The 9 Most Generous Tech Entrepreneurs
These men and women are using their tech savvy to give back in ways that echo their startup credentials: working outside the system and avoiding conventional solutions. When addressing 2013 graduates...
View ArticleScott Belsky On Treating The Time You Give Like An Investment
Using your skills and resources to help others is incredibly valuable. And since time is the only thing we can’t ever get more of, make sure you’re putting it in the right place. One of the founding...
View ArticleReddit Cofounder Alexis Ohanian On The Power Of The Internet To Level The...
“One of the reasons I love the Internet so much, aside from all the cats, is if it works the way it should great ideas can spread and flourish in a way that they couldn’t have before.” Alexis Ohanian,...
View ArticleThe Cofounder Of WordPress On Using Publishing To Push Change
Matt Mullenweg created the open source blogging platform to let anyone share their story on the Internet. Sometimes the most generous acts come out of offering your work and yourself up to others....
View ArticleHow Mark Pincus Is Turning Gaming Addiction To Social Good
With the Zynga nonprofit arm, Zynga.org, the online gaming giant is finding ways to convert people’s play into generosity. At Zynga, it’s game–and give–on. Not only can you outmaneuver and outscore...
View ArticleThe Cofounder Of Kayak Is An Entrepreneur So He Can Give More Money Away
After seeing suffering in Haiti, Paul English decided he needed to help, and so he focused on using his programming skills to create value that he could then pass on. You’d think it would be easy for...
View ArticleZipcar’s Co-Founder On How Transportation Is The Ultimate Solution
Robin Chase’s career has been built on expanding the options for how people get around. Here’s how she’s done it. Robin Chase, founder and CEO of Buzzcar and co-founder of Zipcar, believes everyone...
View ArticleSteve And Jean Case On How They Are Inspired To Give
Take a look inside the philosophies that drive the Case Foundation. Steve Case, the co-founder and former chairman and CEO of AOL, and his wife Jean, the CEO of the Case Foundation, are in many ways...
View ArticleJeff Skoll On How He Uses The Power Of Storytelling To Push For Change
For his whole philanthropic career, the eBay co-founder has harnessed compelling narrative to help inform and inspire a better future. Jeff Skoll, the first full-time employee and former president of...
View ArticleGenerosity: The Lucky Helping Those Less Lucky Than Them
Looking back at our year of profiles of some of the world’s most generous people, the common thread is how lucky everyone felt at their success, and how much they felt obliged to help those who had...
View ArticleTwo women’s commitment to changing lives
Thirteen years ago, Alison Loat and Brooke Ellison, then new students at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, were in the lunch line together. Seeing Brooke was in a wheelchair, breathing through...
View ArticleWhy volunteer virtually?
We typically think of volunteering as being confined to our own neighborhood or city, or requiring a lengthy (and costly!) plane ride to a different part of the world. At Catchafire, we take this...
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