SAN FRANCISCO – September 18, 2017 – TechCrunch, a leading technology media platform, announced today at TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco that it has joined Pledge 1%, a global movement to make giving back part of every company’s DNA. TechCrunch’s Pledge 1% commitment underlines the company’s ongoing efforts to support local communities and the next generation [...]
By Bruce DeBoskey. Originally published in the Chicago Tribune. Many entrepreneurs think of philanthropy as something to consider way off in the future when their businesses are mature and profitable. There is a better approach. Philanthropy works best when it is included in a company's business plan from the very start, growing and prospering over [...]
By Philip Rojc. Originally published on Inside Philanthropy. When Salesforce founder Marc Benioff pledged to donate 1 percent of equity, 1 percent of product and 1 percent of employee time in 1999, tech philanthropy looked very different than it does now. Back then, there was far more compartmentalization between doing well and doing good. The standard [...]
The entire Pledge 1% community stands with the families, individuals, businesses, and organizations in Texas and along the Gulf Coast that have been effected by Harvey. Only a few days after the storm hit, thousands of people have been displaced and there is a great need to support communities in need in Texas and beyond. [...]
By Olive Keogh. Originally published in The Irish Times. When it comes to their careers, most millennials (roughly those born between 1980 and 2000) are not driven by money. They are natural job hoppers and they “hop” more for learning and personal development opportunities than they do for higher salaries. Income is typically not even [...]
By Philip Rojc. Originally published on Inside Philanthropy. It’s nothing new to see corporate donations that complement the company’s core business and reflect its worldview. A set of grants last month from cloud communications firm Twilio certainly fits the bill. Totaling $1 million, the grants represent part of the company’s 2015 pledge to commit [...]
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 [...]
By Rebecca Koening. Originally published in The Chronicle of Philanthropy. With charitable set-asides becoming standard elements of initial public offerings in the tech sector, one company that provides merger-related financial services is experimenting with a new vehicle for corporate philanthropy. SRS Acquiom, which provides financial and management help on merger-and-acquisition deals, has a new partnership with [...]