Evan Marwell's guest appearances

Evan Marwell

Successful Nonprofits Podcast

NGPF Podcast

Action and Ambition

The Broadband Bunch

Paul Merriman

Jody Foster

Adam Carroll

Warren Buffett

Jean Chatzky

Liana Downey

Kate Hayes

Ted Bilich

Kathleen Janus

Joan Garry

Gabe Cooper

Andy Rachleff

Ron Lieber

Rachel Schneider

Ted Benna

OwlTail

In this episode of the Broadband Bunch, we speak with Evan Marwell, the Founder, and CEO of Education Superhighway. Their original mission was to bring high-speed Internet access to America’s schools. Having completed this task with a 99% success rate, they were about to sunset the organization. Then COVID-19 happened and the organization decided to pivot and refocus its mission. In this illuminating episode, Evan shares with us how his organization teamed up with both public and private organizations to help shrink the homework gap and by doing so may have discovered the ultimate way to solve the digital divide.

"This could be the solution to solving the digital divide in America." -  Evan Marwell

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 &amp; Finite Goal: Go out of business by 2020 (28:25) Preaching “planned obsolescence” to avoid mission creep (35:15) Evan’s entrepreneurial advice (38:49) “It’s better to be lucky than smart”   Links: Bold Endeavors:  https://www.amazon.com/Bold-Endeavors-Government-America-Rebuild/dp/1416533133 2019: State of the State Report: www.educationsuperhighway.org Be in the know about bandwidth: www.compareandconnectk12.org

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 &amp; Finite Goal: Go out of business by 2020 (28:25) Preaching “planned obsolescence” to avoid mission creep (35:15) Evan’s entrepreneurial advice (38:49) “It’s better to be lucky than smart” Links: Bold Endeavors: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Bold-Endeavors-Government-America-Rebuild/dp/1416533133" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.amazon.com/Bold-Endeavors-Government-America-Rebuild/dp/1416533133</a> 2019: State of the State Report: <a href="http://www.educationsuperhighway.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.educationsuperhighway.org</a> Be in the know about bandwidth: <a href="http://www.compareandconnectk12.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.compareandconnectk12.org</a>

The Government Does the Talking, Your Nonprofit Does the Walking, and Other Lessons from Evan Marwell, Founder of EducationSuperHighway

Evan Marwell was a man on a mission when he founded EducationSuperHighway in 2012. A data driven entrepreneur he analyzed technology at K-12 schools and didn't like what he saw. While many assumed that schools had adequate bandwidth to deliver new edtech tools into classrooms, what he found was a huge difference between that perception and reality. So he created a non-profit to create a new reality. Evan will take us on his entrepreneurial journey over the past 7 years, his lessons learned along the way with tips for any social entrepreneur striving for large-scale change. Enjoy!

Evan Marwell was a man on a mission when he founded EducationSuperHighway in 2012. A data driven entrepreneur he analyzed technology at K-12 schools and didn't like what he saw. While many assumed that schools had adequate bandwidth to deliver new edtech tools into classrooms, what he found was a huge difference between that perception and reality. So he created a non-profit to create a new reality. Evan will take us on his entrepreneurial journey over the past 7 years, his lessons learned along the way with tips for any social entrepreneur striving for large-scale change. Enjoy!

Tim Talks To: Evan Marwell of EducationSuperHighway on challenge to bring high-speed broadband to all schools