May 3, 2022
Ep 9: What’s Sparo’s Win – Win – Win – The Triple Bottom-Line
By democratizing giving, consumers can have the joy of giving to a charity of their choice at the checkout via the Sparo plugin.
Listen >May 3, 2022
Podcast
Sparo Today with Rob Sobhani
Join us as Sparo explores today's corporations, foundations, consumers, and the public in the new movement to democratize philanthropy.
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Search for "SPARO Podcast" on your favorite provider, or click on the links for the podcast on PlayerFM, Spotify, iHeartRadio, and Amazon Music.
April 22, 2022
Ep 8: Choice at the Checkout? The Sparo Plug-in
What happens when shoppers are shown charities of their choice to consider donating to at the checkout?
Listen >April 22, 2022
March 21, 2022
Ep 7: Help Ukrainians: Rob Challenges Corporations
Rob offers to bet anyone listening to the episode $1,000 that if a major American or European brand adopts the Sparo plug-in and helps Ukrainians, it will help the bottom line of that merchant.
Listen >March 21, 2022
March 21, 2022
Ep 6: Big Tech and Morality
Rob compares big tech’s “savage capitalism” with the optimistic philosophy that drives his global venture philanthropy platform, Sparo.
Listen >March 21, 2022
February 28, 2022
Ep 5: The Nuances and Meaning of Charity and Philanthropy in an Age of Wealth Disparity
This episode illuminates the nuances and deeper meanings of charity and philanthropy, as well as the importance of transparency and accountability.
Listen >February 28, 2022
February 9, 2022
Ep 4: Backstory: Dramatic Origins of Sparo
Host Rob Sobhani talks about how he came to launch Sparo.
Listen >February 9, 2022
December 15, 2021
Ep 3: Vote4Good: Can Sparo’s election prediction game do good?
Host Rob Sobhani talks about Vote4Good, which is a game about leveraging our passion for politics for the public good.
Listen >December 15, 2021
December 15, 2021
Ep 2: Charity Choices: Can we democratize the shopping checkout experience?
Host Rob Sobhani discusses the opportunity of empowering shoppers.
Listen >December 15, 2021
December 15, 2021
Ep 1: Microsoft for Startups: Helping young companies grow and benefit others
Rob talks about how Microsoft for Startups is helping innovative companies make their business dreams a reality.
Listen >December 15, 2021
Microsoft + Sparo
We are a Microsoft for Startups company and the CSR offering on Microsoft's global campaign "Cloud for Retail."
Resources
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