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Want my time? Fight cancer!

Want my time? Fight cancer!

By Chris Yeh on December 15, 2011

Seven years ago, Jennifer Goodman Linn, the wife of my old HBS classmate and basketball buddy Dave Linn, was diagnosed with with a rare soft-tissue cancer. Most people, when facing such a challenge, turn inward to focus on fighting the disease.Instead…

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged cancer, philanthropy

$25K … No, $100K… No, One Million Dollars to Charity by Atlassian

$25K … No, $100K… No, One Million Dollars to Charity by Atlassian

By Zoli Erdos on March 4, 2011

Two years ago I reported on Atlassian’s initiative to to raise funds for the benefit of Room to Read, an organization that builds schools, libraries in rural communities in Nepal, Cambodia, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Laos, Zambia …etc. Giving away $1,200 worth of software licences for $5 in a 5-day drive, they first planned to raise $25K, […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Featured Posts | Tagged atlassian, charity, philanthropy, room to read, social responsibility | 1 Response

The Kauffman Foundation Entrepreneur Scholarship

The Kauffman Foundation Entrepreneur Scholarship

By Guest Authors on September 28, 2010

I’m overjoyed to be able to finally announce something we’ve been working on for a while: The Kauffman Foundation Entrepreneur Scholarship for Defrag. If you’re not familiar with the Kauffman Foundation, this blurb might help: “The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation was established in the mid-1960s by the late entrepreneur and philanthropist Ewing Marion Kauffman. Based […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Featured Posts | Tagged conferences, defragcon, Entrepreneurship, Kauffman Foundation, philanthropy, scholarship, Uncategorized

Doing Well By Doing Good, Atlassian Ramps up Philanthropy (Again)

Doing Well By Doing Good, Atlassian Ramps up Philanthropy (Again)

By Ben Kepes on October 9, 2009

Image via CrunchBase Earlier this year Atlassian successfully achieved its objective of raising $100000 for Room to Read, an organization that builds schools, libraries in rural communities in Nepal, Cambodia, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Laos, Zambia. They offered a Five licenses for $5 campaign for their products, with all proceeds going to the charity. Philanthropy isn’t a […]

Posted in Enterprise, Marketing, Strategy | Tagged atlassian, bamboo, confluence, crowd, fisheye, freemium, greenhopper, jay simons, jira, philanthropy, room to read

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