Non Profit Funding
b'About this Episode\\nWe talk with Shawn Olds, CEO of boodle.AI, a technology company built to improve fundraising efficiency. Shawn talks about his experience working with startups and nonprofits after leaving the military and how he leveraged at boodleAI. Shawn also gives \\u201cbootcamp\\u201d advice for veterans thinking about jumping into entrepreneurship or starting a nonprofit.\\nKey Points of Discussion\\n\\n \\t \\xa0 \\xa0 Why you should avoid the \\u201centrepreneurial version of \\u201ckeeping up with the Joneses\\u201d\\n \\t \\xa0 \\xa0 The importance of strategically prepping your jump into entrepreneurship\\n \\t \\xa0 \\xa0 How boodleAI improves nonprofits with technology\\n \\t \\xa0 \\xa0 \\u201cBoot camp\\u201d advice for veterans wanting to be entrepreneurs or nonprofit owners\\n\\nKey Milestones of this Episode\\n[1:00] Shawn\\u2019s military experience\\n\\n[8:13] Shawn\\u2019s early experiences & why your startup shouldn\\u2019t focus on unicorns\\n\\n[14:40] The one business that got Shawn back into entrepreneurship\\n\\n[17:48] What is boodle.Ai?\\n\\n\\xa0[19:13] How boodleAi technology improves the matching process of fundraising\\n\\n[27:58] What about veterans who want to start a nonprofit\\n\\n[30:23] How is boodleAI evolving?\\nKey Resources\\n\\n \\tboodleAI\\n\\nKey Quotes by Shawn Olds\\n\\n \\t\\u201cBefore its activation, we were volunteered to be the first group of human group of wind dummies on the C17.\\u201d\\xa0\\n \\t\\u201cThe word \\u2018civilian\\u2019 was not in my vocabulary.\\u201d\\n \\t\\u201cI was skewed in my mindset ...[I believed] you either failed or became a billion-dollar startup.\\u201d\\n\\nAbout our Guest Shawn Olds\\nShawn is a West Point Graduate, an Army Ranger who served in the 82nd Airborne Division. His career since leaving the Army has been focused on startups with continued service as a Board Member to various youth education and veteran service nonprofits. The only exceptions being a return to grad school and a return to government service after September 11th with the Counter-Terrorism Office at the Department of State. Three years ago he returned to the US after 8 years in the Middle East and Africa to build boodleAI which is a blend of tech start-up background and serving nonprofits.\\nAbout Our Sponsor\\nNavy Federal Credit Union is a member-driven credit union with over 8 million members and incredible benefits to support the financial stability of military families.\\n\\nVisit navyfederal.org/veteranmove for more information.'