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The Visionary Who’s Redefining Philanthropy | Jacob Lief, CEO, Ubuntu
The Visionary Who’s Redefining Philanthropy | Jacob Lief, CEO, Ubuntu
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Length:
43 minutes
Released:
Sep 16, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Jacob Lief was only 21-years-old when he first visited the townships of Port Elizabeth, South Africa. It was 1998 and the country was transitioning out of apartheid. With a college degree in his back pocket, Jacob cultivated a team of other inspired individuals and together they founded Ubuntu Education Fund with the hope of giving Port Elizabeth’s youth a more promising future.
Jacob’s founding story is one of grit, perseverance, and personal development. His journey of growing Ubuntu into a world-renowned leader in education is marked with many monumental challenges and milestones—including a pivot that completely changed the organization’s funding model, seven years into its operations.
Today, Jacob is a celebrated thought leader with a contagious vision for a better philanthropic sector—one that allows nonprofits to dream big and execute beyond the traditional walls of restricted funding and antiquated benchmarks of success.
In this episode, Jacob shares:
What it was like to turn down seven-figure funding from USAID
Key facets of the Ubuntu internal culture and how that culture has kept his core executive team together for 13 years
His personal growth as a CEO
Why he thinks culture is the most dangerous word in English dictionary
The mentor who pushed him to take care of himself first
Jacob’s founding story is one of grit, perseverance, and personal development. His journey of growing Ubuntu into a world-renowned leader in education is marked with many monumental challenges and milestones—including a pivot that completely changed the organization’s funding model, seven years into its operations.
Today, Jacob is a celebrated thought leader with a contagious vision for a better philanthropic sector—one that allows nonprofits to dream big and execute beyond the traditional walls of restricted funding and antiquated benchmarks of success.
In this episode, Jacob shares:
What it was like to turn down seven-figure funding from USAID
Key facets of the Ubuntu internal culture and how that culture has kept his core executive team together for 13 years
His personal growth as a CEO
Why he thinks culture is the most dangerous word in English dictionary
The mentor who pushed him to take care of himself first
Released:
Sep 16, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
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