Podcast appearances and mentions of jimmy chen

In a new conversation, Jimmy Chen, founder/CEO of Propel and Ofek Lavian, founder/CEO of Forage, return to discuss current trends in using technology to ensure more people can access government food benefits. “As of January 27, 2025, at least, our plan is to continue to invest in the things that we have confidence that are not going to change over the 20-, 30-, 40-year time horizon, while we stay nimble and adapt to what might change in the next few weeks or months,” says Chen. “EBT funding is influenced significantly because of macroeconomics, probably to a greater extent than the actual policies of the administration of the White House,” Lavian predicts. Listen to hear about the latest technology trends.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Guest host Avery Balasbas is joined by a panel of his previous students who are now in college to discuss their MCP experience and how it prepared them for learning beyond high school Show Notes Avery's previous MCP Podcast episodes: Episode 139: Teacher and Learner Reflection Practices (https://podcast.modernclassrooms.org/139) Episode 200: Celebrating 200 Episodes (https://podcast.modernclassrooms.org/200) Subway Surfers (https://poki.com/en/g/subway-surfers?campaign=14726801018&adgroup=126978543349&extensionid=&targetid=kwd-38162773484&location=9007807&matchtype=e&network=g&device=c&devicemodel=&creative=669862134951&keyword=subway%20surfers&placement=&target=&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADlg9ZEeldy7fFdGgjHiTP-hrlnDQ&gclid=Cj0KCQjw3bm3BhDJARIsAKnHoVWutnkEE-vLQQMzDhf50Op28jnhU-SJyxvwS9A3HQwVqb1D2UDhrNkaAtNEEALw_wcB) Ochem Tutor (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEWpbFLzoYGPfuWUMFPSaoA) Blackpenredpen (https://www.youtube.com/c/blackpenredpen) Learning Experiences for the Upcoming Week Our Back to School Toolkit is out and ready for you! For this year, we focused on communicating to caregivers and stakeholders all about blended, self-paced, mastery-based learning. Download here (https://www.modernclassrooms.org/toolkit/back-to-school-24) Have you always wanted a community to read books with? We are hosting a book club with ScreenPal and Kami starting at the end of this month. The community has chosen to read UDL & Blended Learning by Katie Novak and Catlin Tucker. Join us in this 10-week community of practice to learn with and from educators across the country, receive Premium access to both ScreenPal and Kami, and deepen your understanding of UDL and blended learning. Our first session is this Thursday, Sept. 27, 7pm ET. Register here (https://www.modernclassrooms.org/book-club) Want to connect with other educators of color who are creating a more student-centered learning environment? Join our monthly Shades of Excellence meetup on Monday, Sept. 23, 7pm ET. Register here (https://modernclassrooms.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mwNL4j3JShqttarBnwXy6w) We're attending the NCTM Annual Meeting and Exposition in Chicago from Sept. 25-28. Come find us! Contact us, follow us online, and learn more: Email us questions and feedback at: podcast@modernclassrooms.org (mailto:podcast@modernclassrooms.org) Listen to this podcast on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1SQEZ54ptj1ZQ3bV5tEcULSyPttnifZV) Modern Classrooms: @modernclassproj (https://twitter.com/modernclassproj) on Twitter and facebook.com/modernclassproj (https://www.facebook.com/modernclassproj) Kareem: @kareemfarah23 (https://twitter.com/kareemfarah23) on Twitter Toni Rose: @classroomflex (https://twitter.com/classroomflex) on Twitter and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/classroomflex/?hl=en) The Modern Classroom Project (https://www.modernclassrooms.org) Modern Classrooms Online Course (https://learn.modernclassrooms.org) Take our free online course, or sign up for our mentorship program to receive personalized guidance from a Modern Classrooms mentor as you implement your own modern classroom! The Modern Classrooms Podcast is edited by Zach Diamond: @zpdiamond (https://twitter.com/zpdiamond) on Twitter and Learning to Teach (https://www.learningtoteach.co/) Special Guests: Alexander Cai, Brandon Buerger, Jimmy Chen, and Kelly Chan.

Join Endgame YouTube Channel Membership! Support us and get early access to our videos + more perks in return: https://sgpp.me/becomemember ---------------------- “When there is a clear enough motivation or change, things get done really fast.” Dr. Jimmy Chen, the managing director of Stanford Energy Corporate Affiliates (SECA) at Precourt Institute for Energy, in conversation with Gita Wirjawan to share his optimism towards global climate actions. Gita Wirjwan is an Indonesian entrepreneur, educator, and Honorary Professor of Politics and International Relations at the School of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham, UK. He is also a visiting scholar at The Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC), Stanford University (2022—2024). #Endgame #GitaWirjawan #JimmyChen ---------------------- Content: Prof. Jimmy's Early Scientific Curiosity Manual vs Digital Dexterity Academic Journey 3 Agencies in Sustainability 'Stealing' Silicon Valley California's Blessings When Academia Meets Entrepreneurship Climate Realism, Prediction, Hope Money: A Fundamental Issue Fossil Fuel Demand Climate Bottleneck 'Climate Deniers' & 'Flat-Earther' Hydrogen "It Is Within Our Power to Control" ------------------ Earn a Master of Public Policy degree and be Indonesia's future narrator. More info: admissions@sgpp.ac.id | https://admissions.sgpp.ac.id | https://wa.me/628111522504 Visit and subscribe: SGPP Indonesia | Endgame Clips

