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24 alternatives to The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

Advancing Human Potential and Promoting Equality

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders - From Havard to the Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg▲88

   From Harvard to the Facebook—How it all started

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   The Nordic Web▲146

   Data-driven analyses and deep reporting on Nordic startups

   2017 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Next Society▲73

   Network Smarter

   2014 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Pocket Explore▲351

   A human curated version of the web

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   The Sociable▲93

   Documenting how technology transforms societies

   2017 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Glassbreakers▲186

   A peer mentorship community for professional women

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Smart People Should Build Things: Andrew Lowenthal, Executive Director of Out in Tech▲53

   On tech as a lever for social change

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Voten▲73

   Social bookmarking for the 21st Century

   2017 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Traity▲76

   Building the reputation graph of the world

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    redditmade▲164

    Crowdfunding projects backed by Reddit community

    2014 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    ThinkUp▲166

    Powerful social network analytics

    2014 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Gender graph▲112

    Interactive graph to quantify gender biases in the media

    2017 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Knowledge Commons by UNESCO MGIEP▲66

    Social network for social change

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Naytev▲107

    Optimizely for social sharing

    2014 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    The Muse▲127

    Curated career platform.

    2014 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Hello Tech Pros: Celebrating Disagreements and Diversity in the Tech Industry▲54

    Paula Paul on People

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Tapdaq▲90

    A community-driven mobile ad exchange

    2014 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Google for Entrepreneurs▲71

    Bringing together startup communities worldwide

    2014 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Zillabyte▲87

    An API for analyzing the world's information

    2014 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Treatings 2.0▲143

    The first reputation-based professional network

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    STEAMrole▲93

    Talent marketplace for tech's gender & diversity gap

    2014 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    The Equality Project▲8

    World inequality visualized in charts

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Hello Tech Pros: Creating an Inequality Awareness Campaign Using Facebook▲54

    Building a marketplace for Malawi artists to sell in US &CAN

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Gum▲123

    The social network of things

    2015 · its alternatives →

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