By Erin Reilly, Twilio. See original post on Entrepreneur. These days, it seems like every startup is trying to figure out how to launch a social impact or ".org" arm. They see it helps build the brand, boost loyalty and even drive revenue. But, many aren't sure how to start. In my time working in social [...]
See original post here. As part of Boulder Startup Week last night, attendees of “Boulder Community Night: Innovation + Impact” filled the house at the Boulder Theater. The free and open event recognized entrepreneurial and innovative nonprofit ideas to solve pressing problems and critical issues facing Boulder County. This spring, Pledge 1% Colorado (an initiative [...]
This profile is published as part of Pledge 1%’s Women Who Lead series, which celebrates women in the Pledge 1% community who are creating change within their workplace and communities. Leigh Christie is the Executive Director of the Entrepreneurs Foundation. In this role, Leigh oversees the daily operations of the organization; leads member company programming [...]
This profile is published as part of Pledge 1%’s Women Who Lead series, which celebrates women in the Pledge 1% community who are creating change within their workplace and communities. Adhamina Rodriguez is the founder and CEO of AR Green Consulting, a boutique sustainability consulting firm based in San Francisco that strives to change the [...]
This profile is published as part of Pledge 1%’s Women Who Lead series, which celebrates women in the Pledge 1% community who are creating change within their workplace and communities. Meredith Finn is a Director for Salesforce Ventures focused on leading strategic investments in enterprise SaaS companies that complement Salesforce's ecosystem. Meredith has led over 35 strategic investments on behalf of [...]
Today, we are thrilled to announce that Pledge 1% co-founder Salesforce.com has launched a new AppExchange Trailblazer Score to reward points to companies that are also Pledge 1% members. The new score will be a point-based system that rewards Salesforce partners for their results and activities, including their participation in Pledge 1%. Partners that join [...]
Originally published on PR Newswire. New business model, onboarding experience and technology tools enable ISVs to quickly build businesses for the world’s leading enterprise apps marketplace Salesforce Ventures launches new Salesforce Platform Fund with $100 million commitment to supercharge the development of new, AI-driven solutions NEW YORK — May 2, 2017 — Salesforce [NYSE: CRM], [...]
By Robert Reiss. Originally published on Forbes.com. We recently entered the 4th phase of the corporation. First, in the 1920s Alfred Sloan created the concept of the corporation with General Motors; second in the 1950s Peter Drucker codified the discipline of management; third, in the 1980s Japanese introduced team and quality. And now we are [...]
An interview with Ida Lucente of John Snow Labs. Data is a commodity. The data collected by pharmaceutical companies from drug testing, retailers from shoppers, telephone carriers from mobile devices — all that information is valuable. What’s more, the amount of data is astronomical, as is the potential the inherent insight holds; that is, if [...]
By Greg Baldwin, President of VolunteerMatch. Originally shared on LinkedIn. For more than a decade, leading companies have been investing in making their community engagement programs more strategic. This is why so few have succeeded — until now. In 2002, a ground-breaking article, The Competitive Advantage of Corporate Philanthropy, appeared in the Harvard Business [...]