Change.org, the network for political change
Change.org, a boot-strapped San Francisco social networking company that seeks to help motivate you for good causes, has launched its “politics” feature.
The launch is perfect timing for the upcoming presidential primaries, but it is meant to serve a permanent cycle of political engagement. Also, it gets to market before its flashier competitor, Project Agape. Project Agape, yet to launch, lets people mobilize and raise funds for causes (we had a sneak peak). That company is… Continue Reading
Parker’s Project Agape = Friendster + Facebook?
Entrepreneur Sean Parker’s latest undertaking is Project Agape, a secretive start-up working to empower people to further their political or social cause using the Internet.
Parker, 27, isn’t sharing much publicly about the company yet, but it’s worth noting because Parker tends to make waves when he gets serious about something.
There was controversial music-sharing site Napster, where he was co-founder; the contact updating service, Plaxo, where he was also co-founder, and which rubbed lots of… Continue Reading