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A Silicon Valley Engineer Looks to Scale Tech Solutions for the Nonprofit Sector – Inside Philanthropy, April 22, 2020
This article was written by John Freund "Silicon Valley engineer and social entrepreneur Jim Fruchterman has launched a new organization called Tech Matters. With $1.7 million in funding from the likes of Schmidt Futures, the Peery Foundation, Facebook, Twilio, Okta...
Mindfully, Measurably 10 Percent Better By Jim Fruchterman on Skoll.org, April 22,2020
This article was written by Jim Fruchterman "I have frequently heard about the life changing effects of meditation from enthusiasts. It often comes across with religious fervor and intensity. It often includes jargon that doesn’t make sense to a technical person like...
Tech Matters Launched!
On Thursday, April 2, 2020, Tech Matters formally launched as a new organization. I want to share some of the exciting happenings from our first day out of "semi-stealth!" I say semi because we’ve actually been working to support social sector clients over the past 18...
Jim Fruchterman raises $1.7M for Tech Matters, a new effort to help nonprofits do tech better – TechCrunch, April 2, 2020
This article was written by Ned Desmond “The social change sector has huge problems and is 10-20 years behind the times. People are finally waking up to the fact that if they really want to do social good at scale that’s going to involve software and data technology,”...
Tech Matters Launch – News Release
New Nonprofit Social Enterprise, Tech Matters, Brings the Power of Tech to Advance Systems Change for the Social Sector Self-proclaimed “nerd strategists,” Tech Matters bridges the gap between tech and social change leaders, providing mission-focused tech solutions to...
Systems Change Needs Systems Technologists
Systems Technologists are the bridge between tech advances in the private sector and tech for good applications in the social sector to advance real systems change. Knowing what does and doesn’t work in technology applications designed to help tens of thousands of organizations and millions of people, turns out to be critical to achieving ambitious social change goals in the modern world.