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Rapid Response: Scaling a mission w/TAAF's Sonal Shah

Masters of Scale

English - July 15, 2021 09:00 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 3.7K ratings
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"Hate is not a one community issue," says Sonal Shah, president of The Asian American Foundation, a nonprofit launched by business leaders in May, dedicated to addressing discrimination against Asian Americans. In just its first few weeks, TAAF raised $1 billion – and is now grappling with what all start-ups face: how to iterate fast, pivot, lose what's not working, and scale what is working, fast. Sonal, who launched the White House Office of Social Innovation in the Obama Administration, is applying the philosophy of business startups to the new effort, building networks between government, businesses, and other nonprofits to amplify impact.

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