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William Lutz's avatar

This is pretty impressive. If you are interested, I can give you some ideas on how to run a successful nonprofit shop. I have been doing it for quite a while now.

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Jessica Ocean's avatar

Hi, yes, William, let's have a chat! Wanna shoot me an email at jess@psychcrisis.org?

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David E's avatar

> I’ve been exploring the ideas in pivot-triggers.com (with influences from product management) and want to find a way to document the bets I’m making and how they turned out in a way that accumulates over time.

This sounds really interesting. Never heard of pivot-triggers but the underlying problem is huge. Looking forward to learning more about this.

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David E's avatar

> want to find a way to document the bets I’m making and how they turned out in a way that accumulates over time.

Are these real $ bets? Is there someone on the other side of them? I may have some specific custom software solutions here, it aligns w/ a side project I’ve been exploring lately, there might be some useful overlap.

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David E's avatar

> I applied for, and got, a $60K grant from Emergent Ventures

Well deserved! Awesome that they’re doing this.

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David E's avatar

> To be honest it will be mostly going towards paying me a salary this year as the fledgling org’s only employee.

Yes, of course that’s the right choice. You are the linchpin here, maintaining your sustainability is vital!

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David E's avatar

Great vid on this: https://youtu.be/bfAzi6D5FpM

“Activist and fundraiser Dan Pallotta calls out the double standard that drives our broken relationship to charities. Too many nonprofits, he says, are rewarded for how little they spend -- not for what they get done. Instead of equating frugality with morality, he asks us to start rewarding charities for their big goals and big accomplishments (even if that comes with big expenses). In this bold talk, he says: Let's change the way we think about changing the world.”

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