By Jessica Roy 7/25/12 2:32pm

Philanthropy and Tech

(Photo: Exec)

Too Busy (or Lazy) To Volunteer? Exec Lets You Pay Someone to Volunteer for You

Sometimes when we pass a homeless person on the way into our multi-million dollar luxury Chelsea apartment, or our driver takes us through the island slums to get to our private beach on St. John’s, we suspect that we should probably think about giving back a little bit. People are, like, poor, you know? But the problem is that we’re frequently so busy being the CEO of a Very Important Venture-Backed Startup that we don’t have the time to go volunteer somewhere.

For that, we are thankful that Exec exists.

The San Francisco-based startup is a lot like TaskRabbit, minus the price bidding for each task. All execs make a flat rate fee of $25/hour, and you can hire them to do everything from personal shopping to cleaning to research. Starting today, you can also hire them to volunteer for you. Read More

By Foster Kamer 11/09/11 6:05pm

BETABEAT CARES

Yes, Occupy Herbstreit really is that good. And apparently, good guys, too.

Jock-Themed #OccupyWallStreet Parody Tumblr Takes on a Good Cause (That Isn’t Occupy Wall Street)

Plenty of Occupy Wall Street-inspired sites have popped up since people started organizing as The 99% in New York and then cities around the country. Some have featured slightly lighter content and inspired more admiration (Pets of Awwcupy Wall Street, Occupy Sesame Street, etc) than others (Hot Chicks of Occupy Wall Street, for example, and the controversy that surrounded it).
Now, one of these sites—which, like the others, has taken on a fan-following of its own—is using the platform they created out of all of this for a good cause. Read More

By Mike Taylor 3/31/11 1:27pm

Taylor Tees Off

Jumo

Nobody Cares About Jumo

If there’s one thing I hate more than pretending not to have any change when inept accordion-playing buskers pass a hat around the subway car, it’s Jumo, the ugly nonprofit Facebook for charities. It doesn’t work and will probably never accomplish anything. Read More