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11/12/2013

Here's Bill Gates plan to change the world!

http://www.wired.com/business/2013/11/bill-gates-wired-essay/

Bill Gates on how innovation is the key to a brighter future, and how we're only just getting started.

11/06/2013

Here's a refreshing look at technology applied to some of the world's most pressing problems: poverty, homelessness, clean water, rural medicine. We live for these stories.

11/05/2013

TOMS launches a marketplace for socially conscious goods!

http://mashable.com/2013/11/05/toms-marketplace/ #!

Toms, the socially conscious brand known for its one-for-one shoes and sunglasses, launched an online marketplace on Tuesday.

11/04/2013

Look what Roozt.com is doing with personalized, cause-based commerce with its new Movements feature!

http://pandodaily.com/2013/11/04/start-a-movement-roozt-introduces-personalized-cause-based-commerce-invites-consumers-to-give-back/

Modern consumerism is quickly becoming about more than just consumption. More than ever before, shoppers want to know the impact of their purchase, what the brand stands for, and who’s behind it. F...

10/30/2013

Amazon.com announces AmazonSmile Charity donation program!

http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/30/amazonsmile-automatic-charity-donation/

At the beginning of the year, just after Amazon reported a big profit dip for Q4 2012, Slate business correspondent Matthew Yglesias posited (with tongue..

10/07/2013

Survive The Streets is using crowdfunding to break the vicious cycle of homelessness.

http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/07/survive-the-streets-launches-crowdfunding-site-to-break-death-spiral-of-homelessness/

The organization launched its "directed giving" site this morning that connects people living on the brink of homelessness with donors who help them purchase specific goods and services.

10/04/2013

Benevolent: crowdfunding for people in need...

http://pandodaily.com/2013/10/03/crowdfunding-for-people-in-need-benevolent-expands-to-three-new-cities/

Through AngelList, Kickstarter, and Indiegogo, crowdfunding is changing investing, the arts, and hardware. But what about for people in need? The philanthropic aspect of crowdfunding is both less l...

10/02/2013

"Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed." Mahatma Gandhi

10/02/2013

Check out this VentureBeat article about Social Venture Network's awesome Indiegogo campaign.

Social Venture Network, a non-profit comprised of socially conscious business leaders, wants to inject a bit of diversity into today’s pool of (mostly white, mostly male) entrepreneurs. Yesterday, ...