Huge congrats FSF!
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Hi I'm Jim. A Cause Hacker. I live intentionally and love sharing what I know with those whom can benefit. Specifically on Security, Growth and Optimization for Nonprofit & BCorp Orgs.
https://jimcarter.me
Our mission is to simplify the process of searching for a better deal while transforming mainstream shopping into a sustainable source of support for nonprofit organizations. We're making it happen as a venture backed, profitable, consumer tech, Certified B Corporation.
Open Positions:
* FE: Javascript Engineer (Angular/Node)
* BE: PHP Engineer (Yii/APIs/SQL/NoSQL)
* SysAdmin (US Only - AWS/Chef/Docker/OSI/CloudFormation/DBA/etc.)
* Browser Extension (Javascript Base, Deploying to Chrome/FF/Safari)
Read more and apply: https://givingassistant.org/careers
Our mission is to simplify the process of searching for a better deal while transforming mainstream shopping into a sustainable source of support for nonprofit organizations. We're making it happen as a venture backed, profitable, consumer tech, Certified B Corporation.
Who We're Looking for: Do you have +2 years experience working with Safari web browser? Are you current in changes to the Safari app extension program? Have you launched Safari browser app extensions before? If so, we’d love to have you part of our team.
Read more and apply: https://givingassistant.org/careers?bzid=65f05c47c4d3
We're building a shopping force for good. Earn Cash Back when shopping online, give 0-100% to your favorite cause effortlessly. We pay high rates and fast. On track this year to donate $1mm to our member's charities. We're looking for experienced lovable badass Front End & PHP Platform Engineers to help us create the most unique and rewarding online shopping experience for millions of conscious consumers. Internships in engineering also available.
Find purpose in your life's work and join us: http://giving-assistant.breezy.hr
We're building a shopping force for good. Earn Cash Back when shopping online, give 0-100% to your favorite cause effortlessly. We pay high rates and fast. On track this year to donate $1mm to our member's charities.
We're looking for experienced lovable badass Front End & Full Stack Engineers to help us create the most unique and rewarding online shopping experience for millions of conscious consumers. Also interviewing Jr. level Full Stack engineers.
Find purpose in your life's work and join us: http://giving-assistant.breezy.hr
The most rewarding way to shop. We make it easy to earn Cash Back when shopping online, pay high rates and fast. Save for the things you love in life. Give a little or a lot to your favorite cause. We're looking for Front End & Full Stack Engineers to help us create the most unique and rewarding online shopping experience for millions of conscious consumers.
> teej: "... They signed the keys away to Drew Houston and the management team at Dropbox. Mailbox dies the moment Drew decides to kill it."
> dhouston: it's not going anywhere :)
I've been through some various business types in the space, the worst was a registered Commercial Fundraiser where yes I had to setup bonds and the fees were ridiculous with individual filing between charity and state. But for you (and me actually) it doesn't seem as big of a deal until it hits scale. If you're referring to registrations for "Charitable Solicitation", we've been through that too. I quickly asked my legal and he responded with: as long as you're not specifically targeting persons in any state nor do you supply names and contact info for donors to the charities so they can't send thank you notes it's not an issue. YMMV and don't hold me to that, but it may not be a big issue for you and open up a new avenue.
Feedback: Let users pick their own charities. I can tell by your FAQ you want to curate but people need to know their efforts are going to what they care about. I have personal experience with exactly this on a current startup, email me [in profile] if you want to chat more on it.
Congrats on launching something that matters to you!
also for fun there's a behind the scenes on the same link that shows how the shots came together.
https://givingassistant.org clearly by our homepage you can tell we need help.
About Giving Assistant: =========== We're mission driven and believe if we make it simple to save cash when shopping and easy to give some of that savings to charity, then millions more will give back. Giving Assistant is an online cash back platform that provides an easy way for you to give back - whether to loved ones or humanitarian causes.
The Position: =========== Be responsive for all user-facing interactions by owning a world-class website presence with your own personal touch. We're open to new JS and frameworks and recommended technologies & services. A face-lift is already in the works and we want to make it, amongst the rest of our product (and future products) really shine. React/Angular/Ember/etc, we're open to leveling up.
The Fit: =========== We're a team of 6 and we all love building this product. It's a great feeling knowing we're creating a for profit company while raising so much money for families and great causes. Everyone who is part of this team believes in more than just work. We're creating the change we want to see in the world. Will you join us? email: jim@givingassistant.org
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..I got a good chuckle.
causes, geek things, a few pictures of my kids.
last sentence.
I first found them when testing services via Segment.io and after spending a morning digesting the docs I realized it's what I needed for my company (at the time) to build a simple and scalable tracking/reporting API with. They reached out shortly after, and discussed my needs, offered help modeling the data layer with us and worked out an enterprise deal, the legal, etc. I realized early on they like working the hard challenges and helping us was fun for them.
For side projects as well as my current venture, I use them for tracking near everything, and the simple charting right in their interface makes it pretty easy to make quick decisions and break down the data.
I collect about 4mm events a month these days for my most successful project, and their APIs are still super fast and require zero up-keep from my end.
Congrats to Ryan & Nick over there for the success!