Category: Doing Good
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Marc Cuban Launches New Online Pharmacy To Lower Cost Of Drugs
By Zac Cornell Dallas Mavericks’s owner Mark Cuban has launched Marc Cuban Cost Plus Drug, a new Dallas-based online pharmacy that aims to disrupt the pharmaceutical industry to combat the exorbitant and often prohibitive financial cost of drugs in the United States. Marc Cuban Cost Plus Drug‘s goal is to provide complete transparency for the…
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The NBA and LegalZoom Partner To Support Underrepresented Small Business Founders
By Zac Cornell The NBA announced a new multi-year partnership with LegalZoom to provide financial grants and support for underrepresented small business founders. The first program in the partnership is the “Fast Break for Small Business” initiative. The program has set aside $3 million for capital and $3 million for services to help support people…
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LaMelo Ball Scholarship Giveaway
By Zac Cornell The 2021 NBA Rookie of the year and Charlotte Hornets star LaMelo Ball has launched a scholarship for students looking to study Sports Management, or Sports Communications and Marketing. The four-year scholarship is part of the Roc Nation School of Music, Sports and Entertainment at Long Island University in Brooklyn. The Roc…
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Kyrie Irving and his KAI Family Foundation built a solar water center in Pakistan
By Zac Cornell Kyrie Irving, the Brooklyn Nets superstar guard, continues to use his financial and social status to help underprivileged communities. His latest life-changing donation went towards the Rohal village in Pakistan, one of the poorest in Tharparkar, which has since transformed the area. His KAI Family Foundation worked with the Paani Project to…
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Kyrie Irving Launches Consulting Firm To Cater to Underrepresented Entrepreneurs
By Zac Cornell Like many other superstar athletes who are using their platform and financial power to help traditionally underserved communities, Kyrie Irving has announced the launch of his new consulting firm, KAI Eleven Consulting, that will coach and mentor black and women-owned businesses. Partnering with the co-founders of venture capital firm Lockstep Ventures Michael…
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Shaq Pays For Stranger’s Engagement Ring. “I’m Just Trying To Make People Smile.”
By Zac Cornell NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal proves once again why he is such a beloved role model. The super successful sportscaster and businessman admits that he commits random acts of kindness every day to help make people happy. One lucky recipient of his generosity was a young man who was in Zales jewelry store…
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NBA Star Russell Westbrook Is A New Investor and Advisor for Varo Bank
By Zac Cornell NBA star Russell Westbrook has announced a major investment in Varo Bank, an all-digital neobank that was founded in 2017. Russell Westbrook Enterprises led the new round of a $63 million investment in the company. Westbrook will also serve as an advisor for the Bank’s programs targeting underserved communities to address financial…
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Nike Has Gone All-In To Get Out The Vote
By Zac Cornell Nike has shown a serious commitment throughout this election season to remove barriers and get people to vote. The company’s latest effort to increase voter turnout is the release of their film “You Can’t Stop Our Voice.” Narrated by Regina King and featuring athletes LeBron James, Naomi Osaka, Odell Beckham Jr., Sue…
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LeBron James’ More Than a Vote Initiative Has Recruited 10,000 Poll Workers
By Zac Cornell LeBron James’ More Than a Vote initiative to recruit poll workers to Black electoral districts has been an extraordinary success. The “We Got Next” campaign that the group launched in collaboration with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund has recruited 10,000 volunteers over two weeks! James has become the leading voice in the…
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Brooklyn Nets Owner Joe Tsai Behind Major Donation of Ventilators and Face Masks From China to New York State
By Zac Cornell Joe Tsai, owner of the Brooklyn Nets is one of the heroic people behind the life-saving donation of 1,000 ventilators and other crucial medical equipment to New York State to help Covid-19 patients survive. The Joe and Clara Tsai Foundation and the Jack Ma Foundation also gave one million surgical masks and…
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