Scaling Program and Embracing Change

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Exploring the challenges of scaling a program to reach more underserved students, including the decision to sunset an unsustainable project and focus on a new scalable approach. The narrative also delves into the pivotal arrival of executive Tim Brady and the emphasis on sustainability and scalability over personalization.

Imagine all the highly motivated, high-achieving students who can excel at the most challenging colleges but lack the financial resources to attend. Matching this type of talent with full funding from top-tier schools is the mission of QuestBridge. CEO Ana Rowena Mallari recounts the organization’s 30-year scale journey, during which the program has fostered $5 billion in scholarships and helped 100,000 students. Co-founded by Mallari and Michael McCullough as a summer program at Stanford, QuestBridge now partners with more than 50 schools, transforming how colleges across the U.S. evaluate and admit their incoming classes.

Synthetic voiceover of Reid Hoffman used in this episode was produced by Respeecher with full consent and permission.

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