Investing for Good with Co-founder and Executive Director of Fast Forward Shannon Farley (S8E07)

Shannon Farley, Co-founder and Executive Director of Fast Forward, shares the inception and growth of the organization and the importance of investing in technology that accelerates social impact. Before the company’s founding in 2014, Shannon came to the realization that the technology industry kept solving problems for the market and neglected solving for issues that impact basic human rights. Aaron and Shannon discuss the first organization to go through the accelerator program, why Fast Forward decided to focus on the nonprofit model, and how technology failed society during the pandemic. Tune in to hear how Shannon’s experience at Georgetown impacted her perception of the nonprofit world and learn more at www.ffwd.org.

Production Credits: Aaron Kwittken, Haley Sacotte, Nina Valdes, Maria Bayas, Michael Grubbs, Anna Lamm and Mathew Passy

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