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Credit Monitoring Last month I attended an industry conference called Western States Acquirers Association, which brings together merchant service providers and its vendors in the payment processing space. The keynote speaker this year was Frank Abagnale, Jr., (of Catch Me if You Can fame, a movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio based on Frank’s true story) who […]
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Happiness Ever since we committed to the Triple Bottom Line + (TBL+) framework of People, Planet, Profit + Purpose, we continue to evolve our understanding about what makes us happy at Dharma. We know that happiness is not a goal in and of itself (the myth being perpetrated by the American Dream version of the […]
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Innocence Project Many of you may know that I have a regular Sunday night volunteer commitment with a meditation group at San Quentin prison here in the Bay Area. This has been a powerful eye opener for me in many ways – visibility into the criminal justice system, treatment of state prisoners, rehabilitation efforts, etc. […]
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PCI DSS can seem like a confusing and intimidating topic. We put together this guide to help you understand the ins and outs of what your business must do. Unless you happen to be one of those weird businesses that only accepts cash, you probably deal with credit card processing. And, as you know, credit […]
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Boys & Girls Clubs This month we are highlighting two of the same organizations in two different cities: the Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco and Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver. We love their mission, “To inspire and enable all young people, especially those from disadvantaged circumstances, to realize their full potential […]
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Best Practices With all the attention on identity theft, online fraud, and other compromised data events, we like to recommend some best practices from time to time that should be of value to our stakeholders. First, all companies that accept card payments are required to become PCI (payment card industry) compliant by passing an annual […]
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Best of the World Award for Workers In the shameless self-promotion department, Dharma is proud to announce winning a Best of the World Award for Workers. These are businesses that B Lab has determined have scored in the top 10 percent of all Certified B Corporations on the assessment, and is in recognition of how […]
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Purpose Workplace diversity, gender equality, living wages, social impact, transparency, mindfulness in business, environmental impact, community engagement, triple bottom line (People, Planet, Profit) – whew! Plus we’ve embraced a fourth: Purpose. It used to be a person would start a business just to earn a little cabbage on which to live. Times have changed, as […]
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Dharma’s Giving Back – Veteran’s Path Veteran’s PATH reconnects veterans with strength and service. Through practical tools of meditation and mindfulness, physical and outdoor experiences, and a community of camaraderie, veterans rediscover peace, acceptance, transformation and honor in a new journey forward. Established in 2008 by Lee Klinger Lesser and Chris Fortin, two long-time mindfulness […]
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Merchants of the Month – September Dharma is highlighting two wonderful merchants this month: Out of the Box Collective and Carolina Morning Designs. The first is a Los Angeles-based farm to home grocery delivery service that provides curated, themed boxes of ingredients for customers to create locally sourced and highly nutritious meals. Fresh fruit and […]
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