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Let's pitch Hollywood

Lucy Bernholz

07 Dec 2008

Think

"Craigslist + Kiva = ?"

or

"Twitter + United Way = ?"

or

"My.Barack.Obama + VolunteerMatch + WorldBank = ?"

Now it's your turn. We can play on Twitter. I say "Salesforce" and you say "..." Or I say "vaccines" and you say "..."

Tags: philanthropy, development, technology

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