8 start-ups that are changing the world

I find it typical of the nonprofit mindset that there are no metrics in this article.

I think it's important for start-up to understand that generating wealth is utmost important, a lot of fun and of course a legal fiduciary duty of the founders. However, it is possible to both make a lot of money and make a positive impact in the world.<p>For many start-ups today the motto isn't just 'Do not evil', it's actually 'Do good in the world.'. I know our motto is definitely that, so I believe is for companies like SwipeGood and the ones on this list. I hope to see more start-ups with a similar double bottom line.

<a href="http://www.sunsaluter.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.sunsaluter.com/</a> seems like it is the only practical &#38; longlasting thing there.

A few of the ideas seem interesting, but I would have hoped for a lot less vague marketing language full of buzzwords from this sort of company...

Excuse my cynicism here but I think it is valid. No world is being changed efficiently or in a new fantastic way here.<p>They ALL appear to be utterly lazy ways of supposedly helping people whilst top slicing cash and creating tech jobs, management jobs and evade a chunk of tax. Generating money is intimately opposed to doing altruistic good.<p>Fly out, dig a well and work up a fertile soil and dig drainage and septic channels. Teach them practical skills to help themselves and teach them how to teach others. That would make more people's lives better rather than delegating it via a startup or technology outfit.<p>Technology is a bad solution when there is nothing to sustain it. Knowledge on the other hand is worth more than gold in an investor's pocket...