Giving - Ashley Beckner is Transforming Early Childhood Education

Ashley Beckner is Transforming Early Childhood Education

12/10/18 • 30 min

Ashley is a venture partner at Omidyar Network where she focuses on organizations transforming early childhood education. Ashley and the Omidyar Network have a unique venture capital model. They focus on impact over profit and invest in both for-profits and non-profits. In this episode we dig into the dual-bank account model, Ashley's personal journey to venture capital and the importance of early childhood education.

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