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Building Resilience in EdTech Startup Local Civics
TLDR Local Civics, founded by Beverly Leon, aims to empower young people to engage in their communities by teaching them about power, civic engagement, and active citizenship through a web-based platform. By focusing on creating a sustainable business model, partnering with corporations, and addressing the civics crisis in the United States, Local Civics has successfully grown its revenues and is working towards increasing youth voter turnout and civic knowledge.
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Beverly Leon, founder and CEO of Local Civics, discusses building resilience into her edtech startup on How I Built This.
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Beverly Leon founded Local Civics to teach kids about power, help them navigate and explore power, learn about their own power to create impact in their community, and ultimately define their own civic journey through a web-based platform that allows students to set participation goals and track their progress in local events.
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Local Civics offers students the opportunity to deepen their civic engagement through setting participation goals, tracking progress, and engaging with professionals, elected officials, and youth activists in remote events to explore what it means to be an active citizen.
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Local Civics aims to address the civics crisis in the United States by focusing on increasing youth voter turnout and civic knowledge to empower young people to engage in their communities.
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Local Civics aims to empower young people to engage in their communities by helping them understand their power, connect with stakeholders, and navigate civic spaces.
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Beverly Leon explains how she built a sustainable business model for Local Civics by focusing on creating products that solve a problem, engaging in professional development, partnering with corporations, and utilizing technology to scale.
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Local Civics has been able to bootstrap and grow revenues into the six figures without external capital by focusing on adding value to schools and creating a sustainable revenue model that aligns with their mission of civic engagement.
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American democracy is not broken, but rather exclusive, and the opportunity lies in creating more inclusive pathways for citizens, especially young people, to actively participate in civic life.
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Beverly Leon, founder and CEO of Local Civics, was featured in a live conversation discussing civic engagement opportunities for young people.
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