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The four hour impact: Tim Ferriss partners with Vittana to raise $100K by...
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Come4.org is a cause-driven, ethically inspired, non-profit porn site
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Wikimedia Foundation raises $25 million in record time
Faster than a speeding bullet (or in this case, a bobsled), the Wikimedia Foundation reached its fundraising goal in record time this year. It managed to raise $25 million in just nine days. More than...
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Data startup takes on fight against human trafficking
People have many ways to make the world a better place, but analyzing data has not traditionally been one of them. Data startup SumAll has established a foundation to use its resources, expertise, and...
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YC’s first nonprofit wants medical care for everyone on the planet
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Watsi is the first nonprofit ever accepted into Y Combinator. Today at the accelerator’s demo day, founder Chase Adam said his startup is going to change the world and make...
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Former Amazon exec wants to give free e-books ‘to every child on the planet’
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Attention city slickers: Startup accelerator wants to make your life better
When Clara Brenner and Julie Lein first came up with the term ‘urban impact entrepreneur,’ they were recent graduates of MIT’s Sloane School of Management. With degrees in hand and years of experience...
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HopeMob founder’s latest project uses celebrity influence for social good
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Serial entrepreneur founds Causora to reward generosity with massages...
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‘Think local, hack global’: Code for India wants hackers to save the world
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Courseworld launches ‘Hulu for Humanities’ to give liberal arts a place in...
Shutterstock Dec. 4 - 5, 2013 Redwood City, CA Tickets on Sale Now A liberal arts education can be an expensive path to unemployment. Courseworld launched its “Hulu for the Humanities” today so people...
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SolarCity plans to donate hundreds of solar power systems to schools without...
SolarCity is on a mission to light up the dark corners of the world. SolarCity created a nonprofit called the Give Power Foundation that will bring solar power systems to the developing world. For...
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Y Combinator-backed Zidisha has been stomping down non-performing loans with...
Image Credit: Zidisha/Facebook Yesterday, a new crop of startups from Y Combinator’s (YC) accelerator presented to a full house in the hopes of investment, press, and general buzz, and among them will...
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Meet the five Google.org-backed startups that are part tech startups, part...
Above: Fast Forward co-founder Kevin Barenblat Image Credit: Fast Forward When New York City teacher Charles Best started DonorsChoose — a nonprofit that lets teachers crowdfund projects and supplies...
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“I had a model girlfriend and a BMW. I wore a Rolex. But I was really miserable,” says Scott Harrison, founder of charity:water, on the period leading up to its genesis. charity:water has already...
View ArticleThe four hour impact: Tim Ferriss partners with Vittana to raise $100K by...
For his 35th birthday, famed lifestyle expert Tim Ferriss does not want cars, clothes, or gadgets. He wants you to donate money to Vittana.org, although he will accept homemade brownies as well....
View ArticleWikimedia Foundation raises $25 million in record time
Faster than a speeding bullet (or in this case, a bobsled), the Wikimedia Foundation reached its fundraising goal in record time this year. It managed to raise $25 million in just nine days. More than...
View ArticleData startup takes on fight against human trafficking
People have many ways to make the world a better place, but analyzing data has not traditionally been one of them. Data startup SumAll has established a foundation to use its resources, expertise, and...
View ArticleYC’s first nonprofit wants medical care for everyone on the planet
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Watsi is the first nonprofit ever accepted into Y Combinator. Today at the accelerator’s demo day, founder Chase Adam said his startup is going to change the world and make...
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