They don’t have any experience and no people with experience driving the ship, where experience and relationships in DC are extremely important. They are meeting with offices, yes, but it’s not clear that they are meeting with the right offices or the right staffers. It’s likely that they are actually not cost-effective because the money could probably be better spent on two highly competent and experienced/plugged in people rather than a bunch of junior people in terms of ROI.
Ah, formerly CE. No, I think that formerly CE is not well suited for US Policy-focused spinouts. There aren’t any people on staff that can advise on that well (I’ve been involved in a couple of policy consultation projects for that and it seemed that the advisors just had no grasp regarding what was going on in US policy/advocacy). I think their classic charities are good though!
Another org in the same space, comprised of highly competent and experienced/plugged in people would certainly be welcome, and plausibly could be more effective.
They don’t have any experience and no people with experience driving the ship, where experience and relationships in DC are extremely important. They are meeting with offices, yes, but it’s not clear that they are meeting with the right offices or the right staffers. It’s likely that they are actually not cost-effective because the money could probably be better spent on two highly competent and experienced/plugged in people rather than a bunch of junior people in terms of ROI.
Hi! Interesting comment. To what extent does this also describe most charities spinning out of Ambitious Impacts incubation program?
I’m not familiar with that program, sorry.
Ah, formerly CE. No, I think that formerly CE is not well suited for US Policy-focused spinouts. There aren’t any people on staff that can advise on that well (I’ve been involved in a couple of policy consultation projects for that and it seemed that the advisors just had no grasp regarding what was going on in US policy/advocacy). I think their classic charities are good though!
Another org in the same space, comprised of highly competent and experienced/plugged in people would certainly be welcome, and plausibly could be more effective.