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Everything I read from the article makes it sound like you guys are a non-profit or at least run it as such? Do you guys have plans or expect this company to e

• jdunck 14y ago
  Both Causes and Votizen are venture-backed companies, definitely expecting to make revenue. I've heard this confusion consistently from people, so I get where you're coming from. It is possible to have a for-profit business whose customer is the non-profit, or the campaign, or the NGO.
• kristjan 14y ago
  [Former Causes employee] I always liked the term not-just-for-profit. Congrats on the merge, guys!
  • thomson 14y ago
    Echoing Kristjan and Jeremy's sentiments here. It's a very fine line to walk in finding the intersection of public good through individual empowerment and corporate sustainability through partnerships with CSRs and non-profits. And then there's the challenge of doing this in a way that doesn't breach user trust and privacy in data. No one doubts our heart's been in the right place but what's exciting now is proving out that our business acumen's in the right place too.
• HistoryInAction 14y ago
  Votizen monetized early on by selling its services to campaigns to discover new voters and drive them to the polls through peer-to-peer contact: http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/14/votizen-launches-virtual-precinct-walk-for-san-francisco-mayor-ed-lee%E2%80%99s-election/ http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/14/votizen-launches-virtual-pr...