Charles Lee

Help One Now empowers families in developing countries through high-capacity local leaders with proven solutions to end extreme poverty. In 2007, our CEO and Founder, Chris Marlow, met a starving young child living in an abandoned gas station in Zimbabwe. That encounter compelled him to start Help One Now and dedicate his life to seeking justice by empowering leaders and organizing a wide table of people to do good together. Help One Now’s story began with caring for children. However, after years of research and conversations with brilliant local leaders, our model shifted to a more holistic approach and focus on the entire family unit. In the developing communities we serve, empowering families through education and entrepreneurship has proven to be the most effective course for long-term change, creating a hand up to build a better future for themselves and end the cycle of poverty. Help One Now partners with high-capacity local leaders who are already working effectively in their respective communities in 8 countries around the world. These leaders are friends and partners who share our mission to end extreme poverty. They are our greatest resource, and without them, sustainable change is impossible. We truly believe our greatest gift is one another, and that together we can use our gifts, talents, passions, and resources to empower families and end extreme poverty forever.

For leaders who recognize the value of aligning business goals with creating a better world, Handshake builds influence that meets a human need, solves a problem for society, and creates market value. At Handshake we recognize that the world is conducting business in a new way. Companies are harnessing more data than ever before and they are using this data to shape global marketplaces, and by extension, the world we all share. This information renaissance has created a generation of agile competitors who have greater field vision about their roles in society. Handshake works to help these future-facing businesses leverage their business capital through social engagement. We advise brand leaders on how to use their stature, expertise, and market leadership to increase not only the amount of good in the world, but also, their business’ bottom line. When companies embrace social stewardship, they also inspire their employees, their customers, and the world at large, leading to better business outcomes, a more positive corporate stature, and a healthier, more vibrant society.

Help One Now empowers families in developing countries through high-capacity local leaders with proven solutions to end extreme poverty. In 2007, our CEO and Founder, Chris Marlow, met a starving young child living in an abandoned gas station in Zimbabwe. That encounter compelled him to start Help One Now and dedicate his life to seeking justice by empowering leaders and organizing a wide table of people to do good together. Help One Now’s story began with caring for children. However, after years of research and conversations with brilliant local leaders, our model shifted to a more holistic approach and focus on the entire family unit. In the developing communities we serve, empowering families through education and entrepreneurship has proven to be the most effective course for long-term change, creating a hand up to build a better future for themselves and end the cycle of poverty. Help One Now partners with high-capacity local leaders who are already working effectively in their respective communities in 8 countries around the world. These leaders are friends and partners who share our mission to end extreme poverty. They are our greatest resource, and without them, sustainable change is impossible. We truly believe our greatest gift is one another, and that together we can use our gifts, talents, passions, and resources to empower families and end extreme poverty forever.

Ideation helps executives refine and implement their ideas with creative support. We are an idea-execution company that hustles with disruptive people & their world-shaping ideas by co-creating custom solutions that deliver remarkable impact at the intersection of purpose & profit. Innovative Strategy > Innovation at its core is about problem-solving and designing effective solutions that our world finds valuable. We thrive in designing unique business plans and innovative solutions for our clients’ products, services, and brands in a way that aligns to their core values and mission. Your complex problems are welcomed here. We’ll leverage our experience and ability to cross-pollinate innovative approaches across industries to design a strategic solution that works for you. Creative Execution > Ideas are impotent without action. Our reputation is built on our ability to effectively steward innovative strategy to creative execution. Our clients trust us to consistently deliver on their complex execution needs. Whether it’s brand development, shifting organizational culture, reimagining workspace, integrated marketing, design, web, platform building, or event programming & production, we can deliver with confidence, agility, and experience. Your team is here and ready when you are.