Fixing Homelessness From the Private Sector with Calvin Correli

<p>If you like the show, please <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/run-with-it/id1477133536">leave a review on Apple Podcasts</a>!</p><p><b><strong>Nuggets:</strong></b></p><ul> <li>You’re not going to end homelessness worldwide. Don’t do nothing because you can’t do everything.</li> <li>Sometimes a non-profit model opens more doors for those who want to invest in a project.</li> </ul><p><b><strong>Action Steps:</strong></b></p><ol> <li>Interview homeless people, social workers, and shelter employees to qualitatively understand this problem</li> <li>Read <em>The State of Homelessness in America</em> to quantitatively understand this problem</li> <li>Understand sources of funding, like HUD in the US or benefactors that have overcome homelessness themselves.</li> <li>Contact the founder of Samaritan and ask to pick his brain</li> <li>Learn how typical homeless shelters are financed</li> <li>Start small - determine how to best help a handful of people</li> </ol><p><br><strong>Follow through on these action steps and email us your results at update@runwithit.fm. You'll get exclusive access to a private Facebook group of action takers and one listener will earn a free mentorship call with our guest, and potentially, a business partnership.</strong></p><p><b><strong>Links:</strong></b></p><ul> <li><a href="https://simplero.com/">Simplero</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/The-State-of-Homelessness-in-America.pdf">The State of Homelessness in America</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.samaritan.city/">Samaritan</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.kiva.org/">Kiva</a></li> <li> <a href="http://www.paulgraham.com/die.html">How Not to Die</a> (startup advice by Paul Graham)</li> <li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15015.Conversations_with_God">Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue, Book 1 by Neale Donald Walsch</a></li> </ul><p><br></p><p><em>Calvin Correli is the founder of Simplero, the all-in-one platform for online educators. He started it in