Please, do yourself a favor, take the 9 minutes and listen to this Snippet of Good with Ben Knockles- Common Place Books. He shares what it looks like for Common Place to give back to their communities. How it’s about caring for people and shepherding moments. How no one leaves empty handed, but that has very little to do with buying books. Enjoy!
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World Changer, that's how we would describe Cody Merrill. He is realizing his dream to change how the US sees poverty; underemployment; homelessness; food insecurity and more. Socialwyze helps governments and donors pay underemployed people to perform public benefit work to help them maintain housing and transition back into employment. Listen to hear how the idea of Socialwyze (backed by Mark Cuban, Quattro Ventures) came to Cody, how it works, and dreams for the future.
In this Snippet of Good we hear about Socialwyze's "Startup House". How living together has been exceptionally beneficial to their growth. Hear how this group of highly motivated entrepreneurs often find themselves excitedly cheering at 1am about how Socialwyze is changing the way people see homelessness; food insecurity; recidivism; and underemployment. Catch the full Conversations Around Good episode on Friday.
We are HUGE fans of Cody Merrill and his brilliant startup Socialwyze. They help governments and donors pay underemployed people to perform public benefit work to help them maintain housing and transition back into employment. In this short snippet we hear about Cody's motivation to create Socialwyze and how the program (backed by Mark Cuban, Quattro Ventures, and more) works. Full episode drops on Friday.