On this episode of “B The Way Forward,” host Brenda Darden Wilkerson is joined by Jimmy Chen, founder and CEO at Propel, a tech company whose app was created to help low-income individuals and their families manage government benefits. Jimmy's work empowers vulnerable individuals, particularly those who rely on food stamps, to improve their financial health. Brenda and Jimmy discuss the biases in tech entrepreneurship, particularly around how founders and investors tend to build technology that solves problems from their personal experiences. Without diversity in tech entrepreneurship and funding common problems for minoritized people are often overlooked. We hear Jimmy's story and how he found a gap in technology and why he felt drawn to help solve meaningful financial problems that serve people using the safety net. Jimmy saw an opportunity: Around 40 million people in the U.S. who receive food stamp benefits on an EBT debit card have to constantly call a 1-800 number to find out their balance. So, his company Propel built the country's first mobile banking app for the EBT card. Jimmy talks to Brenda about what it means to create impact and how he's been working to really listen to the people his product is serving. Jimmy also opens up about being a male ally in the tech industry and the goals he has for Propel to continue building a product that reflects the demographics of the people they are serving. “I really think of respect as a core foundational design element to how we think about our relationship with people who use our products and what we are trying to do alongside them. I think it's part of the same conversation of, look, we're not building for people, we're building with people in many cases because we respect that they know what's best for themselves.” For more from Jimmy and Propel, check out... X -@jimmychen and @joinproviders Instagram - @providersapp Facebook - /ProvidersApp LinkedIn - /propel-inc, and /jimmychen1 --- At AnitaB.org, we envision a future where the people who imagine and build technology mirror the people and societies for whom they build it. Find out more about how we support women, non-binary individuals, and other underrepresented groups in computing, as well as the organizations that employ them and the academic institutions training the next generations. --- Connect with AnitaB.org Instagram - @anitab_org Facebook - /anitab.0rg LinkedIn - /anitab-org On the web - anitab.org  --- Our guests contribute to this podcast in their personal capacity. The views expressed in this interview are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology or its employees (“AnitaB.org”). AnitaB.org is not responsible for and does not verify the accuracy of the information provided in the podcast series. The primary purpose of this podcast is to educate and inform. This podcast series does not constitute legal or other professional advice or services. --- B The Way Forward Is… Produced by Dominique Ferrari and Paige Hymson Sound design and editing by Neil Innes and Ryan Hammond  Mixing and mastering by Julian Kwasneski  Associate Producer is Faith Krogulecki Executive Produced by Dominique Ferrari, Stacey Book, and Avi Glijansky for Riveter Studios and Frequency Machine  Executive Produced by Brenda Darden Wilkerson for AnitaB.org Podcast Marketing from Lauren Passell and Arielle Nissenblatt with Riveter Studios and Tink Media in partnership with Carolyn Schneller and Coley Bouschet at AnitaB.org Photo of Brenda Darden Wilkerson by Mandisa Media Productions For more ways to be the way forward, visit AnitaB.org

Jimmy Chen, founder/CEO of Propel and Ofek Lavian, founder/CEO of Forage, explain how they are harnessing the power of technology to ensure more people can easily access government food benefits. “We believe that well-fed people have many problems, but hungry people have only one,” saysk Lavian. Both companies make it easier for people to access and maximize benefits online and through apps. “We build technology because we see it as the tool that is underappreciated and underutilized in this sector to create the outcomes of… safety net programs meeting their promise for Americans,” says Chen. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jimmy and Cory dig deep into actionable tactics to develop and manage sales development managers, a topic that so many companies get wrong. If you have SDR/BDR managers in your org or if you aspire to be one day, dig into this episode for some takeaways you can put into place today!

Jimmy Chen founded Propel in 2014 with the ambitious vision of improving America's safety net. $65 Billion of government benefits go unclaimed because of cumbersome and opaque processes. Even when those benefits are claimed, the user experience is frustrating. Propel started by making one of America's most important social benefit programs, SNAPs, formerly known as food stamps more user friendly. Propel makes it possible for any of the 42 million Americans on SNAPs to check their balance from their phone instead of having to call a 1-800 number and wade through a cumbersome phone tree. Today, Propel serves over 5 million people in all 50 statesTo share how Propel vision expanded beyond SNAPs to become an all-in-one money app to include mobile banking, benefits info with the goal of patching America's broken safety net, I'm excited to have Jimmy Chen here to share his story. https://www.joinpropel.com/

Today's episode is a cross-post with the a16z podcast. It features founders—Chris Severn, Florian Otto, Andrew Adams, Jade Chan, Jimmy Chen, and Fay Rotenberg—chatting with a16z podcast host Steph Smith, about how they're trying to reinvent the healthcare system, using fintech.Additional reading:https://a16z.com/healthcare-meets-fintech/https://a16z.com/2023/02/07/healthtech-x-fintechs-biggest-prize/https://a16z.com/2022/06/01/payvidors-unbundled-opportunities-in-healthcare-fintech/

"Russia has no good generals. The only exception is Bagration." -Napoleon. Join us for this episode on the dynamic Prince Bagration with special guest Jimmy Chen of NapoleonicImpressions.com.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/generalsandnapoleon/support

Bonus episode on the life and times of Marshal Davout! We have a special guest, Jimmy Chen of NapoleonicImpressions.com, which is an online store selling unique printed products inspired by the Napoleonic era. Please checkout their site as they are a big supporter of ours. This episode focuses on Marshal Davout's role in the Russian campaign. We also discuss the battles of Austerlitz, Auerstadt, Eylau, and Wagram as well as the downfall of the Empire. Thanks for listening! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/generalsandnapoleon/support

In this episode of Add Passion and Stir, we are revisiting our Child Tax Credit series. We look at how organizations are using technology to make sure eligible families are receiving the credit. With more than 36 million additional children — a majority of whom are Black and Latino — now eligible and the credit being distributed as a monthly payment instead of an annual lump sum many changes were required to ensure success of the program.We spoke with Amanda Renteria, CEO of Code for America, who launched the GetCTC.org portal to make it easier for families to claim their credit and Jimmy Chen, CEO of Propel, the organization behind the Providers app, which allows participants to manage a variety of government benefits, including the CTC, in one place about how they are helping to the credit reach all eligible families.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Having raised over $60 million, find out what Jimmy Chen, the founder and CEO of Propel, has learnt from his funding journey and how he has successfully created a business with social impact without sacrificing on revenue. The for-profit technology company have created an award-winning app, which is now used by over 5 million households each month to manage their government benefits and money. Discussions in the episode: How early years shape the leader you become The balancing act between purpose and high revenue growth Biggest learns from fundraising journey The importance of attracting world-class talent Click here to reach out to Peter Rabey direct Like this show? Please leave us a review. Every review helps. 

