Remove 2004 Remove Conference Remove Funding
article thumbnail

Our Much Improved Tech Support In TechSoup's Refurbished Computer Initiative

Tech Soup

In 2004 we published our Islands In The Wastestream study, which measured the demand for low-cost computers among U.S.-based When all was said and done, we received a 2005 seed-funding grant from Full Circle Fund and launched the Refurbished Computer Initiative program. A Bit About How RCI Started. With a catalog.

article thumbnail

NetSquared: In the Beginning

Tech Soup

Facebook was just getting its first venture funding, YouTube was just starting, and Twitter was still a year away from being founded. They originally wanted to organize a conference to convene social innovators and social entrepreneurs on the nonprofit tech cutting edge to see what everyone was doing. " 20-20 Hindsight.