CauseLabs Resources
Lessons & insights from our journey for positive impact.
Digital Simplification: Why Smart Businesses Are Reducing Complexity Instead of Adding More Technology
Digital simplification is becoming a priority for businesses overwhelmed by years of software purchases, integrations, and process complexity. They want to learn how to reduce technology clutter, lower costs, and create a more resilient...
The Value of Five Dollars: Creating Social Impact
I’ve recently returned from Mexico, where I attended a convening with 460 changemakers from around the world. Read this article if you want to...
Reflections from Opportunity Collaboration
As of October 2019, I have attended Opportunity Collaboration (OC) seven times, which means that as a company, CauseLabs has participated in this annual...
The 2019 Inclusive Economy Challenge
Once a year, B Lab presents Certified B Corps with a list of focus areas where their social and environmental sustainability could be improved...
Growing Positive Impact with the Mission Model Canvas
You might be familiar with the Business Model Canvas. It stems from the Lean Startup and is used at Startup Weekend events and other...
Financial Empathy — The Promise of FinTech
Many of the factors that determine our social labels and future success are placed upon us at birth. Uncontrollable and at times unfortunate, what...
Level-up Your Financial Literacy
At CauseLabs, we believe that collaboration is a critical factor for Growing Positive Impact. That’s why we like to write about the great causes...
10 Tools and Resources for Improving Financial Literacy
The question “Why is financial literacy so important?” can be answered by just two data points from the Report on the Economic Well-Being of...
Building trust between users and technology
Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, technology companies expended considerable effort to convince people that it was safe to input their personal information on...
What are Social Impact Companies and Why Do They Matter?
If you pay any attention to business news and trends, then you have probably noticed an increase in the number of companies embracing “social...
Balancing Act Demo Puts Fort Worth Budget into the Hands of Neighborhood Leaders
CauseLabs has built many financial literacy projects during our 15 years in business, and Balancing Act is one of the most exciting. Since 2014,...
CauseLabs CEO Sheryle Gillihan Profiled In BizWomen
On January 24th, 2019, BizWomen Journal published a profile of CauseLabs' CEO Sheryle Gillihan. This isn't Sheryle's first time being featured in the journal,...
Diversity in Hiring Practices
The best person for the job is not always the most skilled person. When hiring, I attempt to account for blind spots within our...
B Corp Brands We Love
As consumers we have a direct impact on our economy and our society. Every dollar spent on a purchase from a Certified B Corp...
Planning a Giving Tuesday Campaign
Started in 2012 by the Belfer Center for Innovation & Social Impact at 92Y, Giving Tuesday has become a global movement and marks the beginning...
CEO Sheryle Gillihan Acquires CauseLabs
Fort Worth, October 22, 2018 -- Sheryle Gillihan, CEO of CauseLabs, PBC, is pleased to announce her acquisition of the company effective October 22, 2018. CauseLabs...
B Champions Retreat Reflection
This past week in New Orleans with our fellow Certified B Corporations was energizing and enlightening. Rebecca and I had fun, and we also...