Something quite extraordinary happened yesterday.With 10 Christchurch City councillors writing to the head of Environment Canterbury regional council, asking her to get the mayors of Christchurch, Selwyn, Waimakariri, Ashburton and Hurunui into a room to talk about putting money on the table for the new Christchurch stadium, Te Kaha.By the way: are we still calling it the ‘new' stadium - or is it time we started calling it the ‘beleaguered' stadium. We can't be far off calling it that, can we?We've been talking about it for 11 years but there's nothing to show for all the talk - other than a big piece of empty land in the centre of town.And today there's more talking, with city councillors meeting to decide the next steps in this whole torturous process - which is consulting the public on whether it should put another $150 million of ratepayer money into the stadium after last week's budget blowout announcement; or scale back the design to keep it in budget; or put the whole thing on hold for a bit.But what was extraordinary about yesterday, was that - even before today's meeting - we had ten councillors taking it on themselves to get negotiations underway with the other local councils about having some skin in the game.This is something the mayor and deputy mayor should have done months, if not years, ago. But obviously these ten councillors are so frustrated that they've gone to ECan themselves and asked it to get all the councils in a room together.And they've done it without involving the mayor and the deputy mayor.If you want to know who these councillors are: they are Sam MacDonald (who we'll be talking to shortly), Jake McLellan, James Gough, Phil Mauger, Aaron Keown, Pauline Cotter, Yani Johanson, Tim Scandrett, Jimmy Chen and Catherine Chu.And let's not kid ourselves that these councillors are doing this solely for the benefit of the community. All but two of them are seeking re-election later this year, so we could easily make gags about them “grandstanding” and playing “political football” with the stadium issue.And I see that some of the councillors who didn't put their name to the letter are saying that their colleagues are jumping the gun because Lianne Dalziel has a meeting lined up with ECan next week. But these ten want all the councils brought into the tent.As they absolutely should be. There is no way Selwyn, Waimakariri, Hurunui and Ashburton should get away with putting nothing into the stadium.The other thing these ten councillors want ECan to do - as well as bringing the councils together to talk turkey - is to introduce a regional rate or regional tax to cover some of the costs of building the stadium.So that would mean any property owner living within ECan's area of jurisdiction - which is north of the Waitaki River up to the Clarence River, just up from Kaikoura and inland to the boundary with the West Coast.Anyone who owns a property within that ECan boundary would pay a compulsory regional tax to help pay for the stadium.This sort of thing was done to help pay for Forsyth Barr stadium in Dunedin and the Caketin in Wellington - so it's not unheard of, and I think it's a brilliant idea.Because, let's face it, Waimakariri, Selwyn, Hurunui and Ashburton aren't going to commit money overnight, are they? We've already had one of the mayors in the news this week saying “ooh, we'd have to talk to our ratepayers before we made any sort of commitment”.Which has election year written all over it, doesn't it?If ECan just went ahead and introduced a regional tax for the stadium, we'd be on much firmer ground financially, and the Christchurch City Council could box on and get things underway.You may have seen in the news too that even if it decided to scale-back the design to keep it within budget, the extra design work that would have to be done would cost an extra $30 million anyway. This is in a report that's been done by council staff for councillors.So it's looking more and more,...

Jimmy Chen is an expert when it comes to content acquisition, management, licensing, distribution and monetizing #Augmentedreality #Virtualreality #content through telecom & LBVRE partners. He spoke about ways to #monetize #distribute #immersive #interactive #content & the need for #AR #VR #Content #studios #Startups to Collaborate https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmy-cheng-860988159 https://www.iconicengine.com/team/ XROM- Home of Extended Reality India's 1st AR/VR Focussed Podcast Kindly subscribe to our youtube channel www.youtube.com/xrompodcast Music Credit: Adam Avil Track Title: Shiv

Jimmy Chen joined WAB as a Grade 5 student and graduated in 2012. He attended the University of Southern California and earned both a bachelor's and a master's in electrical engineering. Jimmy then went on to work as a software development engineer at Amazon for more than 4 years and is now progressing his career in the field of blockchain technology and cryptocurrency. On today's episode, Jimmy talks about his favorite memories from WAB, how the school shaped him and supported his journey, as well as the connections he still has to the school and community.

An all star cast joins me in a rant filled odyssey, as Ed Coss, Peter Molloy, Marcus Cribb, Beatrice de Graaf, Josh Provan, Jacqueline Reiter, Jimmy Chen and Rachael Stark debate those misconceptions about the period that drive them round the bend. Twitter: @zwhitehistory | @mcribbHistory | @beatricedegraaf | @Peter_Molloy_ | @LandOfHistory | @latelordchatham | @JSC1812 | @Bookish_Rachael You can support this content & get exclusive perks at: www.patreon.com/thenapoleonicist Tips also appreciated: www.ko-fi.com/napoleonicist

Jimmy Chen is the Founder and CEO of Propel, creators of the Providers app, which is used by over 5 million Americans to manage their SNAP benefits and banking. Propel was founded through a fellowship at the Robin Hood Foundation, and has raised over $80m in venture capital funding from investors including the Financial Health Network, Andreessen Horowitz, Kevin Durant, and Serena Williams. In addition to his work at Propel, Jimmy is Vice Chair of Technology at the eGovernment Payments Council, an industry task force around the future of government payments, he was an advisor to President Biden's Tech Transition Committee, and he has testified in front of Congress on the topic of modernizing America's safety net. Prior to Propel, Jimmy led product teams at LinkedIn and Facebook and studied Symbolic Systems at Stanford University. “Start from a clear consumer pain point, start from talking to people who are navigating those challenges in their day to day lives, gain as much empathy as you can for their experiences.” - Jimmy ChenToday on Startups for Good we cover:Market opportunity to serve low income peopleMeasuring your positive impact What makes a product respectfulHow a feature can evolve into a businessRevenue through advertisingChoosing advertisers that are aligned with company valuesManaging fifty different state government regulationsDealing with competitionWillingness to have frank conversations Connect with Jimmy on Twitter or find out more from the Propel websiteThe Paul Graham article that was mentionedSubscribe, Rate & Share Your Favorite Episodes!Thanks for tuning into today's episode of Startups For Good with your host, Miles Lasater. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a rating and review on your favorite podcast listening app.Don't forget to visit our website, connect with Miles on Twitter or LinkedIn, and share your favorite episodes across social media. For more information about Purpose Built visit our website.

