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- July 2017 (Revised November 2017)
- Case
Propel
By: Mitchell Weiss and Sarah McAra
In 2014, Jimmy Chen, a former product manager at Facebook, founded the start-up Propel to build software for low-income Americans. After conducting in-depth behavioral research, Chen and his small team in New York City began to develop technology to address the... View Details
Keywords: Public Entrepreneurship; Govtech; Food Stamps; EBT; Mobile App; User Research; Financial Services Referrals; Grocery Marketing; Customer Discovery; Social Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship; Public Sector; Business Model; Research; Social Enterprise; Poverty; Welfare; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Applications and Software; Technology Industry; United States
- 19 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017
Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known as food stamps. They first designed a mobile site called Easy Food Stamps that streamlined SNAP enrollment, then developed the Fresh EBT app that allowed users to quickly and easily check their... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 03 Jun 2020
- News
Keeping a Community Connected
that we deliver to families. The United Way is helping with an East Boston campaign for rental assistance. We are working with food pantries. We are helping residents get EBT debit cards to buy food for kids. It's a very collaborative... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young