Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Posted by zane on September 30, 2010
TOMS Shoes does something easy to describe, and yet the impact of the company’s work is so powerful. As the name suggests, TOMS makes and sells shoes. But the business does more than that. Any time a customer buys a pair of shoes, TOMS gives a pair to a child in need. This sort of business-benevolence is what TOMS calls the One for One movement.
Posted by zane on May 18, 2009
I’m a big fan of Kiva. Kiva is a web site that allows you to make small loans to entrepreneurs in parts of the world that really need your help. For example, I just gave $25 to a man selling food in Palestine. It’s a small amount of money to me, but it goes further there. And when multiple people give, it really adds up.
It’s important to note that this is not a donation in the traditional sense – it’s a loan. So the money will be paid back eventually. And this is the power of Kiva.
