LA’s technology know-how, applied to the homeless
There was a good front page article in the LA Times yesterday on the effort to develop mobile shelters for the homeless by a local foundation — the EDAR Foundation — which has some interesting ties to Southern California’s technology community. EDAR has developed a mobile shelter to replace the cardboard box for the homeless, to hopefully help the less fortunate. The mobile shelter idea was funded in part by former Ebay President Jeff Skoll.
The Southern California technology tie-in? The EDAR effort was the winner of the recent Social Innovation Fast Pitch — an effort produced by Los Angeles Social Venture Partners, the Social Enterprise Institute, and USC Stevens Institute for Innovation. The Social Innovation Fast Pitch itself was modeled after the Tech Coast Angels’ popular Fast Pitch events, where entrepreneurs pitch their high tech startups in 60 seconds or less. The Social Innovation Fast Pitch event was also well supported by the Tech Coast Angels.
