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Vista Equity to acquire majority stake in SaaS startup Drift, taking it to unicorn status

TechCrunch

Prior to this financing, Boston-based Drift had raised $107 million in funding from the likes of Sequoia Capital, CRV and General Catalyst since its 2015 inception. Cancel’s parents emigrated from Puerto Rico and Cuba while Torres emigrated from Nicaragua in his teens. “I Drift raises $60 million to be an Amazon for businesses.

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Upcoming Nonprofits Live: DIY Blogging

Tech Soup

Expert guests include: Jody Dilday ( @jdilday ), executive director of Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Northwest Arkansas ( @SPSFNWA ), has spent her career raising awareness and support for nonprofit organizations. RSVP to join the live show.

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Nonprofit Silent Auction Themes: Create a Memorable Fundraising Experience

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Silent auctions have proven to be powerful tools for raising vital funds and rallying your supporters, but these fundraising events aren’t just about generating revenue. For nonprofits, galas and silent auctions can raise significant funds while cultivating relationships with people who truly support your cause.

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Big Vision Podcast: Steve Williams from POWER

Have Fun - Do Good

One: organizing immigrant women, mostly Latinas, who are working as domestic workers cleaning the houses and raising the kids, mostly of rich folks. At the end of the negotiation, the family raised her pay to 14 dollars an hour. In the last couple of years, we've begun two new organizing projects.

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Women Activists Profiled by Mariane Pearl in Glamour

Have Fun - Do Good

Cuba: Laura Pollan, whose home is the headquarters for Damas en Blanco ( Ladies in White). France: Fatima Elayoubi, an Arab immigrant and former cleaning woman, whose memoir, Prière à la Lune (Prayer to the Moon) , raised awareness among Parisians about the lives of "invisible" immigrants like herself.

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How Trump calculated the new tariff rates and why they differ by country

Fast Company Tech

President Donald Trump promised tariffs that would raise U.S. sanctions for example, Russia due to its invasion of Ukraine , as well as Iran, North Korea, Cuba, Belarus and Venezuela will not face the new, 10% global base tariff. import taxes high enough to mirror what others assess as trade penalties on American goods.

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