The Dock with Omar Waseem

EP 18 Avi Schiffmann: Internet Activism, Dropping out of Harvard, Using Code for Good

Mar 22, 2023

50:50

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Avi Schiffmann

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

The Importance of Internet Activism

2min

COVID-19: A Novel Coronavirus Project

2min

How to Use the Internet as a Worldwide Distribution Medium to Spread Good News

2min

How to Grow Your Business From 500 Users to 500 Million

2min

The Impact of Take Shelter on the World

3min

The Importance of Security in Humanitarian Tools

2min

The Cost-Effectiveness of a Ukrainian Platform

2min

How to Rake Funding for a Startup

2min

10.

How to Rake for a Nonprofit

2min

11.

The Future of Nonprofits in the Tech World

2min

12.

The Future of Humanitarian Tools

2min

13.

How to Hire and Decide Who Gets Onto Your Team

2min

14.

How to Be a Successful Engineer in a Small Team

2min

15.

The Future of Innovation

4min

16.

How to Be an Expert Designer

2min

17.

How to Be a Successful Fundraiser in the Nonprofit World

2min

18.

The Mystery of Life: A Reality to Experience

2min

19.

The Most Random Thing I've Ever Learned

2min

20.

The Impact of the Ukrainian Refugee Project on the World

2min

21.

The Mystery of Life Is Not a Problem to Solve but a Reality to Experience

2min

22.

How to Be a Good Student

2min

23.

How to Live a Happy Life

5min

Omar Waseem ⁠(⁠⁠@omarwasm)⁠ and Vishal Kolar ⁠(@vishalkolr)⁠ sit down with Avi Schiffmann ⁠(⁠⁠@AviSchiffmann)⁠, founder of Internet Activism, to talk about how he created the most used coronavirus tracker during the height of the pandemic, his mission to build the largest humanitarian nonprofit in the digital space, the meaning of life, dropping out of Harvard, lego sets, Dune, and more...

The Dock is a Founders, Inc. show. Learn more about Founders, Inc. at:

⁠https://f.inc⁠

Links:

· ⁠Avi's Twitter⁠

· ⁠⁠Internet Activism

· ⁠The Dock⁠

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

3:26 - Why he chose to Build Non-Profits

12:08 - The Purpose Behind Internet Activism

18:30 - The Problem with Charitable Foundations

25:24 - His Process Behind Hiring Startup Talent