{"id":338789,"date":"2017-04-20T02:41:14","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T18:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=1478692"},"modified":"2017-04-20T02:41:14","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T18:41:14","slug":"planned-parenthood-enrolls-in-500-startups-seed-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/planned-parenthood-enrolls-in-500-startups-seed-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Planned Parenthood enrolls in 500 startups\u2019 seed program"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Planned Parenthood has been threatened repeatedly with blockage of access in several states since Trump became our 45th president. But it also, as a consequence, has received a serious spike in donations (40 times its normal rate, according to the Guardian<\/a>). The organization\u2019s leaders are now looking to 500 startups\u2019 seed program to help them capitalize on the recent surge and harness technology to help further the momentum.<\/p>\n

500 will donate $100,000\u00a0to the growing trove<\/a> Planned Parenthood has already received since Trump took office, as well as kick off a hackathon for the organization. Planned Parenthood team members will also receive mentorship for its period-tracking app Spot On<\/a> to help them find ways to improve the product and grow the user base.<\/p>\n

The American Civil Liberties Union did something similar this year, joining Y Combinator\u2019s winter batch<\/a> to gain\u00a0mentorship and network\u00a0with some of the Valley\u2019s most powerful allies in what is being called \u201cThe Resistance\u201d \u2014\u00a0a growing progressive movement to confront the Trump presidency.<\/p>\n

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With YC and 500, we have an opportunity to set an example for the rest of the Valley and hopefully it inspires others to do the same.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u2014 Rebecca Woodcock, 500 Startups<\/span><\/div>\n

The sexual health nonprofit is part of this resistance movement now honing in on Silicon Valley\u2019s top tech talent to help give people the resources and information they need without government interference.<\/p>\n

\u201cSpot On and the digital product lab are really a big part of that,\u201d says Planned Parenthood\u2019s senior director of its digital product lab Jenny Friedler, who tells TechCrunch the app has the potential to reach a much larger audience who can utilize the app for sexual health information. \u201cFor us, the opportunity with 500 is thinking about growing audiences and 500 has experience\u00a0particularly in growing audiences and reaching new audiences. It really helps us in huge ways on that promise of \u2018care no matter what.’\u201d<\/p>\n

The growth work with 500 possibly comes at an advantageous time.\u00a0President Trump signed legislation last week to cut off federal access to Planned Parenthood and other groups performing abortions, and several<\/a> states<\/a> have added bills to defund the organization, nullifying a measure<\/a> taken by the Obama administration just two days before Trump took office to bar states from cutting off that same access to family planning clinics.<\/p>\n

500 co-founder Dave McClure has also been a vocal adversary of Trump, particularly on immigration<\/a>, and 500 partner Rebecca Woodcock informs TechCrunch Planned Parenthood is only the first of hopefully many other organizations she hopes to induct into the program and make a positive impact upon.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith YC and 500, we have an opportunity to set an example for the rest of the Valley and hopefully it inspires others to do the same,\u201d Woodcock told TechCrunch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"\" Planned Parenthood has been threatened repeatedly with blockage of access in several states since Trump became our 45th president. But it also, as a consequence, has received a serious spike in donations. The organization’s leaders are now looking to 500 startups’ seed program to help them capitalize on the recent surge and harness technology to help further the momentum. Read More<\/a><\/p>\n

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