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By Philipp Stauffer, Co-Founder and Managing Director, FYRFLY Venture Partners If you haven’t seen Gordon Gekko say “Greed is Good,” then go watch his speech in the movie Wall Street, released in 1987. Greed, for lack of a better word, is an important ingredient in capitalism and efficient markets. However, there is a movement and […]

By Nithya Das, SVP, General Counsel, AppNexus One of AppNexus’ core company values is to see and improve the whole system – whether that system means the internet, our technology or initiatives in our local communities where our offices are based. Last year, when AppNexus became the 500th company to join the Pledge 1% movement […]

When Accomplice CEO Jeff Fagnan pledged one percent of his company’s carry to the long-term benefit of two Boston-based nonprofits – InnerCity Weightlifting and Resilient Coders, he described the move as a “pledge to pay it forward if you become successful.” In remarks to the Boston Foundation, Fagnan elaborated that he was impressed with both organizations’ visible impacts on the communities […]

By Zubin Irani, CEO, cPrime cPrime is happy to be members of the  Pledge 1% #PledgeItForward campaign. Mandating 1% of employee time to charitable causes is a social initiative that we’ve been contributing to for many years. We’re excited to share our continued involvement with organizations like Year Up, a non-profit organization dedicated to training […]

By David Bloom.  This piece was originally published on the Lurniture blog. Your last name does not need to be Gates, Buffett or Zuckerberg for you to be a philanthropist. Philanthropy is simply donating your time, knowledge or money, and there are no minimums to participate in this giving game. In May, at the Salesforce […]

RevolarⓇ, makers of a discreet, wearable safety device, announced in October a partnership with the National Domestic Violence Hotline (The Hotline) to educate consumers about intimate partner violence and sexual assault. The partnership aims to disrupt the culture around abuse and assault. Revolar safety devices empower men and women to live the life they want, […]

By Michael McNeil, Partner and General Manager, Oasis Digital When we started our high school summer internship program in 2011, we had two simple goals. We felt we could simultaneously provide great personal value to budding software developers, while building future leaders in our industry. What we have found over the years is the impact […]

By Erin Reilly, Executive Director of Twilio.org A lot of people think about social impact initiatives as purely philanthropic, a side project a company takes on to give back, something that is separate from the financials and commercially driven initiatives of a business.  In Twilio.org, Twilio’s social impact program, we don’t take this approach.   […]

By Seth Levine, Managing Director, Foundry Group At Foundry Group, an investment firm in early-stage technology firms, we believe we all benefit when everyone succeeds. That’s why every time we succeed, we give back to the community. If you are a local entrepreneur with a startup, we invite you to join us in this movement. […]