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Q&A: How Hub Ventures plans to change the world
There’s something unusual about Hub Ventures. Certainly there are dozens of Bay Area tech accelerators, but few would exclusively fund startups that make the world a better place. Even fewer would...
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U.N. channels tech startup know-how with launch of its first educational game
In Silicon Valley, we understand how to market a new iPhone app or game to millions of people in a matter of weeks. What if we applied these principles to support a good cause? Bay Area tech founders...
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LendUp uses ‘big data’ to bring better small-dollar loans to people in need
LendUp, a website and mobile app where people with poor credit can apply for short-term loans, wants to help people crippled by debt. Launching today, the San Francisco-based startup is using...
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Amazing! High-tech nuns team up to build cyber cafes in sub-Saharan Africa
The Boston-based Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur are putting high tech into high gear with an initiative to bring cell phones, laptops, and other tech products to the Democratic Republic of Congo. The...
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Does your startup do good? Intel competition rewards social entrepreneurship
It’s not nearly often enough that we hear about startup ideas that address global hunger, fuel inefficiency, or support the deaf and blind. This week, Intel threw an event to do just that — to uncover...
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Startup Spotlight: Hydros battles the global water crisis
Every 20 seconds, a child dies from a water-related illness. Startling statistics like these can make it hard to stomach the millions of dollars funneled into the latest social networking or...
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Why do we hold green technologies to a higher standard?
This guest post is by Tinia Pina, the founder and CEO of social startup Re-Nuble. First-mover advantage remains the driving force behind much of the technological innovation we enjoy today. Venture...
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Making money and a difference, Social+Capital Partnership confirms new fund
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — The Social+Capital Partnership has raised its second fund of more than $275 million. Founder Chamath Palihapitiya confirmed the latest fund during his fireside chat at the...
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5 entrepreneurial lessons I learned from Richard Branson
GUEST: This is a guest post by Shayan Nahrvar After winning a competition, I had the chance to fly down to South Africa and spend three days with my idol, Richard Branson. It all started in 2011, when...
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HopeMob founder’s latest project uses celebrity influence for social good
When he was 15, Shaun King was brutally assaulted during a hate crime. Three surgeries and a year-and-a-half later, he recovered from his injuries with a commitment to help those in need. King is the...
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10 startups put ‘civic lens’ on tech to drive change in communities
Points of Light has selected the second class of startups for its civic accelerator program. The program is entirely focused on ‘civic ventures’ and entrepreneurs working to strengthen communities....
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Twitter cofounder raises money from Jack Dorsey, Bono, Al Gore for mysterious...
Biz Stone’s under-the-radar startup has raised money from some very well-known people. In a blog post today, the Twitter founder announced closing a funding round led by Spark Capital with...
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Want to make money & change the world? An idiot's guide to 'social...
Muhammed Yunus is a 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner and the founder of Grameen Bank, and he sparked a movement with the simple question: “If you are a socially conscious person, why don’t you run your...
View Article‘Condom company with a cause’ L teams up with Uber to promote safe sex
In honor of San Francisco’s Pride weekend, L is teaming up with Uber to deliver free condoms. L is a a “condom company with a cause.” The company manufacturers condoms with high-quality, sustainable...
View ArticleFlipOver calls on social entreprenuers to tackle world's most serious problems
World leaders are coming together to eradicate poverty in the next twenty years. FlipOver is a startup working at a grassroots level to achieve the same goal. FlipOver.org is a crowd funding and crowd...
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MoolaHoop launches crowdfunding platform dedicated to women entrepreneurs
Despite the fact that women own 10.6 million businesses in the U.S. and represent 35 percent of startup business owners, they receive a piddling 4.2% of venture capital funding. This means women-owned...
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Santa Clara University’s social benefit incubator: 202 enterprises graduated,...
Based in the heart of the Silicon Valley, Santa Clara University is one of the many educational institutions that have developed programs aimed at social entrepreneurs — people who want to do some good...
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World leaders form task force to solve world’s biggest problems at scale
SAN FRANCISCO — A consortium of world leaders have formed a social impact task force to bring “impact investing” to the forefront of global policy. The task force emerged out of the G8 summit held...
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TOMS launches online retail marketplace to give back more than shoes
Nobody should have to go barefoot. TOMS shoes was founded on that simple idea, and today the popular shoe brand launched an online retail marketplace to give its mission greater scope. “When we started...
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Eat out, fight hunger: Mogl donates meals to food banks when you eat at...
Mogl wants you to fight hunger by eating. The startup released a revamped version of its mobile app and business model today that lets you earn money to donate to food banks, just by eating at...
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