kevin's LinkedIn ► https://linkedin.com/in/barenblat Simulation interviews the greatest minds alive to inspire you to build the future ► http://simulationseries.com  Design Merch, Get Paid, Spread Thought-Provoking Questions ► https://yoobe.me/simulation Subscribe across platforms ► Youtube ► http://bit.ly/SimYoTu iTunes ► http://bit.ly/SimulationiTunes Instagram ► http://bit.ly/SimulationIG Twitter ► http://bit.ly/SimulationTwitter Spotify ► http://bit.ly/SpotifySim Facebook ► http://bit.ly/SimulationFB Soundcloud ► http://bit.ly/SimulationSC LinkedIn ► http://bit.ly/SimulationLinkedIn Patreon ► http://bit.ly/SimulationPatreon Crypto ► http://bit.ly/CryptoSimu PayPal ► https://paypal.me/simulationseries Nuance-driven Telegram chat ► http://bit.ly/SimulationTG Allen's TEDx Talk ► http://bit.ly/AllenTEDx Allen's IG ► http://bit.ly/AllenIG Allen's Twitter ► http://bit.ly/AllenT List of Thought-Provoking Questions ► http://simulationseries.com/the-list  Get in Touch ► simulationseries@gmail.com

Shannon Farley &amp; Kevin Barenblat are co-founders of Fast Forward which accelerates tech for social impact. They’ve accelerated 41 tech nonprofits impacting 51 million lives so far. <a href="https://ffwd.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ffwd.org</a> Twitter ► <a href="https://twitter.com/FfwdOrg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/FfwdOrg</a> Shannon's LinkedIn ► <a href="https://linkedin.com/in/farleyshannon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://linkedin.com/in/farleyshannon</a> Kevin's LinkedIn ► <a href="https://linkedin.com/in/barenblat" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://linkedin.com/in/barenblat</a> Simulation interviews the greatest minds alive to inspire you to build the future ► <a href="http://simulationseries.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://simulationseries.com</a> Design Merch, Get Paid, Spread Thought-Provoking Questions ► <a href="https://yoobe.me/simulation" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://yoobe.me/simulation</a> Subscribe across platforms ► Youtube ► <a href="http://bit.ly/SimYoTu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/SimYoTu</a> iTunes ► <a href="http://bit.ly/SimulationiTunes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/SimulationiTunes</a> Instagram ► <a href="http://bit.ly/SimulationIG" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/SimulationIG</a> Twitter ► <a href="http://bit.ly/SimulationTwitter" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/SimulationTwitter</a> Spotify ► <a href="http://bit.ly/SpotifySim" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/SpotifySim</a> Facebook ► <a href="http://bit.ly/SimulationFB" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/SimulationFB</a> Soundcloud ► <a href="http://bit.ly/SimulationSC" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/SimulationSC</a> LinkedIn ► <a href="http://bit.ly/SimulationLinkedIn" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/SimulationLinkedIn</a> Patreon ► <a href="http://bit.ly/SimulationPatreon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/SimulationPatreon</a> Crypto ► <a href="http://bit.ly/CryptoSimu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/CryptoSimu</a> PayPal ► <a href="https://paypal.me/simulationseries" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://paypal.me/simulationseries</a> Nuance-driven Telegram chat ► <a href="http://bit.ly/SimulationTG" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/SimulationTG</a> Allen's TEDx Talk ► <a href="http://bit.ly/AllenTEDx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/AllenTEDx</a> Allen's IG ► <a href="http://bit.ly/AllenIG" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/AllenIG</a> Allen's Twitter ► <a href="http://bit.ly/AllenT" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/AllenT</a> List of Thought-Provoking Questions ► <a href="http://simulationseries.com/the-list" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://simulationseries.com/the-list</a> Get in Touch ► simulationseries@gmail.com

#513 Shannon Farley & Kevin Barenblat - Social Impact Tech

Kevin Barenblat is a highly experienced software entrepreneur with a passion for applying technology for good. He is a big believer that talented people can leverage technology to create scalable solutions to some of the world’s toughest problems. Kevin is the founder of the Fast Forward accelerator that helps tech nonprofits by investing money, providing training and mentoring, and helping scale them to impact using what he calls a “well-established Silicon Valley playbook.” (An edited version of this podcast was posted on the Financing Social Entrepreneurs podcast).

Kevin Barenblat is a highly experienced software entrepreneur with a passion for applying technology for good. He is a big believer that talented people can leverage technology to create scalable solutions to some of the world’s toughest problems. Kevin is the founder of the Fast Forward accelerator that helps tech nonprofits by investing money, providing training and mentoring, and helping scale them to impact using what he calls a “well-established Silicon Valley playbook.” (An edited version of this podcast was posted on the Financing Social Entrepreneurs podcast).

Episode 85: Interview with Kevin Barenblat, founder of the Fast Forward accelerator

Kevin Barenblat is a highly experienced software entrepreneur with a passion for applying technology for good. He is a big believer that talented people can leverage technology to create scalable solutions to some of the world’s toughest problems. Kevin is the founder of the Fast Forward accelerator that helps tech nonprofits by investing money, providing training and mentoring, and helping scale them to impact using what he calls a “well-established Silicon Valley playbook”

Kevin Barenblat is a highly experienced software entrepreneur with a passion for applying technology for good. He is a big believer that talented people can leverage technology to create scalable solutions to some of the world’s toughest problems. Kevin is the founder of the Fast Forward accelerator that helps tech nonprofits by investing money, providing training and mentoring, and helping scale them to impact using what he calls a “well-established Silicon Valley playbook”