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Brian Hooks

Brian Hooks

CEO of Stand Together

Jul 13, 2026

speaker_0HOST
2:52
very different capabilities, right?
2:55
Interesting.
2:55
And so...
2:57
We try to be capital agnostic is the way that we talk about it internally at Stand Together.
3:01
We want to make sure that we have the right kind of capital to meet the entrepreneur, the social entrepreneur in our case.
3:09
But social entrepreneurs come in all different shapes and sizes.
3:12
They can be lone wolves, people who are pursuing a solution to a hard problem on their own.

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speaker_0HOST
21:51
For people who might not be aware or who don't have kids going through the system, what were those challenges or problems? COVID
47:21
Okay.
47:21
It's an incredible organization.
47:24
Uh, and it's very simple technology.
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It's a needs/offers market.
47:28
Uh, it's, uh, kids who are struggling and are at risk of being taken away from their family and put into foster care.
47:36
Rather than the nurse or the teacher or the social worker reporting their situation to Child Protective Welfare, Child Protective Services, they put their need on this technology platform.
47:48
Johnny came to school four days in a row with the same clothes.

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Right.
11:16
Right
11:16
... and everybody can do everything.
11:18
That's not it at all.
11:19
Um, you know, if, if, if we're doing it right, we've got a pretty hard-driving culture, but it's a culture that's characterized by our principles.
11:30
And so we think about principle number one is dignity.
11:33
You know, every person has moral worth.
11:35
Every person has a gift.

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24:37
Yeah, it's terrible

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May 11 · 28m

11:16
Right
11:16
... and everybody can do everything.
11:18
That's not it at all.
11:19
Um, you know, if, if, if we're doing it right, we've got a pretty hard-driving culture, but it's a culture that's characterized by our principles.
11:30
And so we think about principle number one is dignity.
11:33
You know, every person has moral worth.
11:35
Every person has a gift.

13 MINS LATER

24:37
Yeah, it's a terrible tale

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