Jimmy Chen is the Founder and CEO of Propel, a software company that aims to fight poverty through technology. They are the creators of the Fresh EBT mobile app, which enables EBT cardholders to manage their benefits, save money through grocery coupons, and find jobs. Fresh EBT is used by over 2 million low-income Americans across the country. In this episode of Innovation For All Podcast, Sheana learns why Jimmy decided to start Propel and use the tools of Silicon Valley to address social issues around poverty.In this episode you will learn: Why Jimmy Chen decided to focus on building tech for low income families What is Propel and Fresh EBT Why start with the food stamp program to battle poverty How does Propel get the experience and empathy to solve problems they might not understand What is the process for getting usable information from users What are the logistical and general obstacles faced by Propel and how are they overcome What are some misconceptions about the food stamp program Where else can the private sector make a difference and what are the challengesGet show notes for this an every episode at innovationforallcast.com or find us on Twitter @inforallpodcast.Original air date: 8/21/19Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/innovation-for-all/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/innovation-for-all/support

As 2021 comes to a close we share recent conversations with several innovators filling unique needs. Nathaniel Harley from MANTL and Jesse Wedler from Capital G, a growth stage fund backed by Alphabet, on modernizing bank infrastructure and digital account opening in 3 minutes or less, started for neobanks but pivoted to fill a void for larger, established financial institutions. Jimmy Chen, Founder & CEO of Propel on its new app to help low-income Americans better manage government benefits and take control of their financial health. Last, Javier Rodriguez Soler, Global Head of Sustainability and President of BBVA USA on BBVA's recent partnership 500 Global, a platform to identify disruptive and sustainable technologies for financial services, as BBVA continues its focus on ESG. Opportunities abound as we head into the new year! https://youtu.be/9XQU7FQ_NAQ

Gabriela Ariana Campoverde sits down with Jimmy Chen, CEO of Propel, a software company dedicated to helping low-income Americans improve their financial health. Propel's mobile app provides Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP, benefits users with the ability to check their benefit balance -- which was only previously available over a 1-800 number, and more recently offers users a checking account and debit card. In this episode we discuss: - Propel's app which today has 5 million active users - Propel's vision to become a one-stop-shop to manage government benefits and other income, side-by-side - The ways in which the company stood by their users during the pandemic - All about the company's culture - And so much more! Jimmy Chen Jimmy is the Founder and CEO of Propel. Previously, Jimmy was a Product Manager at Facebook, where he led product for Facebook Groups and prior to Facebook worked at LinkedIn. He is passionate about making America's safety net more user-friendly. He is a graduate of Stanford University, where he studied Symbolic Systems. Propel Propel builds software dedicated to helping low-income Americans improve their financial health. For additional information on Propel, please visit joinpropel.com and www.joinproviders.com | Twitter: twitter.com/joinproviders For more FinTech insights, follow us below: Medium: medium.com/wharton-fintech WFT Twitter: twitter.com/whartonfintech Gabriela's Twitter: twitter.com/byGabyC Gabriela's LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/gcampoverde

Jacqueline Reiter, Jimmy Chen and Josh Povan join me as we discuss four contenders for the title of 'most significant naval figure'. Some predictable and less predictable candidates are offered, including two Russians, one of whom is more famous for his exploits on land, despite his reformist naval agenda. Twitter: @zwhitehistory | @latelordchatham | @JSC1812 | @LandOfHistory Tip: https://ko-fi.com/napoleonicist Support: https://www.patreon.com/thenapoleonicist

Dr. Jimmy Chen, Professor Jimmy Chen, analytics and operations management, Freeman College of Management, Bucknell University, on the supply chain issues, how big an anchor on the global economy are these issues, the expected impact on holiday shopping, and the worker shortage.

Dr. Jimmy Chen, Professor Jimmy Chen, analytics and operations management, Freeman College of Management, Bucknell University, on the supply chain issues, how big an anchor on the global economy are these issues, the expected impact on holiday shopping, and the worker shortage.

In this second episode of Add Passion and Stir's Child Tax Credit series, we look at how organizations are using technology to make sure eligible families are receiving the credit. With more than 36 million additional children — a majority of whom are Black and Latino — now eligible for the CTC and the credit being distributed as a monthly payment instead of an annual lump sum many changes were required to ensure success of the program. We spoke with Amanda Renteria, CEO of Code for America, who launched the GetCTC.org portal to make it easier for families to claim their credit and Jimmy Chen, CEO of Propel, the organization behind the Providers app, which allows participants to manage a variety of government benefits, including the CTC, in one place about how they are helping to the credit reach all eligible families.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jimmy Chen is the founder and CEO of Propel, a fintech focused on low-income Americans. Propel has raised $18.5M to date from investors like Nyca Partners, Inspired Capital, and Andreessen Horowitz. In this episode, we talk about the opportunity in building products for underserved Americans, how Jimmy bootstrapped the company for the first 3 years of its existence, and how government safety net programs work. You can follow Jimmy on Twitter at @jimmychen and Joe's at @joeysweeny

Episode description:  Many fintechs launch to tackle big missions - like the democratization of the stock market, increasing financial inclusion, or improving financial health. But these fast-growing startups are also for-profit companies with investors and other stakeholders to satisfy. In this episode, Jennifer talks to Jimmy Chen, founder and CEO of Propel, a software company that aims to fight poverty with technology. Jimmy shares the challenges his fintech faces in navigating the balancing act of growing a business,  serving and earning the trust of its customers, and staying true to its financial health mission. Speaker bio: Jimmy Chen is the Founder and CEO of Propel, creator of Fresh EBT. Fresh EBT is an award-winning mobile app used by over 4 million Americans to manage their SNAP benefits (food stamps), save money, and find jobs. Founded with the idea of using Silicon Valley’s toolkit to improve the daily experience of low-income Americans, Propel helps Americans who live on or near the safety net make it through the month, every month. Propel's investors include Andreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins, Kevin Durant, and Serena Williams. Jimmy previously worked at LinkedIn and Facebook and studied Symbolic Systems at Stanford University.

