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September 23rd, 2025

377 | Tech for Good: Using Software & Data to Solve Society’s Biggest Problems with Jim Fruchterman

  1. 377 | Tech for Good: Using Software & Data to Solve Society’s Biggest Problems with Jim Fruchterman Paul Zelizer 46:39

Bio: Jim Fruchterman is a leading social entrepreneur, author, MacArthur Fellow, recipient of the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship, and Distinguished Alumnus of Caltech. After starting two successful for-profit AI companies, he went on to found Benetech, the award-winning tech nonprofit, building tools for people with disabilities and human rights defenders document and analyze abuses. 

His current nonprofit projects at Tech Matters include Aselo, a shared modern contact center for the crisis response field; Terraso, software for the people on the front line of the climate crisis; and the Better Deal for Data, a data governance reform movement.   

This episode is sponsored by the Coaching company of the host, Paul Zelizer. Consider a Strategy Session if you can use support growing your impact business.

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Paul Zelizer Social Entrepreneur Coach and Host of the Awarepreneurs Podcast

Since 1993, Paul Zelizer has worked with and led programs for 30,000+ leaders working for positive change in and through their organizations. He started his business in 2008, making him one of the first business coaches to focus on the needs of social entrepreneurs and impact business leaders.

In 2017, he founded Awarepreneurs as a way to amplify the practices successful social enterprise leaders use. Today he is best known as host of the Awarepreneurs Podcast, one of the world’s leading social entrepreneur podcasts. Paul maintains a busy coaching and consulting practice working with impact focused founders, leaders and companies.