This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There aren’t many days left in 2017, but it’s an especially important countdown if you work at Google, Apple or any other tech company which has an employer match program…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Pipeline development: Fintech services are digital, mobile apps and services. there “asset light” business-models with low up-front capital costs and low marginal costs were able to serve customers living on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. If you want to make a difference in the world, you don’t have to wait until you have a certain amount of money in your bank account. Charitable contributions do…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Occasionally the solution to an underachieving government program is refreshingly mundane. So it is that a simpler federal form may be all that separates millions of poor students in the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Corporate philanthropy programs can help a firm attract and keep talented young professionals, according to experts in the field. Anne Black, President of Goldman Sachs Gives; Sandra Liu Huang, the head of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Yesterday HUD Secretary Ben Carson tweeted that “The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit [LIHTC] is one of the most effective tools we have to create affordable housing.” And Secretary Carson’s presidential advisor published…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. GroupRaise is an online reservation platform with a philanthropic hook: The company catered to large groups of 20 or more who want to hold an event at a local restaurant, which, in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The NeighborWorks HomeOwnership Center in Utica, N.Y., tried something radical to attract a younger demographic. “Let’s get you out of mom’s basement,” read the tagline from a recent advertising campaign. Aimed at…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As part of our “Americans in the UN” project to share the stories of Americans who work for the United Nations, we talked to Mary Catherine “Kati” Maternowska who has…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 2011, Inc magazine called Ankur Jain “the Best-Connected 21-Year-Old in the World,” and I’m beginning to see why. Soon after getting on the phone with Fast Company, Jain promises access to Mehmet Oz, Bobbi Brown,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Michelin, the tire manufacturer, is the world’s largest buyer of natural rubber. It was also the first tire maker to commit to responsible rubber sourcing. Together with the nature conservation organization World…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Dr. Mark Roth launched his first startup company in 2005, the biologist had a relatively straightforward goal: Translate the preliminary but promising results he’d seen in his Fred Hutchinson…