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This crowdfunding campaign lets you give capital to companies changing the world

Acumen’s #OneGreatIdea campaign gives donors a chance to help out inspiring entrepreneurs.

This crowdfunding campaign lets you give capital to companies changing the world

Betting On Investing That Has An Impact

Margo Alexander made her career making smart financial decisions. Now she’s taking that knowledge to the world of impact investing. But don’t tell her what she’s doing is “giving back.”

Betting On Investing That Has An Impact

Arianna Huffington On The Rise Of Empathy In America

The only way to bring the world out of the recession and onto a better track is for everyone to tap into a collective sense of responsibility toward each other.

Arianna Huffington On The Rise Of Empathy In America

Impact

This treetop bike path takes you 30 feet up into the canopy of a forest

This startup wants to help renters avoid massive security deposits

Elon Musk makes 40,668 times more than a median Tesla employee

Creativity

Maverick Carter and LeBron James’ Uninterrupted launches Nike sneaker and e-commerce store

Nikki Glaser’s Netflix special hilariously explains #MeToo stuff—without mentioning #MeToo

This is the catchiest, crowdsourced song about depression you’ll ever hear

Co.Design

As drinking declines, nonalcoholic beer gets a slick rebrand

These colorful maps reveal the hidden logic of your city’s street names

Orii, the ring that turns your finger into a phone, is here

Work Life

How to stay productive when you work remotely (and you don’t really want to)

What pilots can teach us about managing our attention

Most workers don’t actually want a super casual workplace