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| - Darian Rodriguez Heyman, Executive Director, Craigslist Foundation
* what would you do if you knew you could not fail?
* majority of difficulties we bring upon ourselves, we choose them
* bay area is canvas for social change, what are you going to paint on it?
* intention is a very powerful source; be careful where you point that thing
* boot camp can be a transformative event
* open yourselves to the potential, opportunities, connections
* difference between dreamers & visionaries:
* dreamers – know A & Z, where they're at and see us going
* visionaries go from B to Y
* it's the work, the cause, the community that's essential – the work and the need in the community
* put service before ego
* 80% of those who want to start can change witho
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| - Darian Rodriguez Heyman, Executive Director, Craigslist Foundation
* what would you do if you knew you could not fail?
* majority of difficulties we bring upon ourselves, we choose them
* bay area is canvas for social change, what are you going to paint on it?
* intention is a very powerful source; be careful where you point that thing
* boot camp can be a transformative event
* open yourselves to the potential, opportunities, connections
* difference between dreamers & visionaries:
* dreamers – know A & Z, where they're at and see us going
* visionaries go from B to Y
* it's the work, the cause, the community that's essential – the work and the need in the community
* put service before ego
* 80% of those who want to start can change without incorporating your own 501c3 – lots of other alternatives, e.g. fiscal sponsorship
* sometimes the best way to grow the pie is to give away a few slices
* one of the best ways to grow your ideas is to invite new people in
* surround yourself with people smarter than you
* empower them to take components and run with them
* dog eat dog world? "Fear not, dogs don’t eat dogs" (Kevin Danaher)
* get outside of your cause, outside of the reason you're here
* find two people that you can help in some way; watch how quickly that comes back to
* split up from your colleagues
* debrief later network now
* we're all compassionate people, involved in service and philanthropy
* have natural tendency to fix things, serve, make the world a better place
* there are so many opportunities to fix things, to create change
* the challenge is not to dilute our efforts
* crystallize – have a crystal clear focus about why you need to exist
* a vision of how different the world will look like when you achieve it
* three things you'll do to get it
* mission creep – the risk you run
* get focus, get buy in
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