Vetting grants is a complex procedure. Vetting is required to determine which are the best grants, and what projects are worth...

As has been noted by other writers, the EA (Effective Altruism) movement has a pretty strong deference culture. In many ways this makes...

Historically it has been argued that EAs who are looking to make large donations may have more reasons to be risk-neutral than people who...

Now, work can start. You picked a co-founder with shared values and goals, a complementary skill set and compatible psychology (see How...

“Your co-founder relationship is like a marriage”. This common statement from experienced startup operators might sound like a stretch,...

“Why take this risk?” Mentioning at a family gathering that you would like to become a charity entrepreneur might trigger looks of...

Your charity startup just hit the ground running. You are passionate about your cause, you just gave a big talk at a conference, and...

Why is some research conducted with very high quality, yet it does not affect decisions on where to direct our time and money? What makes...

I have a tool for thinking that I call “steelman solitaire”. I have found that it comes to much better conclusions than doing...

He quit! It was a tricky decision that Bill had been considering for months. He was an impact-focused EA, and although he thought his job...

Time capping can be defined as fixing the number of hours for a certain task, research project or decision, and keeping our research...

A lot of people in the EA movement have a large say over their salary, whether it be earning to give where you can donate down to a...

“You will not find it difficult to prove that battles, campaigns, and even wars have been won or lost primarily because of logistics.” -...

“Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful.” - Margaret...

“The difference between a charity that saves two million lives and a million lives is the same as the difference between one that never...

How often should you re-evaluate whether your charity is worth continuing? Although it is crucial to do your best to disconfirm your...

“In order to be irreplaceable, you must always be different.” ​- Coco Chanel WHAT IS COUNTERFACTUAL IMPACT? Counterfactual impact is what...

“Insofar as a scientific statement speaks about reality, it must be falsifiable; and in so far as it is not falsifiable, it does not...

What gets measured gets improved. - Robin Sharma When selecting which projects to implement, you should also try to maximize your...

This post was previously published at EA forum by Peter Hurford We all make decisions every day. Some of these decisions are pretty...