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Amazon aggregator Thrasio begins layoffs, names new CEO

TechCrunch

Thrasio, the Amazon aggregator, raises $1B in fresh funding at a valuation of up to $10 billion. Dozens of other aggregators followed in Thrasio’s wake – some 150 according to Thrasio’s estimates, collectively raising some $15 billion in capital to fuel those ambitions – eyeing up the same opportunity as Thrasio was chasing.

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Introducing Candid’s U.S. Social Sector Dashboard, Chapter 1 

Candid

trillion in aggregate annual revenue (a sum greater than President Biden’s $3.5 Candid’s data about organizations and grantmaking is also powerful in the aggregate, going beyond specific use cases to answer fundamental questions about the size and the scope of the nonprofit and social sectors. trillion infrastructure package).

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Key Qualities and Skills to Look for in Potential Board Members

Blue Avocado

Each board member may bring a specific skill or may be a generalist, but in the aggregate, the board provides a full set of business skills to ensure that the executive director is employing best practices — whether it’s finance, budgeting, strategic planning, change management, or succession planning.

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Part 1: How to Generate More Nonprofit Website Traffic

TechImpact

But not all content has to be traditional, long form content in the form of blogs, press releases and aggregated third party news content. Believe it or not, your nonprofit’s newsletter sign up page, donation forms, event registration, and chapter finder page are all important pieces of copy.

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SVB Financial files for Ch. 11 bankruptcy protection, says it has $2.2B in liquidity

TechCrunch

One week after trading was halted for SVB Financial and regulators took control of the holding company for Silicon Valley Bank and other subsidiaries, SVB Financial has taken the next inevitable step: today it announced that it has formally filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. billion of liquidity.”

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Power and Light: Transparency and Effectiveness in the Nonprofit and Philanthropy World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’ve been heads down working on my next book about measurement and networked nonprofit s with KD Paine and our editor, Bill Paarlberg. One of the chapters is about measuring transparency. Foundation Center President Bradford Smith started off with a very clear articulation about why transparency is important.

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Nexi, the Italian payments giant, buys Germany’s Orderbird for $140-150M to expand its SMB strategy

TechCrunch

Terms of the deal are not being disclosed — Nexi notes an “aggregate cash out of ca. The deal points to a new chapter for companies in this space after a dramatic period of getting through Covid-19 and the ups and downs associated with that.

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