Four Heartwarming Tales of Crowdfunding for Good
5 January 2015
As the year has drawn to a close and we face 2015, sometimes a bit of post-holiday depression sets in. January is one of those key times where we can either give in to cynicism as we watch countless friends and acquaintances ditch their well-meaning resolutions two weeks into the…
B Corp Feature: Turning Pollution into Progress and Profit
2 January 2015
Ocean pollution is one of those causes that people have a lot of trouble remembering. Although there are beach clean-up crews in most developed coastal areas, for the great majority of the world’s population who don’t live near a beach, the issues of trash in the ocean tend to be…
Exygy’s work with EWG recognized as one of the “Top 10 Mobile Apps of 2014”
1 January 2015
Wow! We got an awesome New Years surprise — when Mark Wilson at Fast.Co Design let us know our work was being recognized as one of the “Top 10 Mobile Apps of 2014”. We’re especially proud that Food Scores — our purpose driven work with the Environmental Working Group — was recognized *not* as one of the…
The Case for Taking Tech Risks for Social Good
26 December 2014
During a 2013 TED Talk, Dan Pallotta challenged popular assumptions and expectations of the social good sector. The talk struck a nerve and has since gone to be viewed over three million times. Pallotta rightly noted that the problems social entrepreneurs and nonprofits are tackling are “massive in scale.” Pallotta…
When you can’t afford an agency, consider building your website yourself
22 December 2014
Often, we get emails from our friends at smaller organizations asking “Can you help me build my website?” We wish Exygy could work with every amazing organization that comes our way, but we’ve grown to a point where we aren’t able to take on small projects successfully. So we have…