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Blackbaud Headed to SXSWi 2011

NetWits

He is a recovering political junkie who has served on more than a dozen political campaigns and, as far as he knows, he is the only two-time winner of the USA Today online haiku contest. He is an accidental tourist in Texas and lives in The Woodlands, just north of Houston, with his wife and two young boys. He loves bacon. You coming?

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How Online Fundraising, Gamification and Social Media Helped Raise over $2 Million Dollars in One Day

NetWits

Giving Day’s) like those held in Minnesota, Colorado, Pittsburgh, Ohio and Texas have raised tens of millions of dollars and generated significant publicity for their nonprofit communities. Which is why Giving Day’s like Give to the Max Day: Greater Washington deserve a closer look. One-day fundraising events (i.e. 1,886,434 dollars raised.

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Workhorse abruptly drops lawsuit against Postal Service over new mail truck

The Verge

Workhorse filed the protest in the US Court of Federal Claims in mid-June, nearly four months after the USPS announced that it had awarded the contract to build the next-generation mail truck to defense contractor Oshkosh, ending a contest that started in 2015. “We Oral arguments on the USPS’s motion to dismiss were scheduled for Wednesday.

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A man violated a restraining order by renaming his estranged wife’s Napster playlists

The Verge

An Ohio man harassed his estranged wife through a shared Napster account, evading a no-contact order by changing the titles of playlists. Ohio’s Eighth District Court of Appeals outlined the case in a July 29th ruling, which was flagged on Twitter by writer and attorney Eric Goldman. do you still love me?”.

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Workhorse is already redesigning its new electric van

The Verge

Ohio-based startup Workhorse says it has to redesign its flagship electric van to meet customer needs, after finally getting the vehicle into production this past quarter following years of struggles. And as the USPS contest dragged on , it survived for a while on money borrowed from hedge funds. Image: Workhorse.

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Fantasy sports app Champions Round raises $7M to build new content creator feature

TechCrunch

Users can play private contests with up to 16 friends or get assigned to public leagues with strangers. can only play for cash in 35+ states, including Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah, Virginia and more.

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Student social good startups collect $95K in T-Mobile competition

TechCrunch

The contest is nationwide, asking young folks age 13-18 to submit their project, company, or however they like to define it, and five each in three categories are awarded $5,000. A winner from each category gets an additional $5,000 plus a pitch-off with T-Mo brass, and a chance for a final $5,000 check.

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