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Jesse grew up in Western Massachusetts and now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

He is the president of Curry Without Worry, a Bay Area non-profit. With founder Shrawan Nepali, a dedicated board, and hundreds of volunteers, he has seen it into its fifth year and 90,000th meal. He offers his hands-on leadership as well as entrepreneurial, management, organizational, technical and marketing skills.

He currently works in the tech sector in the North Bay, and has a passion for developing business models which encourage socially conscious and charitable consumer behavior.

A writer for National Geographic, he has been a published writer since age 14. He practices stand up comedy, beatboxing, yoga, swimming, and all things computers. He is a distance-learning student at Umass, Amherst.

Learn more at jesseseaver.com and currywithoutworry.org

Blog Entries by Jesse Seaver

Mining for Digital Gold - New digital Crypto-Currencies Bitcoin, LiteCoin, PPCoin and others.

(6) Comments | Posted April 26, 2013 | 12:55 PM

There are thousands of ways to be an entrepreneur, and almost all of them require dedication, hard work and, often, a capital investment--not to mention a windy road to success. A new form of entrepreneurship called digital "mining" is making its way into the fold of profitable ventures. At first...

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We Love Boston: Things We Can Do in the Face of Tragedy Far Away

(1) Comments | Posted April 16, 2013 | 4:47 PM

Social media has made it easier for us to find out what's happening around the world virtually as soon as it happens, but it has also increased our feelings of helplessness when something tragic happens, as it did at the Boston Marathon on Monday. From my current home 3,000 miles...

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Tear Down the Wall Between You and Your College Degree

(2) Comments | Posted April 10, 2013 | 1:46 PM

We're living in a world where the traditional model of a 4-year college right after high school isn't necessarily the best solution for everyone. With all of the advances in technology and education over the last couple of decades, education has stepped up to reduce the barriers to gain a...

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Give While You Live with the Help of Technology

(0) Comments | Posted March 13, 2013 | 12:37 PM

As society and technology have evolved, it has become easier than ever for consumers to be charitable by integrating their regular spending activity with technology that helps them contribute to causes they believe in.

  • There are many ways in which technology has been modified to capture charity donations during...
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Sseko Sandals: Fashion Design With Impact

(3) Comments | Posted December 14, 2012 | 10:46 AM

Liz Forkin Bohannon was the winner of Blue Collar Service's Jumpstart contest, which awarded $100,000 to the emerging company that demonstrated the greatest need with the best pitch. Liz's Sseko Designs is a footwear company based in Portland, OR whose slogan is, "Every Sandal Has a Story," and...

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Ama Ghar Children's Home

(3) Comments | Posted December 5, 2012 | 6:08 PM

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Photo Credit: Ben Horton.

On my last day in Nepal, after spending almost two weeks with a Western medical team doing a story on the state of healthcare in that country, I was ready to head back to the U.S. and write...

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Businesses with Impact : The conference (and network)not to miss twice a year.

(0) Comments | Posted November 30, 2012 | 2:12 PM

I flew in directly from Nepal, where I was working on a project with National Geographic and women's healthcare issues, to the Social Venture Network's fall conference in Rye Brook, New York. The revolutionary progressive business community that supported such giants such as Ben and Jerry's, Eileen Fisher and Stonyfield...

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Businesses With Impact: The Greyston Foundation and Their Open Hiring Policy

(0) Comments | Posted October 9, 2012 | 5:24 PM

Probably best known for its bakery -- which produces the brownies in the famous Ben and Jerry's ice cream flavors Chocolate Fudge Brownie, Dave Matthews' Magic Brownies, Half-Baked, and Neapolitan Dynamite -- The Greyston Foundation is actually so much more. In fact, it is recognized as a pioneer in social...

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Businesses With Impact : Back To The Roots Mushroom Gardens

(1) Comments | Posted October 2, 2012 | 12:18 PM

Alejandro Velez and Nikhil Arora were finishing up their last semester at UC Berkeley in 2009 when they stumbled across a business idea during a class lecture. Two months away from graduation, the two assumed they were headed into the corporate world of investment banking. Instead, they found themselves starting...

