ClueCon Weekly with Jim Fruchterman [Sn. 15 Ep. 11]: Tech Used for Good

ClueCon Weekly with Jim Fruchterman [Sn. 15 Ep. 11]: Tech Used for Good

Nonprofit tech isn’t just grants and goodwill—it’s real software solving hard problems. In this episode of ClueCon Weekly, host Jon Gray talks with Jim, CEO & founder of Tech Matters and author of Tech for Good, about building and running mission-driven tech at scale.
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We cover:
🔹Why some of the world’s most important problems aren’t viable “markets”—and why nonprofits can be the right vehicle
🔹Using open source for trust in sensitive domains (human rights, child helplines, accessibility)
🔹A practical telecom win: keeping voice traffic in-country (FreeSWITCH + a local connector) to fix poor VoIP performance in places like Zambia/Zimbabwe
🔹Running national child helplines across 20+ countries, built on standard cloud + OSS stacks
🔹Recruiting engineers who want to move from money to meaning, and how to ship with limited resources
🔹Jim’s book Tech for Good (and why it will go open access one year after publication)
🔹If you care about open source, real-world impact, and pragmatic system design under constraints, this one’s for you.