I built GoodJobs because I wanted to work on something that would make a meaningful impact on problems I care about. In the process, I’m learning th

Every online business should be using Stripe Climate

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2021-06-11 04:00:07

I built GoodJobs because I wanted to work on something that would make a meaningful impact on problems I care about. In the process, I’m learning that there’s a way we can all do the same.

Climate change isn’t going to fix itself. I’m not here to convince anyone that this is the case, or that the problem isn’t as bad as it’s made out to be. If you’re in one of those camps, you probably won’t get too much out of this.

It’s alw ays been hard for me to reconcile my interests in technology and entrepreneurship with the fact that most of my projects wouldn’t be helping the problem of human-caused climate change, or any other Really Important Issue. Obviously not everyone can or should feel like they have to work on these types of problems — In the past, I didn’t (and arguably I still don’t really work on these problems. I work at a fintech company).

I think Stripe Climate (SC from here on) is a game-changer here. There is no other product like this — no first-party way to allocate online revenue to carbon removal. There are other projects that allow you to integrate with carbon offset marketplaces, or subscribe to carbon removal efforts, but 1) they’re not seamless 2) they don’t automatically scale with your business, and 3) they don’t fund exclusively carbon removal technology projects (most that I’ve seen are heavily weighted toward reforestation — which is great, but there’s something really compelling about new technological solutions to this problem).

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