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What if every time you took an Uber, you gave\u00a0to charity without spending extra money?<\/p>\n
That\u2019s the idea behind Buttons for Good<\/a>, a hack developed at TechCrunch\u2019s Hackathon at Disrupt New York.<\/p>\n Button<\/a> co-founders Chris Maddern and Stephen Milbank used their expertise in mobile links to build the site. They were joined by employees Tyler Nappy and Patrick Lewis.<\/p>\n Maddern said they were inspired by Ebates<\/a>, which gives users money\u00a0earned\u00a0from referral traffic. But with Buttons for Good, all of the proceeds\u00a0go to a nonprofit.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u00a0take that same dynamic and let you contribute that back to charity,\u201d said Milbank.<\/p>\n It\u00a0not only works with Uber, but a range of commerce platforms including Jet.com, Groupon, Hotels.com and\u00a0Delivery.com. They selected Planned Parenthood for today\u2019s\u00a0charity and plan to include the ACLU, Kiva<\/a> and Black Lives Matter.<\/p>\n Milbank explained that in the future, people will be able to select which causes they want to support. They are open to suggestions for charities.<\/p>\n The hack was built using the Button public SDK. Nappy said he normally goes to hackathons to help people integrate Button technology, but \u201cthis time we decided to take a different approach and actually participate.\u201d<\/p>\n The teams had 24 hours to build their hacks. Milbank said they were working \u201cinto the late night\u201d to execute on their idea.<\/p>\n The hackathon is the first event at this week\u2019s TechCrunch Disrupt event<\/a> at Pier 36 in New York.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"\"](\"https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/05\/buttons-for-good.jpg?w=680\")
What if every time you took an Uber, you gave\u00a0to charity without spending extra money? That’s the idea behind Buttons for Good, a hack developed at TechCrunch’s Hackathon at Disrupt New York. Button co-founders Chris Maddern and Stephen Milbank used their expertise in mobile links to build the site. They were joined by employees Tyler Nappy and Patrick Lewis. Maddern said they… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/img><\/a>
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