It’s easy to make excuses that we’re too young or too old or don’t know what to do next. As leaders, we often need to simply step out and take action. The founders of Big and Mini (Aditi Merchant, Allen and Anthony Zhou) teach us to work through dull tasks, persist in spreading our ideas, and believe in our mission enough to keep going.

Coronavirus isn't the only epidemic happening around the world right now. For decades, loneliness has been a pervasive, silent killer. Here's how you can develop your personal vaccine.

For Carol Marak, the best part is being remembered.

Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars created the Summer Startup Fellowship this year in response to obstacles created, and elevated, by the coronavirus pandemic for current college students and recent graduates.

Big & Mini 2.0 is now live! It’s similar to the previous system, but more automated. In this report, I will share the reasoning behind this change, as well as an explanation of how the new system works.

While the stay at home orders have been absolutely necessary for our safety during this pandemic, loneliness has been a side effect for some. A group of high school & college students decided to create a program called Big and Mini to help connect older folks with young students in video chats as one solution to loneliness.

I know what it’s like to be home for the majority of your week and bored out of your mind. In an effort to make all of us go a little less crazy, I made a list of 10 ways to cure boredom that you probably didn’t think of.

I decided to challenge myself and my friends. I reached out to a handful of people asking them for their favorite moment or memory of their quarantine experience in the hopes that it would allow people to gain a new perspective and appreciate the blessings that we all have.

Quarantine has been all we’ve known for the better part of the last two months, and in those two months, a lot of people have hit that special marker that tells them “Congrats, you’re getting older!”

Everyone’s lives have changed drastically since Covid-19 hit the USA. It’s the global pandemic that no one saw coming, no one was prepared for, and yet everyone has been affected by.

Recently, I was introduced to the founders of BigandMini.org, created by students and faculty at UT Austin.

"Big & Mini is a nonprofit organization founded by social work students from UT Austin. The nonprofit uses technology to shrink the generational divide, hoping to create stories, memories and new friendships."

"Big and Mini - a connection program aimed at uniting seniors and younger folks for meaningful conversations. Curbing loneliness and utilizing technology are parts of the magic that make BigandMini.org such a great concept."

"As stay-at-home orders remain in force across Texas and the United States, the goal of the site is to give both older and younger generations a chance to connect with someone new and battle social isolation."

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