Changebowl, a nonprofit startup based out of Venice, has taken the change-saving model popularized by Acorns and applied it to donating. For every purchase made, Changebowl rounds to the nearest dollar and pools the excess change into a savings account. The account is then linked to a charity of your choosing, giving you a hassle free way to donate to the causes you care about most.
Toucan’s browser extension exchanges a few English words on a webpage with words from another language. The tool currently covers Spanish, French, Korean, German, Italian, Japanese and Portuguese.
Although the coronavirus pandemic (and the many other catastrophes of 2020) brought about a number of challenges, it also brought about new opportunities to learn and adapt to the changing business landscape. We rounded up eight more companies across LA that are using the lessons they learned in 2020 and diving headfirst into 2021 with big plans for success.