More than 35 million Americans live in households that struggle with hunger. One in ten households in the U.S. experience food insecurity. Millions of low-wage earners are barely getting by, week to week. They worry about how to pay the rent and put food on the table. They need government programs, including Food Stamps and Medicare, on top of working full-time jobs just to get by. How can we support those who are on the brink of despair? Kellee talks with Jimmy Chen, CEO of Propel, who is working to deliver accessible financial support to the low-income and minimum wage earners through its technology platform.

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You don’t want to miss this episode of Breaking Banks. Jason Henrichs speaks with Jennifer Tescher, President and CEO of the Financial Health Network and Host of the EMERGE Everywhere podcast to explore the relationship between social impact and banking. Then stay tuned as Jason is joined by Nicole Kontrabecki, general counsel at Dreambound, Asya Bradley, Founder & COO of First Boulevard, Ohad Samet, CEO of TrueAccord, and Jimmy Chen, CEO OF Propel. Listen as these social good crusaders discuss changing banking for the better through technology and awareness.

Jimmy is the Director of Worldwide Sales Development at Hacker One. Jimmy has been a leader and coach in high school when he recruited and led his high school fencing team. Jimmy on LinkedIn Get personalize advice and coaching so you can become the best leader you can be. Check out the Next Level Leadership Mastermind.

In the first of two episodes on Napoleon's greatest battles, I'm joined by Josh Provan, Rachel Stark, Jimmy Chen and Geraint Thatcher as each makes the case for a different engagement deserving the title of Napoleon's greatest. We discuss Rivoli, Austerlitz, Marengo and Berezina, whilst also discussing whether Napoleon was a gambler, how the Pratzen heights were like a piece of cheese, and why fighting morons matters in war. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thenapoleonicist Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZwhiteHistory Youtube: The Napoleonicist - YouTube

About this nugget: This nugget was pulled from episode 286 from an interview with Jimmy Chen from Propel.  This nugget is on observing customers on your way to a new business model. What is a nugget of the week?:  The host John Siracusa has recorded over 300 episodes as the host of the Bank On It fintech podcast where he interviews founders building the future of fintech and the VCS/Angels who fund them.  With each interview there’s this wow moment when the person interviewed has shared something really special, unique or a reminder on how founders or investors should think. So, here we are delivering those moments to you in the form of a bite sized nugget. About Jimmy Chen: Jimmy is the founder and CEO of Propel, a company that builds software to make safety net services more user-friendly. They are the makers of Fresh EBT, a free smartphone app that empowers over a million families nationally who receive food stamp benefits (SNAP) to improve their financial health. About the host: John, is the host of the ‘Bank On It’ podcast recorded onsite in Wall Street at OpenFin.   He's also the founder of the remotely recorded, studio quality standardized audio production system called ListenDeck. As a  fintech, VC, financial services industry enthusiast and connector. He’s in the center of the fintech ecosystem, keeping current with the ever-innovating industry.  Stay in the fintech know by subscribing to ‘Bank On It’, Follow John on LinkedIn, Twitter, Medium

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (also known as SNAP) provides important nutritional support for low-income individuals and households within the U.S. In 2018, the program helped 40 million low-income Americans afford a nutritionally adequate diet in a typical month. But the impact of COVID-19 on low income families cannot be understated. With substantial unemployment, many are concerned with the stability of their housing, or the ability to put food on the table. Tune in for an inspirational episode of One Vision, where Theo and Bradley chat with Jimmy Chen, the founder and CEO of Propel, about his startup journey, how Propel helped make this critical safety net program more user-friendly while improving consumer financial health, and how Project 100 became the most ambitious private direct payments initiative during the COVID-19 pandemic. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (also known as SNAP) provides important nutritional support for low-income individuals and households within the U.S. In 2018, the program helped 40 million low-income Americans afford a nutritionally adequate diet in a typical month. But the impact of COVID-19 on low income families cannot be understated. With substantial unemployment, many are concerned with the stability of their housing, or the ability to put food on the table. Tune in for an inspirational episode of One Vision, where Theo and Bradley chat with Jimmy Chen, the founder and CEO of Propel, about his startup journey, how Propel helped make this critical safety net program more user-friendly while improving consumer financial health, and how Project 100 became the most ambitious private direct payments initiative during the COVID-19 pandemic. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jimmy is the founder and CEO at Propel, Inc., a Brooklyn based company dedicated to helping low income Americans improve their financial health with technology. Their Fresh EBT app helps over 3 million households manage and budget food stamp benefits by providing an integrated platform to check their balance, view transaction history, and receive local deals. The app also provides savings tips and goals in order to improve the financial literacy of their users. The company is backed by the likes of Serena Williams, Kevin Durant, and Andreessen Horowitz. Poverty is not a particularly new issue; it is estimated that approximately 38 million people live under the poverty line in the USA as of 2019. The intersection of tech and poverty aims to foster technological innovation that will allow people and nations to lift themselves out of poverty. However, many companies do not invest into helping those less fortunate due to monetary motivations and the fact that most founders are not in a position to understand the fundamental drivers of poverty. We talk to Jimmy about how innovation in tech can continue to help those in need and how his own financial hardships led him to building Propel. Jimmy also explores the capitalist system today and how it can be leveraged to support companies that are aligned with your own personal values. We hope this conversation inspires you and teaches you more about a topic that tends to get overlooked. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Host Molly Wood speaks with Jimmy Chen, founder and CEO of the startup Propel, which makes an app called Fresh EBT. The app helps recipients of SNAP, also known as food stamps, digitally check their balances. Now, Propel has partnered with GiveDirectly, a nonprofit, to give a one-time cash gift to users of the Fresh EBT app, beginning in areas hardest hit by COVID-19.

