#4 Interview w/ Evan Gelfand, the Founder of Super F**king Simple

In today's episode, we interview Evan Gelfand.Evan’s LinkedInSuper F**king Simple event pageThis election's proposition guideEvan Gelfand is the founder of Super F**king Simple, an organization that simplifies civic engagement by hosting events to discuss contentious topics. He started it in 2018 as a nonpartisan way for voters to make sense of city and statewide ballots. On October 25th, they had their Super F*cking Simple ballot event at Manny's, a community and learning cafe in the Mission in San Francisco.In addition to building Super F**king Simple, Evan is the Head of Experience at Mystery, an employee engagement platform that builds connection through curated virtual experiences. Previously, he was a Chief of Staff within YouTube.On this episode we talk about: How ballot propositions work Why voting on ballot propositions is important The only way to change the outcome of a proposition Simplifying complex and contentious propositions The challenge with ballot guides What Evan learned over the last four years of organizing the event The importance of non-partisan conversations How Super F**king Simple could be used as a safe place to discuss other contentious topics like climate change How influencers are leveraged to encourage people to vote Understanding financial incentives behind politics Evan’s favorite books and other quick-fire questionsLinks & resources discussed on the podThe Search For Growth Receive short video clips and summaries for each episode via our newsletter here For everything else, check out our websiteAlfie Marsh: Head of US Go-To-Market at Spendesk Alfie’s newsletter Rocket GTM 🚀 Alfie’s LinkedInChris Gibson: Founder of Wavelength Chris’ newsletter Content I Consumed Chris’ LinkedIn Get full access to Learn AI with Alfie at alfiemarsh.substack.com/subscribe