By Brad Feld. Originally published on FeldThoughts. At Foundry Group, we
have a deeply held belief that we benefit from our local community
(Boulder, in our case) and that we have a responsibility, as...
By Nicole Wallace. Originally published on Chronicle of Philanthropy.
Jim Fruchterman, who leads Benetech, a nonprofit in the heart of Silicon
Valley that uses technology for social good, knows how to...
By David Swan. Originally published in The Australian. Atlassian
co-founder and chief executive Scott Farquhar has revealed plans to
enable all start-ups to give away 1 per cent of their company to c...
SALESFORCE WORLD TOUR TORONTO—May 14, 2015—Salesforce, the Customer
Success Platform and world’s #1 CRM company, today announced it is
joining forces with the Canadian startup ecosystem. Salesforce al...
By Rosalyn Retkwa. Originally published on New York Nonprofit Media. The
Robin Hood Foundation has signed on as the New York City partner for the
Pledge 1% initiative, a corporate philanthropy movemen...
By Jamal El Hassani. Originally published on Le Figaro. Le patron de
Salesforce veut convaincre les start-up d’allouer 1% de leur capital, 1%
de leur temps et 1% de leur production à des projets phila...
By Marc Beise and Ulrich Shafer. Originally published in Suddeutsche
Zeitung. Für Ron Conway, den Mann mit der schlohweißen, etwas
ausladenden Frisur, ist es die alles entscheidende Frage, sie
beschäf...
By Michael del Castillo. Originally published on New York Business
Journal. Investor Ron Conway today announced that two powerful
philanthropic organizations have joined forces to help make sure
aspir...
By Kim Mai-Cutler. Originally published on TechCrunch. Fifth-generation
San Franciscan and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has been a big proponent
of civic engagement and philanthropy among the tech indu...
By Michael del Castillo. Originally published in New York Business
Journal. Investor Ron Conway today announced that two powerful
philanthropic organizations have joined forces to help make sure
aspir...
By Eloise Keating. Originally published on Smart Company. Apple chief
executive Tim Cook plans to become the latest business leader to give
away his fortune. In an extended interview with Fortune maga...
By Nicholas King. Originally published on Corporate Philanthropy Report.
Some might think that strategic corporate philanthropy is the provenance
of established and well-heeled companies, but the trut...
By Alex Heber. Originally published in Business Insider Australia. About
10 years ago Atlassian founders Scott Farquhar and Mike Cannon-Brookes
pledged 1% of their company to invest in philanthropic v...
By Sarah Kimmorley. Originally published on Business Insider Australia.
Happy Friday and welcome to the weekend. Here’s what you need to know.
1. The Apple Watch is here – almost. On March 9 Apple is ...
By Lina Caneva. Originally published on Pro Bono Australia. Having drawn
inspiration from the CSR work of the world’s corporate titans, global
online software company Salesforce is hoping to mentor an...
More than 25 companies join Pledge 1% in the U.K., dedicating 1% of
employee time, equity, product or profit to improve communities around
the world U.K. companies, including NewVoiceMedia, Qubit and ...
Originally published on CSR Wire. BOULDER, CO, Dec. 02 /CSRwire/ –
#GivingTuesday — Atlassian, Entrepreneurs Foundation of Colorado and the
Salesforce Foundation today announced the Pledge 1% program,...
By Chris Rauber. Originally published on San Francisco Business Times.
The Salesforce Foundation is hoping to inspire 500 startups to pledge 1
percent of their company’s equity, 1 percent of the found...
By Matt Weinberger. Originally published on Computer World. Cloud CRM
provider Salesforce has long distinguished itself from other Silicon
Valley heavyweights by refusing to move its corporate headqua...
By Tom Held. Originally published on The Chronicle of Philanthropy.
Organizers of the “1-1-1” model for corporate giving hope to use Giving
Tuesday to dramatically expand the effort. The goal of the 1...