Host Molly Wood speaks with Jimmy Chen, founder and CEO of the startup Propel, which makes an app called Fresh EBT. The app helps recipients of SNAP, also known as food stamps, digitally check their balances. Now, Propel has partnered with GiveDirectly, a nonprofit, to give a one-time cash gift to users of the Fresh EBT app, beginning in areas hardest hit by COVID-19.

Every week the show host John Siracusa talks with impressive fintech leaders and entrepreneurs, through conversation uncovers the remarkable stories behind them, their creations and the most important topics in fintech.   You can subscribe to this podcast and stay up to date on all the stories here on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio.   In this episode the host John Siracusa chats with Jimmy Chen, founder and CEO of Propel.  Propel builds software dedicated to helping low-income Americans improve their financial health.  Its core product, Fresh EBT, is a smartphone app that allows EBT cardholders to manage their benefits, plan their grocery shopping, and save money on food.   Fresh EBT is used by over two million families across the country, which helps people who receive SNAP benefits to improve their financial health.   Their investors include Andreessen Horowitz, Nyca Partners, Kleiner Perkins, Serena Williams, and Kevin Durant.      Tune in and Listen.   Subscribe now on iTunes, Google , Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio to hear next Tuesday’s all new episode with Monica Brand Engel  from Quona Capital.   About the host:   John, is the host of the ‘Bank On It’ podcast recorded onsite in Wall Street at Carpenter Group, and 'Before the A' podcast recorded onsite in Flat Iron at Barclays/Techstars Rise NYC.   He’s a highly sought after fintech, VC and financial services industry enthusiast and connector. He’s in the center of the fintech ecosystem, keeping current with the ever-innovating industry.  Stay in the fintech know by subscribing to ‘Bank On It’, ‘Before the A’  Follow John on LinkedIn, Twitter, Medium

Every week the show host John Siracusa talks with impressive fintech leaders and entrepreneurs, through conversation uncovers the remarkable stories behind them, their creations and the most important topics in fintech.   You can subscribe to this podcast and stay up to date on all the stories here on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio.   In this episode the host John Siracusa chats with David Buxton, founder and CEO of Arachnys.  Arachnys provides cloud-based solutions for assessing financial crime customer risk and CDD, KYC, and EDD compliance.  The idea for Arachnys came about when in 2008 Russian customers of large companies stopped paying and David witnessed it.  Those large companies assumed the non-payment was a credit control problem, but actually they were selling to shell companies located in Russia.  The problem was that some of those shell companies were legitimate while others weren’t. With that, it was extremely difficult to sort it out. Arachnys is backed by VCs such as QED.     Tune in and Listen.   Subscribe now on iTunes, Google , Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio to hear Thursday’s all new episode with Jimmy Chen  from Propel.   About the host:   John, is the host of the ‘Bank On It’ podcast recorded onsite in Wall Street at Carpenter Group, and 'Before the A' podcast recorded onsite in Flat Iron at Barclays/Techstars Rise NYC.   He’s a highly sought after fintech, VC and financial services industry enthusiast and connector. He’s in the center of the fintech ecosystem, keeping current with the ever-innovating industry.  Stay in the fintech know by subscribing to ‘Bank On It’, ‘Before the A’  Follow John on LinkedIn, Twitter, Medium

Jimmy Chen is the Founder and CEO of Propel, a software company that aims to fight poverty through technology. They are the creators of the Fresh EBT mobile app, which enables EBT cardholders to manage their benefits, save money through grocery coupons, and find jobs. Fresh EBT is used by over 2 million low-income Americans across the country. In this episode of Innovation For All Podcast, Sheana learns why Jimmy decided to start Propel and use the tools of Silicon Valley to address social issues around poverty. In this episode you will learn: Why Jimmy Chen decided to focus on building tech for low income families What is Propel and Fresh EBT Why start with the food stamp program to battle poverty How does Propel get the experience and empathy to solve problems they might not understand What is the process for getting usable information from users What are the logistical and general obstacles faced by Propel and how are they overcome What are some misconceptions about the food stamp program Where else can the private sector make a difference and what are the challenges Get show notes for this an every episode at innovationforallcast.com or find us on Twitter @inforallpodcast. Original air date: 8/21/19 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/innovation-for-all/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/innovation-for-all/support

Jimmy Chen is the Founder and CEO of Propel, a software company that aims to fight poverty through technology. They are the creators of the Fresh EBT mobile app, which enables EBT cardholders to manage their benefits, save money through grocery coupons, and find jobs. Fresh EBT is used by over 2 million low-income Americans across the country. In this episode of Innovation For All Podcast, Sheana learns why Jimmy decided to start Propel and use the tools of Silicon Valley to address social issues around poverty. In this episode you will learn: Why Jimmy Chen decided to focus on building inclusive tech for low income families What is Propel and Fresh EBT Why start with the food stamp program to battle poverty How does Propel get the diversity and empathy to solve problems they might not understand What is the process for getting usable information from users What are the logistical and general obstacles faced by Propel and how are they overcome What are some misconceptions about the food stamp program Where else can the private sector make a difference and what are the challenges Get shownotes for this an every episode at innovationforallcast.com or find us on Twitter @inforallpodcast. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/innovation-for-all/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/innovation-for-all/support

Jimmy Chen is the CEO and founder of Propel, a software company that aims to make America’s safety net more user friendly. Prior to Propel, Jimmy graduated from Stanford University with a degree in Symbolic Systems, and worked as a Product Manager at LinkedIn and Facebook. On this episode, I talk with Jimmy about his childhood as a Chinese immigrant in Kansas City, how he decided to start his own company, and advice on how to find your passion.

An interview with Jimmy Chen, CEO at Propel. Propel builds a product called Fresh EBT that helps Americans manage their food stamp benefits. Helpful links:https://www.joinpropel.com/Apply here!Jimmy on twitter: @jimmychenJimmy on linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmychen1/

Founder of Propel, Jimmy Chen, is working to build anti-poverty software. With their first product Fresh EBT, Propel is using technology to transform the experience of using food stamps for millions of Americans. Chen explains how he’s building Propel at the intersection of social good and profit, his above-and-beyond approach to gathering user feedback, and how he plans to expand his team.