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My Friends Habitat For Humanity Experience

(3) Comments | Posted September 19, 2012 | 3:05 PM

My friend and fellow Curry Without Worry board member Charlotte Makoff is about to embark on her fourth Habitat for Humanity build. This time she's going to Bungoma, Kenya, a town near the Ugandan border about an hour and forty-five minutes by car from the village where President Obama's father...

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Businesses With Impact: Kiva.org

(0) Comments | Posted August 10, 2012 | 10:15 AM

The nonprofit organization Kiva came on the scene about seven years ago, long before Kickstarter or cloudfunding or peer-to-peer lending were household ideas. One of the first companies to really leverage the power of the internet to connect those who have with those who need, Kiva allows anyone to lend...

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Businesses With Impact: Fenix International, Maker of The Fenix ReadySet Solar Kit

(0) Comments | Posted July 19, 2012 | 5:18 PM

Today, I want to talk about Fenix International, the maker of the Fenix ReadySet Solar Kit. I have travelled internationally and seen firsthand the dire need for a reliable power source by millions of people in third-world countries. At the same time, I have often been surprised to...

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Businesses With Impact: The Social Venture Network

(0) Comments | Posted July 14, 2012 | 3:34 PM

As I make my way through the world of entrepreneurialism and interact with clients, partners and vendors, I come across all types of business models. When weighing whether to work with them, I take my time and make sure that we are both working toward compatible goals and that each...

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More Than Just a Soccer Tournament for Bhutanese Refugees

(2) Comments | Posted June 27, 2012 | 2:54 PM

The 2nd Annual Bhutanese Interstate Soccer Tournament was hosted at Oakland Technical High School this past weekend, and it was an excellent weekend indeed for the entire Bay Area Bhutanese community. Thirteen Bhutanese teams flew and drove in from Idaho, Colorado, Texas, Oregon, Washington, Tennessee, Arizona and Georgia to compete...

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iChange -- The Charitable and Social Potential of iPads

(2) Comments | Posted June 25, 2012 | 12:53 PM

While personal computing used to be an elite technology for the upper middle class, that day is long, and fortunately, gone. More and more, I see examples of how technology is actually making a difference in the lives of people who 10 years ago possibly had never touched a computer,...

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Emerge America Is Putting More Women in Office

(0) Comments | Posted June 7, 2012 | 6:50 PM

In 2002, a group of passionate San Francisco Bay Area women founded Emerge California with the goal of placing more Democratic women into political office. Emerge California is part of a national movement aiming to address the underrepresentation of women in elected offices in the U.S. Ten years after its...

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Bid On the World's Only Power Lunch With Warren Buffett

(1) Comments | Posted June 1, 2012 | 5:47 PM

I've purchased a computer on Ebay, a few watches, countless computer parts, and even helped my brother buy a car -- but never had I thought I could purchase a lunch with Warren Buffett. Now, for the right bid, anyone can. The best part is, the winning bid benefits one...

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The 'Ideal' Website to Find Your Next Job or Volunteer Opportunity

(0) Comments | Posted May 17, 2012 | 12:37 PM

I have been a longtime fan of Idealist.org, the website that aggregates volunteer opportunities and connects those who want to do good with those who need help. It's a powerful and wonderful tool for change and I don't think enough people know about it.


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Educating Girls to Stop Girl Trafficking in Nepal

(3) Comments | Posted May 10, 2012 | 4:03 PM

Last week the American Himalayan Foundation (AHF) hosted a beautiful dinner at the Four Seasons in San Francisco to support its "Stop Girl Trafficking" program. The three keynote speakers were Jon Krakauer, mountain climber and bestselling author of Into the Wild and Into Thin Air; Siddharth Kara, Harvard...

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A Nepali Mother's Day Made Better: The Nepal Youth Foundation Celebrates Its 22nd Year

(0) Comments | Posted May 10, 2012 | 10:43 AM

When Olga Murray went to Nepal in 1984 she met the children who inspired the founding of her organization, The Nepal Youth Foundation (NYF). As she camped atop a mountain, watching a group of local children struggling to study by lantern on a crude plank table, she realized...

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