TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2021

million) to build a challenger bank for teens. If you want to open an account and you are less than 18 years old, you have to go through the KYC process (know your identity) with your parent. Overall, 260,000 teens have pre-ordered a card already. French startup Vybe has raised a $2.9 million funding round (€2.4 In the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

JUNE 15, 2021

The thesis behind the startup, said Jain in an interview with TechCrunch, is to provide financial literacy to teenagers, who additionally have limited options to open a bank account in India at a young age. Teens represent the “most tech-savvy generation, as they haven’t seen a world without the internet,” he said. Unlike in the U.S.,

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 18, 2022

TikTok Videos: Not Just for Dancing Teens. If you already have an engaged follower base once TikTok opens the Donation Stickers up to more nonprofits, you can immediately add another revenue stream for your organization. Users with under 1,000 followers have an average engagement rate of 51.1%. The majority of U.S.

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TechCrunch

MAY 16, 2023

I still look back on all the time that I spent as a teen, crushed by stigma and afraid to talk about mental health with my friends and family,” says the Stanford grad. Teens, often with the support of their parents, are matched through the Somethings system with mentors who have similar backgrounds and situational experiences.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 18, 2012

When I saw DoSomething.org CEO Nancy Lublin’s TED talk about creating a national Crisis Text Line for teens, I knew I wanted to be a part of this effort to reach teens using the medium they now love most – SMS. Which leads to be open. In other words, we needed to do some serious coalition building. Be optimistic.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Homebrew leads Z1’s effort to bring digital banking to Latin America’s teens. The hyperactive open banking market of Latin America: How the region is being APIfied. Kaszak led the latest round and was joined by existing investors MAYA Capital, Homebrew, Clocktower and The Chainsmokers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Teens As Free Agents. One of things immediately struck me – the crowd was filled with younger people – teens, college students, and millennials who want to use the technology and do social change on their own terms. Now, I can’t wait for my international projects in 2013! ” Philantroteens.

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Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Throughout my life, from teenage years to now, my career has been filled with leadership training programs: Teen leadership, student leadership, emerging leadership, and executive leadership. I cant think of a term more widely used in the professional world than leadership.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

These are the themes I heard while attending the interesting Open Government: "Strategies and Tactics from the Playbook" event this past Monday in DC, organized by the team of Lucas Cioffi , Stephen Buckley , and Kaliya Hamlin. Here are some insights I picked up: Open Government Directive: Coming soon? The answer by GSA staffer, was ?No

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The Verge

MARCH 26, 2021

My DMs are open. Not as fun as could be! But still, pretty fun. Here’s hoping this goes to a new face, not an established influencer! If you’re chosen, we’d love to hear what it was like afterward. Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge. You will be missed.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 14, 2025

Once again, I can relate as I distinctly remember looking up the definition of rooting for someone after a love triangle materialized on the teen-cult TV show One Tree Hill.) 6pm in Paris isn’t the first company to recognize the potential for cinema to double as a learning tool.

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 12, 2025

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sgEngage

JULY 16, 2024

For example, the internal theme of our summer appeal was “How ASM Prepares Teens for Life After High School.” Over three weeks, we highlighted our college readiness program, then our career exploration program, and finally wrapped the appeal with an email about how our summer programs prepare teens for life’s next steps.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 22, 2021

Today’s children and teens want more power and control over their spending. The New York-based company’s banking platform is designed to encourage “open and honest” discussions between parents and their kids. Till Financial describes itself as a collaborative family financial tool that aims to empower kids to become smarter spenders.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 26, 2021

Opening doors. For more than a century, Boys & Girls Clubs around the country opened their doors each day to millions of kids and teens, literally and symbolically. By: Sara Leutzinger, National Director, External Communications & Content Strategy for Boys & Girls Club of America.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 6, 2021

In an open letter to Facebook staff , Zuckerberg scoffed at concerns raised by whistleblower Frances Haugen, doubling down on earlier Facebook claims that the report has been misinterpreted. In fact, social media researchers have spent around ten years gathering evidence on how teen body image is affected by social media.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 10, 2021

While documents leaked by Haugen revealed extensive details about the inner workings of the company, some of the most damaging material was research showing that Facebook’s products could be harmful to children and teens.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2021

from Brazil as a teen, while Eting is the daughter of a Filiponio father and mother of Mexican descent. This combined with open banking regulation and the need for more responsible products provides Flourish a unique opportunity in Brazil.”. Moura came to the U.S.

