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48in48 2018: Atlanta and New York

October 17, 2018

Well, it happened! We pulled off our 4th Atlanta 48in48 event and our 3rd New York event…on the same weekend!

Once again, I was incredibly moved watching the hundreds of volunteers in Atlanta working tirelessly (well, maybe tired-ly) for 48 straight hours to pull off this amazing feat. As I was giving a tour to a friend of mine who had never been before, he looked at me at one point and asked, “Who ARE all these people?” And my response was simple: “They’re just people that want to do some good in the world, and 48in48 is the vehicle for them to do it.”

Here’s what the Atlanta event looked like:

And below is a video that the IBM team at our New York event produced which gives a good recap of the event:

48&48 NYC from Franco Lebolo on Vimeo.

Dream big. Start small. Work hard.

October 16, 2018

That’s it, really. <pauses to think what else to add…> Nope, that’s it. It’s that simple.

Today marks the 4th Atlanta 48in48 event! WHAT?!

October 12, 2018

This is an incredible day. I can barely wrap my head around it, actually. Almost five years ago, Adam and I hatched a plan to put on a hackathon at Ponce City Market with the goal of building 48 nonprofit websites over a 48 hour period. We’d invite some friends to come and we’d beg and […]

My talk at Purpose on Tap: Spider-man and Privilege

October 10, 2018

I was so honored last week to be asked to speak at the monthly gathering of Purpose on Tap. Thanks, Bobby, for suggesting to the group that I speak…and for the selfie right before my talk ;) The theme of my talk to these 150 men was simple: recognize you have privilege, and with that […]

Entrepreneurs in Cars Getting Coffee (with Titania Jordan)

October 8, 2018

Titania Jordan and I hatched a plan many months ago to film one of her 3Ci Connect interviews outside of the studio. We decided to play off of the Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee style of interview, mainly because I had access to David’s McLaren. We get into some great topics, including how we both […]