Made with Grit
24: Brandon Cummings on launching a non-profit for COVID-19 that impacts thousands of people a week
Episode Summary
Landon chats with Brandon Cummings about his journey from finance, to tech, to starting a non-profit in Atlanta that feeds 6,000 people per week.
Episode Notes
Landon chats with Brandon Cummings about his journey from finance, to tech, to starting a non-profit in Atlanta that feeds 6,000 people per week.
Today’s Topics:
- Brandon’s journey from finance, to biz dev, to engineering
- The demise of Voxa
- Bootstrapped vs “going big”
- A detour into data science
- Going full-time on a side project
- Taking a new job after COVID-19 shuts down the business
- Building an open source platform for COVID-19 testing
- Starting a non-profit to feed hospitality workers during the pandemic
- Building software and systems to support feeding 6,000 people a week
- $20 provides 4 family meals. Donate here.
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