GlobalMojo is the new tech startup that scored $1.15 million in angel investments and venture capital, including substantial backing from Founder’s Co-op. GlobalMojo CEO Daniel Todd is committed to making a difference and uses technology to do it. The Redmond based small business and thinkspace member company develops apps for web browsers that let people direct money to charities and causes of their choosing.With almost $30 billion spent online every month in the U.S. GlobalMojo helps people browse with purpose, allowing them to use online purchases to direct money to deserving causes.GlobalMojo is literally changing the world through web browsers. Buying something online for your mother-in-law’s birthday is now the socially conscience thing to do.If GlobalMojo were a cartoon character, they’d be a cross between Superman and The Pink Panther—saving the world, in a very slick way.
GlobalMojo CEO, Daniel Todd has some advice for entrepreneurs looking to start their own slick startup: have advisers, hire great talent, and get feedback. Todd has a team of advisers who he can “beat up ideas with” and who aren’t afraid to hurt his feelings. This honest feedback allows him to make quick adjustments and produce results.
Feedback from consumers is also priority and people can stay in touch with GlobalMojo via Twitter, Facebook and The Mojo Blog. Asking users what’s meaningful to them inspires ideas and helps create a browser product worth using. But Todd doesn’t just listen to users, he’s also in touch with his talented employees. Employee culture matters around GlobalMojo, and “hiring the right people is one of the most fundamental pieces of long term success,” Todd says.
And just to test how hip Daniel Todd really is, we used the universal measuring stick: Mac or PC? “I’m stuck as a PC, but I’m seeing the light. It’s only a matter a time, and then I’ll make the jump. So, I guess I’m a PC, soon to be Mac?” Can’t argue with that.