FreshEBT makes foodstamps do furtherFreshEBT is an app which helps one million of the 44 million Americans who receive foodstamps to put more food on the table via special offers from retailers, budgeting features and recipes. 85% of FreshEBT’s users are young mothers. We talked to founder Jimmy Chen about using technology to fight poverty.“I grew up in a loving and supportive household that also several years had trouble putting food on the table and I think that's not so different than how most families go through financial fluctuations over the course of their lifespans,” says Chen. He left his job as a product manager at Facebook to become a Blue Ridge Labs @ Robin Hood fellow where he started his company Propel. The Robin Hood Foundation is New York’s largest poverty fighting foundation and Blue Ridge Labs was a new incubator making tech for low-income Americans.Now Propel is blazing a trail for anti-poverty tech companies. It hasn’t been an easy ride. Since founding the company in 2014 Chen lost both of his co-founders, struggled to find a business model in line with his social mission and failed to raise funding. “Especially in the early days of fundraising, where I walk into a room and I'm pitching that we're building a food stamps software company, the conversation's over before it even starts,” he says.But in 2017 Propel landed an investment of $4 million from top Silicon Valley investment firm Andreeson Horowitz and impact investment fund the Omidyar network. Chen now wants to extend Propel’s work beyond the foodstamp program and even influence public policy.“We see our ambition as much broader than just one program. It's really about helping families in the United States to get back on their feet,” he says.Guest: Jimmy Chen, founder of Propel which makes FreshEBT.Host: Ciara Byrne, technology journalist and former Blue Ridge Labs @ Robin Hood fellow.Tags: Low income Americans, Civic tech, Tech for social good, Food stamps, EBT, Blue Ridge Labs @Robin HoodPropelFreshEBT

Ray Hoffman introduces the topic. It was in late 2016 when the Rockefeller Foundation went looking for entrepreneurs — social entrepreneurs to build businesses intended to solve some of the problems of American cities. Within just four months, not only did the foundation identify 10 of these social business builders, but each of them had $100,000 in funding and a whole lot of new connections and mentoring as part of a program called The Future Cities Accelerator. On this episode of This is Capitalism, you’ll hear from Jukay Hsu, the founder of C4Q, Coalition for Queens, the most diverse community in America, Queens County, New York, Jimmy Chen, former Facebook executive and current CEO of Propel, a company that developed a wonderful and much-needed app for food stamp users, and former Rockefeller Foundation Associate Director, Joshua Murphy, who had to work through a lot of applications for this program in a hurry.     Key Takeaways: [1:14] Joshua Murphy tells Ray Hoffman how the Future Cities Accelerator was designed to engage next-generation entrepreneurs who are creating change on the ground inside U.S. cities. Joshua cites previous Rockefeller efforts such as 100 Resilient Cities, Rebuild by Design, and work in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. [1:39] By 2025, 75% of all people will live in cities. The Future Cities Accelerator is an extension of the Foundation’s work in cities to help solve city challenges like poverty, healthcare, housing access, food waste, and employment. This is an opportunity to engage young people doing amazing work in this space. [2:19] How do we think about philanthropy in the 21st Century, with all the challenges we face in the world? Joshua called up Teju Ravilochan, Founder and CEO of The Unreasonable Institute (Uncharted) and invited him to help set up this new initiative of an open challenge with 10 winners to be selected for grants. Teju accepted. [4:25] The target group was poor, vulnerable populations. There was no specific issue. Teju was excited to organize the challenge. They worked up an agreement with ‘legal,’ and with the Foundation program staff. They built the challenge in about four months. [4:59] They brought in other partners to help put it together. It’s been a very collaborative effort and it came together smoothly. [5:06] Joshua had hoped for up to 50 applications; over 300 applications came in. They reviewed applications, held multiple application interviews, and did site visits toward the end to select 10 grant recipients. Joshua visited both C4Q and Propel. It was quite inspiring to meet the folks doing amazing work. [6:16] Narrowing the field was very hard. The team spent eight hours in Denver on the deliberation day, to get to the final 10. What they looked for was the impact the applicants were already having, their goals, scalability, their market, their supporters, their board members and their team dynamics, and overall potential for growth. [7:03] Joshua and the team wanted to see these organizations continue doing great work over a long period and getting to the next level in their ambitions. [7:09] C4Q fosters the Queens Tech ecosystem to increase economic activity. Jukay Hsu describes how it began in late 2011 before the first Queens Tech Meetup. The Coalition for Queens started as volunteers who believed in an inclusive technology economy, and how cities can be best positioned for that. Jukay was alone, at first. [7:57] C4Q started as an advocacy group for the larger impacts of technology on cities. Job training is a great way to tackle the long-term problem, serving the needs of companies while creating opportunities for participation within the local community, to grow with the cities as they transform. [8:34] Jukay talks about coding and training. There is a 10-month program called Access Code, serving adult learners in poverty, who are learning coding and networking. They also get help with job placement and entrepreneurial opportunities. [9:08] The program has increased people’s income from $18K at the start to $85K after the program. [9:18] Jimmy Chen, formerly a product manager at Facebook, is CEO of Propel. Jimmy saw that a disproportionate amount of the benefit of technology goes to people who don’t need it much. Jimmy left Facebook in 2014, looking to build really great consumer software to be used by hundreds of millions of people to solve the problems of poverty. [9:56] In 2014, Jimmy learned of a nonprofit incubator program, BlueRidge Labs, based in Brooklyn, now run by The Robinhood Foundation, that takes aspiring entrepreneurs and helps them identify challenges faced by people in poverty and to start software companies that solve some of those challenges. That’s when Propel started. [10:13] Jimmy tells how Propel began. They studied how to apply for food stamps to get a sense of the process, the forms, and the experience of talking with the social workers. Of the hundreds of people waiting to apply for food stamps, most were passing the time with their smartphones in hand. So they had the technology, but no app to help them. [11:03] Jimmy explains why food stamps became their selected project to address. They had looked at a variety of government safety net services for low-income people. They settled on SNAP (Food Stamps) because it is a large program with 45 million users daily and it’s one of the core basic needs of life. [11:49] The original intention at Propel was to build software for a number of programs, but SNAP became the program of focus because the opportunity to serve Americans was extremely deep. [12:04] Propel started marketing with $200 worth of ads on Facebook. Their model was to build the software very quickly and test it as fast as possible on the target market, cutting out mistakes and expanding on successes as quickly as they could. The first version was a website, and ads online attracted attention to try it. They got feedback. [12:50] Their early experience pointed them overall in the direction in which they’re still headed. There is a massive potential for a great technology to transform the experience of people on these types of programs. $200 worth of ads gave them the information they needed. They just needed feedback from a handful of people. [13:21] In late 2015, Propel expanded their focus beyond the initial enrollment in the program to managing the benefits. The app, FreshEBT, is like a mobile banking app for SNAP. Propel created the well-made app to be respectful of the SNAP user. Users manage their balance, see their transaction history, and manage their card. [15:05] FreshEBT helps users identify places they can spend their benefits, on a map of stores that accept SNAP. FreshEBT can also help users save money on financial services and when purchasing groceries. There have been 400,000 downloads of FreshEBT. It’s been in the top 20 free Android finance apps for a few months. [15:41] With an estimated 21 million American households on SNAP, 400,000 is about 2% coverage. [15:52] Jukay samples the app. He sees that they are at the Rockefeller Foundation address, and the various stores and food pantries around them that accept SNAP. [16:18] Ray Hoffman asks how the recipients of these innovation grants will improve their organizations. Jimmy gives three reasons: use the access to the networks of Uncharted and the Rockefeller Foundation, get to meet people like Jukay and others who are building amazing companies, and finally, use the capital from the program. [17:20] Joshua says the program will stick with these people as long as they need it, and they will get mentors from across sectors with a variety of backgrounds. Each team will go to SOCAP, the huge social entrepreneurship conference in San Francisco. They will get a chance to meet other potential supporters and funders. [17:42] Joshua wants to see them leverage the grant and the program to get even more support, long-term. The goal is to help build an ecosystem — a network — to see this scale larger to help more organizations and more people. [18:00] With the Rockefeller Foundation at their backs, you’ll be hearing more from these social tech entrepreneurs. See the links below to learn more about C4Q and Propel.     Mentioned in This Episode: The Rockefeller Foundation C4Q AccessCode Propel 100 Resilient Cities Rebuild by Design The Unreasonable Institute (Uncharted) FreshEBT SOCAP Facebook BlueRidge Labs The Robinhood Foundation Jukay Hsu Jimmy Chen Joshua Murphy Teju Ravilochan Stephens.com This Is Capitalism

