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The best stuff we run into for impact-obsessed doers and funders.

Fund great ideas wherever they are

Don’t do one until you already know the answer.

Contests, challenges, awards — they do more harm than good. Let's get rid of them.

The best stuff we run into for impact-obsessed doers and funders.

The best stuff we run into for impact-obsessed doers and funders.

Travel thoughtfully, probably less, but do get out there if it drives impact.

The best stuff for doers and funders obsessed with impact at scale.

The best stuff for doers and funders obsessed with impact at scale. Every month or so.

A systematic approach to tracking progress toward real impact at scale.

Not-entirely-random stuff for doers and funders obsessed with impact at scale.

A DIB on an ultra-poverty graduation project in Kenya/Uganda has people going nuts over the results. My own reaction was "WTF!"

Not-entirely-random stuff for doers and funders obsessed with impact at scale.

Not-entirely-random stuff for doers and funders obsessed with impact at scale.

A step-by-step guide to build a board that accelerates your impact.

MacKenzie Scott has just given you a big opportunity.

What Integrate Health learned from their first virtual team retreat.

Not-entirely-random stuff stuff for doers and funders obsessed with impact at scale.

For big impact in agriculture, start with the soil.

Not-entirely-random stuff stuff for doers and funders obsessed with impact at scale.

If you can’t physically get there – and get there safely – then we’re not going to get much impact.

Not-entirely-random stuff stuff for doers and funders obsessed with impact at scale.

What we’ve learned (the hard way) about how to make the most of zoom.

The problem is a pervasive lack of impact evidence. Benchmarking is beside the point.

Getting your message across when you can’t do it in-person.

Not-entirely-random stuff for funders and doers obsessed with impact at scale. ​Every 3 months. More or less.

Zoom was our second home before the whole world moved in – here’s some stuff we've learned along the way.

Some COVID related stuff for doers and funders obsessed with impact at scale.

The right money to the right people in the right way at the right time.

Focus on cash and what it means for charting the path forward

How Apollo rapidly transitioned their call center to remote work.

Crisis advice from the Mulago network.

Here's the quick and dirty advice we gave to our early stage fellows in the time of COVID-19.

Some of you can help now to develop an affordable ventilator suitable for pandemics.

Not-entirely-random stuff for funders and doers obsessed with impact at scale. ​Every 3 months. More or less.

Don’t bring a knife to a gunfight, and other lessons.

Mulago in India.

Mulago’s take on the LEAP RCT results in Liberia.

If your goal is scale, start thinking about it on day one.

Let me tell you a story.

Not-entirely-random stuff for funders and doers obsessed with impact at scale. ​Every 3 months. More or less.