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Originally published by Robert Safian on Fast Company. Fast Company‘s latest cover story explores the various ways values and social responsibility are having an impact at companies such as Facebook, Airbnb, and Uber. Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has long pushed his company and employees to make a positive difference in the world. I spoke to him recently about his company’s approach. […]

Originally published by Tim Smith, Director of Innovation Partnerships and Pledge 1% Boston on the Boston Foundation blog. Brendan Ciecko is the founder of Cuseum, and a proud early member of Pledge 1% Boston. Growing up in Massachusetts, he got his entrepreneurial start as a teenager and has always been dedicated to making our region more vibrant and engaging. Brendan built […]

 Salesforce’s Marc Benioff, left, alongside Ivanka Trump and German chancellor Angela Merkel, met with the president to discuss workforce development and gender equality. “I made my point,” the CEO says. [Photo: Michael Kappeler/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images] Originally published by Robert Safian on Fast Company. In the days after Donald Trump was elected president, I found myself reaching out to chief executives of […]

This piece was originally published by Robert Safian on Fast Company. When Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg released a nearly 5,800-word open letter on February 16—the longest single post he had ever shared on his Facebook timeline—he introduced it with this simple phrase: “I know a lot of us are thinking about how we can make […]

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. Named one of “America’s Best Leaders” by U.S. News and one of TIME’s 100 “Innovators for the 21st century,” Linda Rottenberg is among the foremost experts on entrepreneurship, […]

Originally published on FinExtra. Today The Upside Foundation, a national charity that makes it easy for early-stage or high-growth Canadian companies to give back in a meaningful way, announced the launch of their campaign, 150×150: Turn Equity Into Charity. The campaign aims to grow the number of companies who have pledged to give back to 150, […]

Originally published on the Upside Foundation blog. From the Upside Foundation Team: Today we are excited to announce the launch of 150×150: Turn Equity Into Charity, our campaign to double our membership to 150 companies as we celebrate Canada’s 150th Birthday. We are also announcing several prominent Canadian startups who have taken the Upside pledge, including Wattpad, Wealthsimple and […]

Originally published by Julia Frers-Karno, March 28, 2017 on the Yoobi for Business blog. School Supply drives are growing more and more popular each year, they are such an incredible way to support kids who would otherwise start their school year off without the supplies they need to succeed. However, while most school supply drives are well-intentioned, […]

  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. The Upside Foundation of Canada enables Canadian startups to give back by donating equity to charities.  Members of the Upside Foundation form a community of entrepreneurs […]