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The rites of spring in Austin tend to be fixed on Bluebonnets, Indian paint brush, warm winds off the Gulf of Mexico, and a gathering known internationally as South by Southwest (SXSW). Technology companies, entrepreneurs, investors, filmmakers, musicians, and dreamers come to the Texas capitol city to learn about the latest trends and ideas and plan...Read More

The trend toward Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) over the past decade has had a tremendous positive impact on businesses and various charitable causes. There is little doubt that companies grow and communities improve when there is a conscious effort to do more than just make a profit and provide dividends for shareholders. In fact, as...Read More

In this episode, we’ll speak with three special guests – Drew Galloway, Ryan Lugalia-Hollon, and Willy Ogorzaly – about the basic questions surrounding cryptocurrency and the blockchain and how these technologies are being used for social good. What is cryptocurrency? What is a blockchain? Learn how this decentralized ledger, the blockchain, creates the potential to...Read More

“We all want to be a valued member of a winning team on an inspiring mission,” he says. This is the kind of statement we’ve built our company Encast around and our main product of WorkHERO. A job is not enough. We need to be a part of something bigger than work, and bigger than...Read More

We all know businesses are out to make a profit, either for the owner or for their shareholders. And I think we would agree that, for the sake of our financial markets and the economy at-large, this is a good thing. So for years, I’ve advocated for replacing the terms “Nonprofit” and “Not-for-profit” with “Social...Read More

To live a philanthropic or giving life doesn’t mean you aren’t fun. It doesn’t mean you give large swaths of your income to charity. It doesn’t mean it’s all you talk about. It doesn’t mean that’s all you’re interested in. What it means to be a philanthropist in this world needs a makeover. Philanthropy needs...Read More

Following my time in college, I found myself frantically looking for a job or internship for much longer than I thought I would. I remember my mother talking about how difficult the job market was at the time to her father (my grandfather) who was surprised by my lack of job after three months. “Well...Read More