024 | "Take Your Landlord to Court & Reply to Eviction Notice with This" (Georges at JustFix.NYC)
Today’s guest on the “Phil with F30” podcast is Georges Clement – Co-Founder of JustFix.NYC
Forbes List: USA
Year: 2018
Category: Law & Policy
At 12-years of age, Georges Clement left an all-American small town in Kansas to discover what the world has to offer. He convinced his parents that moving to New York City was the thing to do so he could expand his thinking and world-view. He fell in love with the city and early on observed how his neighborhood was rapidly changing with big developers moving in and landlords changing the rental scene. Although he loved the city, he felt the need to move again. This time it was to get his degree at the University of Wisconsin. Then there was another move when he studied abroad in Cape Town, South Africa.
With a degree in sociology, Georges went searching for a career path. He became a generalist at a tech startup and later went to General Assembly as a Product Manager, leading the expansion of GA’s business programs around the world.
Georges is a Cheng Fellow and Kennedy Fellow with a Masters of Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School. After his fellowships, Georges combined all of his background and skill sets to co-found JustFix.nyc.
Just Fix is a nonprofit that helps NY city renters fight evictions, request repairs, get an apartment’s rent history, and even takes a landlord to court if necessary. The organization won the Justice Innovation of the Year award from the Hague Institute for Innovation of Law. Georges has also been selected as an American Express Emerging Innovator.
Georges really understands the housing issues of NY City and the consequences it has for both property owners and tenants, and its implications for social justice issues being part of mainstream conversations today. I think you will really enjoy his insights, plus how he has the unique ability to look at issues from varying perspectives.
Once again, using all of his entrepreneurial skills, Georges is helping a friend start a new company called Enrich. The firm helps connect talented college graduates from unrepresented backgrounds to get jobs with top companies. Check the show notes below if you are looking to hire and want to diversify your candidate pipeline. It’s a very timely and needed initiative.
“Under 30 Seconds Round”
1. What is the book you’ve gifted more often than any other book, and why?
Why David Sometimes Wins: Leadership, Organization, and Strategy in the California Farm Worker Movement, Marshall Ganz
2. What’s one of the best investments and one of the worst investments you’ve ever made and why?
Best - Hair clippers because I can’t get to the barbershop during the quarantine.
Worst - A stand-up desk I bought in quarantine that collapsed.
3. What’s the most impactful thing you do in your Morning routine and most impactful thing you do in your Evening routine?
AM - Iced coffee and bagel.
PM - Dinner with family, friends, and loved ones whenever possible.
4. Pretend you won the Peter Thiel Fellowship and you were going to get money to start a business instead of go to college, what’s the very first thing you’d do to start a new business?
College is very important. I’d look at companies that examine wealth gap disparities.
5. What’s something you never knew you needed?
A durable phone case.
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GUEST INFO: Georges Clement – Co-Founder of JustFix.NYC
CONTACT: Twitter @JustFixNYC and Instagram @furiousgeorges
WEBSITE: http://www.justfix.nyc/
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