Chicago’s accelerator for world-changing startups welcomes its first batch

OpenTable founder Chuck Templeton has launched ImpactEngine, a new Chicago-based accelerator to support for-profit businesses that aim to make a positive social or environmental impact in the world.

Businesses need to embrace the “social revolution,” says Salesforce’s Benioff

The social networking revolution is “bleeding into our society,” Salesforce chief executive Marc Benioff said today, citing the Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street as “key moments of transformation” for social networks.

Salesforce, a multi-billion-dollar sales-force automation provider, has obviously …

Social entrepreneurs use startups to change the world

Muhammed Yunus, a 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner and founder of Grameen Bank, sparked a movement with the simple question: “If you are a socially conscious person, why don’t you run your business in a way that will help achieve …

Lithium hires a new CEO for helping enterprises engage with customers

Lithium, a company that makes customer relationships more social, is announcing today that it has hired a veteran Adobe executive as its new chief executive.

Rob Tarkoff (pictured right) will replace founder Lyle Fong (pictured below) as CEO of Emeryville, …