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Podcast: Screw It Just DO It with Alex Chisnall
Episode: Leveraging Technology to Find Scalable Solutions to the Toughest Problems - Starting with Homelessness with Alex Stephany
Description: Welcome to Saturday Episode #297 with Alex Stephany, the Founder and CEO of Beam. Beam is the world’s first online platform that uses crowdfunding to support homeless people into work. Partnered with over 40 charities and the Mayor of London, Beam and its fast-growing community has had unprecedented success supporting the most disadvantaged people in society into work. Using Beam, homeless people have overcome challenges and traumas including mental health, addiction, FGM, self-harm and human slavery to build new lives and careers, in sectors ranging from beauty to bricklaying. In this Saturday episode, Alex and I ta...