Helping @theyoungcenter & a bunch of ed tech cos, researching AI, furniture maker. Prev: Co-founded+CEO'd+sold Thinkful (to Chegg) & Perpetually (Dell).
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Phenomenal reporting from the NYTimes. @theyoungcenter serves the hardest cases among the 130,000 kids @hannahdreier describes. Read more here and DM me if you want regular updates:
nytimes.com/2023/02/25/us/un…
From an old colleague who lives in Hawaii:
If you’re looking for a way to help those affected by the fires in Hawaii I’ve heard from local orgs and people that I trust that these are all good options:
- hawaiicommunityfoundation.or…
- memberplanet.com/campaign/cn…
- mauifoodbank.org/donate/
Wonderful role on a wonderful team working on a wonderful future:
We’re hiring a Community Lead at Sudowrite. It’s an incredibly important role at a pivotal moment.
If you love writing and community, here are 3 reasons why you should consider this…
sudowrite.com/jobs-community
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Border Patrol arrested a 75-year-old humanitarian worker who was bringing water to lost migrant children, including one holding a baby. Agents used a legal workaround to charge her with trespassing on public land. theintercept.com/2023/05/14/…
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AP African American Studies is an incredible opportunity for students to learn our history & it’s shameful – though not surprising – that Gov. DeSantis opposes this. Proud to support @AmandaDoAmanda of @thinkfiveable to call on @CollegeBoard to step up: 5able.me/3XFssZv
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As the Young Center has consistently demonstrated, Title 42 is a violation of immigration law that fuels human suffering.
📢 We urge the Biden Administration to seize the opportunity noted by the Court to take independent action to end Title 42 immediately.
I recently visited a child detention center as part of my work with @theYoungCenter, then sent what I saw to those who money helped us last year. Here's that letter.
If you're making donations (tax deductible!) this #GivingTuesday, consider them: theyoungcenter.org/donate?id…
This was fun – it's wild how little known @joinmultiverse is in the US, despite its size (multiverse.io/en-GB/blog/ser…). Thanks to @ashanthaik & team for helping change that. Great folks at @edtechweek this week.
ALT Poster for Euan Blair interviewed by Darrell Silver
What a massive success story MuckRack has been and continues to be. No money raised for 13 years until now!
We've raised our $180m Series A from Susquehanna Growth Equity to continue @muckrack's growth as the leading PRM (pubic relations management) platform! Here's a short 🧵 about bootstrapping for 13 years to get here...
Running a profitable startup? Welcome to software built in the last decade that simply doesn't consider that possibility:
Put another way, 503 is creating companies like @PilotHQ, which already bundles bookkeeping with QuickBooks. Union is Pilot for HR, the second company is Pilot for FP&A, and the third, GoodGig, is Pilot for subcontracting.
Union (teamunion.com/) is a recruiting firm that gets companies to hire better, retain longer, and manage performance without bias. It's profitable, growing 10% monthly, isn’t saas (yet) and as a result can’t yet be a monopoly (and so isn’t yet raising money).
We raised $21,243 for The Young Center, a 3x increase over last year! darrellsilver.substack.com/p…
Also, @freeCodeCamp *maintained* 60% y/y growth this year, reaching 2.1b minutes of learning in 2021. Non-profit unicorn! freecodecamp.org/news/freeco…
The other thing is ... in January 60% y/y growth in 2021 is exactly what @ossia told me they'd hit.