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Whole Whale

OCTOBER 28, 2022

We have opened this tool up for free use (for now) so give it a spin. Example: “Write a fundraising email for Power Poetry, a safe, creative, free online platform for teens to create poetry. How to use the AI Fundraising Email Writer. The AI will take your instruction like it was a freelancer working on the email. million poets.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 3, 2023

Lastly, this gives Acorns an opening to grow internationally, starting with GoHenry’s existing footprint across the U.K., Acorns got its start initially targeting younger adults, specifically millennials, before later opening its first services for children. France, Italy and Spain. Until last summer, GoHenry operated in the U.K.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

There have been countless studies about the damaging effects of social media on mental health, particularly on teens. The thought of someone building up the courage to share something on Inpathy and then get trolled to the point they are scared to open up again prompted the policy. Facebook knows Instagram harms teens.

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Engadget

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Roblox, Discord, OpenAI and Google are launching a nonprofit organization called ROOST , or Robust Open Online Safety Tools, which hopes "to build scalable, interoperable safety infrastructure suited for the AI era."

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

Lane Sutton , Social Media from a Teen. It could open up a new host of opportunities for startups. This is Pinterest’s rise to power from people wanting to find their interests and network with those people. Crowdfunding Gone Crazy. Crowdfunding is hot right now. Brent Beshore , AdVentures.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Today's teens also plan to be generous when they get older. But hold on. Maybe you’re starting to think that influence is not about how many followers someone has on Twitter.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 28, 2010

Guards staring at black teens and grumbling about their clothes. Diane told me several stories about teens who came in thinking of themselves as dumb but changed their perspective as their confidence grew in two areas they associated with intelligence--knowing science and being able to teach. YES students defy expectations.

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Tableau

DECEMBER 19, 2023

That some day one-liners like “We’re getting the band back together” and “Don’t cross the streams” would open doors to friendship and community. Growing up in rural Pennsylvania didn’t offer a lot of opportunities to make friends, to connect, and little did I know that these movies were inducting me into a shared language. Stick with me.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 17, 2022

When you open the app, you get a TikTok-like feed of videos. Some teens post videos because explaining a concept is the best way to know for sure that they understand it perfectly well. “Our goal is to reach 500,000 users by the end of the year and to expand to the U.S. within 6 to 12 months,” co-founder Guillaume Perrot told me.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Our partners include GOOD , a leading platform for thought and action revolving around pushing the world forward; Global Giving , an online marketplace that connects people who have community and world-changing ideas with people who can support them; and Do Something , the largest non-profit teen charity.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2022

In fact, the founder had just joined Twitter in March, where he intended to aid the social network by building out new product experiences for teens via its 0–>1 team. Image Credits: Michael Sayman (opens in a new window). Prior to starting Friendly Apps, Sayman was working at Twitter.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2014

Here’s Dianne’s winning submission in its entirety: “The Pottsboro Library has made bridging the digital divide for teens a priority. A local TV station employee was hired to work with the teens in a 6-week course where they created a promotional video for the library. The teens also have access to GoPro and Nikon.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 20, 2010

Many teens love to perform for each other. First, teens often have incredibly tight social spheres. Second, teens today are incredibly aware of "stranger danger." More so than teens in the past, teens today have grown up in a culture of fear around engagement with strangers. They like to do and touch and make.

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Kindful

MARCH 1, 2021

Mission: Their mission is to serve society by making science open, inclusive, and accessible by fighting racism, patriarchy, and oppressive societal norms. Mission: Girls Write Nashville is a nonprofit songwriting mentorship program based in Nashville, TN, that cultivates empowered expression and positive community for teen girls.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 6, 2021

In an open letter to Mark Zuckerberg published Monday, a group of academics called for Meta to be more transparent about its research into how Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp affect the mental health of children and adolescents. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2023

While she is opening up a $5 million allocation to accredited investors outside her network, she said from a portfolio construction standpoint: she’s not necessarily looking for “diamonds in the rough” or a specific diversity quota. Teens might be asked to choose which of four friends is the best DJ or has the best smile.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2022

Yahya Bouhlel started coding in his early teens. His new job was to open a subsidiary for a French open source tech startup and that required hiring developers on the ground. Within this timeline, he interned at several companies in Palo Alto, California. Most of his work revolved around building apps and iPhone games.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 24, 2021

Not the subject line (which is critical in getting the email opened). For example: “Many teen girls struggle with their self-esteem thanks to Instagram and Snapchat. Please help us open the door for a teen to attend our personal development conference, benefit from having a mentor, and get on a path to college and a career.” .

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DipJar

AUGUST 24, 2022

She came to the library right before a significant capital campaign to transform the library into “an open source, people’s university” and hasn’t looked back since. Providence Public Library first opened to the public in 1878. As with many other things in life, this plan was derailed by the pandemic.

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