Tim Jackson: What the Non-For-Profit and For-Profit Sectors Can Learn From Each Other

Tim Jackson is the President & CEO of Shad Canada, an annual Canadian summer enrichment program for high-achieving high school students. Shad Valley started in Aurora, Ontario in 1989 and has grown into Shad Canada which offers a widespread STEAM and entrepreneurship program for over a thousand students in partnership with top Canadian universities each year. Tim sits down with Scott to discuss how the not-for-profit and for-profit sectors can learn from each other.

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