I am so excited about this episode. I sit down with Jimmy Chen, CEO and Founder of Propel who shares some really interesting insights on how he built his company. After finding a really interesting problem with the UX/UI experience for food stamp recipients, he decided to build a company to support this market that … Continue reading "How to Build with Empathy for Diverse Consumers" The post How to Build with Empathy for Diverse Consumers appeared first on Sydney Paige Thomas.

Humor lays the groundwork for a hard truth and, for poet Tommy Pico, that hard truth is about living as an indigenous person in occupied America. "Alien invasion overlord movies / r cute in a Monet way,” he writes. “I survive seven generations into a post-apocalyptic America / that started 1492. Maybe / you'll live too?" There are, he says, just a few images of Native Americans that have filtered into mainstream culture: the noble savage, the squaw, the horseback warrior, and the sad Indian, “whose religion and spirituality and land and resources and livelihood have been taken away from them. I want to write in defiance of the sad Indian.” Pico's poetry builds a contemporary Native American persona, one that occupies multiple spaces simultaneously: New York City, the internet, pop music, and Grindr. It's an identity that's determined to be heard by the culture at large. Tellingly, Pico's first book, IRL, is both in the form of a single epic text — maybe even a sext — and inspired by Kumeyaay “bird songs,” some of the last surviving remnants of the Kumeyaay tribe's long-form poetry tradition. In this episode, you'll also hear Organist fan fiction from Jimmy Chen, performed by the legendary Edgar Oliver, as well as a series of “verbal selfies” from artist Robyn O'Neil. Feature image of Tommy Pico by Eugene Smith for Poets & Writers Magazine. Robyn O'Neil, "The Everywhere Citadel", 2016. Graphite on paper 60 1/4 x 38 1/4 inches Robyn O'Neil, "Ascension", 2016. Graphite on paper 22 3/4 x 30 inches Robyn O'Neil, "Suffocation Bed", 2013. Graphite on paper 23 x 30 inches Robyn O'Neil, "Inflation Drill (after Guston)", 2016. Graphite on paper 22 3/4 x 30 inches Robyn O'Neil, "The Husband Cathedral", 2016. Graphite on paper 34 1/8 x 60 1/4 inches Robyn O'Neil, "The Mercy Quartet", 2016. Graphite on paper 34 1/8 x 60 inches Robyn O'Neil, "Studies in Suffocation I", 2016. Graphite on paper 60 1/4 x 66 inches Robyn O'Neil, "Studies in Suffocation II", 2016. Graphite on paper 60 1/4 x 66 3/16 inches Robyn O'Neil, "Government Bureau (after Tooker)", 2016. Graphite on paper 22 3/4 x 30 inches Robyn O'Neil, "These Moments", 2016. Graphite on paper 10 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches Robyn O'Neil, "The Five Echoes", 2016. Graphite on paper 15" x 12 1/8 inches Robyn O'Neil, "Ultralight Beam Terzetto", 2016. Graphite on paper 41 1⁄2 x 63 inches

Senior Jimmy Chen and Texas A&M Aggie speaks at Lifehouse on how God saves and redeems us for a purpose!

PROPEL builds software for low-income Americans who are often overlooked by traditional tech innovation. Their current focus is food stamps, a $70 billion program that reaches 45 million Americans. We talk with Jimmy Chen the founder and his CTO Ram Mehta about how they have gone about building the app that is now helping thousands of people manage their food stamps.