Mindful QA gives 10% of profits to charity, and every year we choose 25 of our favorite recipients to highlight. Check out the list for 2022 below! You can click the names of each to learn more or make a donation.

1. Carbon Offsets To Alleviate Poverty (COTAP) empowers individuals and organizations in developed countries to address both climate change and global poverty. COTAP counteracts carbon emissions through certified forestry projects in least-developed regions, which create transparent earnings for rural farming communities where income levels are less than $2 per day.
2. VoteRiders works nationwide to provide voter ID education and assistance to all eligible voters who are in need.
3. Action Against Hunger provides communities with access to safe water and sustainable solutions to hunger. Continue reading →

Mindful QA gives 10% of profits to charity, and we’ve chosen 25 of our favorites recipients from 2021 to highlight below.

If you’re looking for a great nonprofit or cause to donate to, we recommend checking them out! You can click the names of each organization to learn more or make a donation.

1. Carbon Offsets To Alleviate Poverty (COTAP) empowers individuals and organizations in developed countries to address both climate change and global poverty. COTAP counteracts carbon emissions through certified forestry projects in least-developed regions, which create transparent earnings for rural farming communities where income levels are less than $2 per day.
2. VoteRiders works nationwide to provide voter ID education and assistance to all eligible voters who are in need.
3. Stop AAPI Hate tracks and responds to discrimination against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States. Continue reading →

With more and more websites and apps launching every day, demand for QA testing has been growing exponentially.  Software development, design, and deployment processes are always changing. As a result, it’s become vital for businesses to look for professional QA testing experts to get higher returns. That’s where Mindful QA comes in!

Mindful QA is a California-based software testing company that is dedicated to making the QA process easy and flexible for companies of all sizes. We help clients by finding bugs and improving user experience for apps and websites.

Our USA-based team provides award-winning software testing services for non-profits, start-ups, digital agencies, large corporations, and everyone in between. We’re also passionate about doing good, are carbon neutral, and donate 10% of profits to charity. Continue reading →

Mindful QA gives 10% of profits to charities, nonprofits, and causes. As we wrap up 2020, we wanted to highlight 25 of our favorites recipients from this year. If you’re looking for a great nonprofit or cause to donate to, we recommend any of the below! You can click the title to learn more and/or make a donation.

1. Carbon Offsets To Alleviate Poverty (COTAP). The mission of Carbon Offsets To Alleviate Poverty (COTAP) is “to empower individuals and organizations in developed countries to address both climate change and global poverty. COTAP counteracts carbon emissions through certified forestry projects in least-developed regions which create transparent earnings for rural farming communities where income levels are less than $2 per day.” Learn more about their mission here.
2. VoteRiders. VoteRiders works nationwide to provide voter ID education and assistance to all eligible voters who are in need. Learn more about their mission here.
3. Service Workers Covid Fund. Their mission is to provide cash assistance to service workers who need assistance to survive during the pandemic. Continue reading →

We’re proud to announce that Mindful QA has joined the “Stop Hate for Profit” campaign.

What is the Stop Hate for Profit Campaign?

Stop Hate for Profit was started by the Anti-Defamation League in June 2020. It’s mission is to encourage businesses to cease advertising on Facebook. Doing so will impact Facebook’s advertising revenue until they take meaningful action to address the spread of bigotry and misinformation on their platform.

Along with the ADL, the Stop Hate for Profit campaign is also led by Color of Change, Common Sense Media, Free Press, NAACP, and Sleeping Giants.

What is the Goal?

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Mindful QA founder Wes Silverstein received a “Top 50 Tech Visionaries” award from The Internet Conference. Intercon took place at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas from June 18th to June 20th, 2019.

What is the Internet Conference?

According to their official description, The Internet Conference (aka Intercon):

“brings together some of the biggest and brightest. As a result, it presents a snapshot of ideas shaping the future of internet technologies. Accordingly, our influential attendees and speakers comprise of industry leaders. Attendees are tech visionaries from a wide range of backgrounds.”

The three-day tech conference also included keynote sessions, panel discussions, speakers, networking events, and award ceremonies. In addition, the award ceremonies featured speeches by the “Top 50 Tech Visionaries” awardees, including Mindful QA founder Wes Silverstein. Continue reading →

We’re excited to announce that Mindful QA is officially a carbon neutral business! We purchased carbon offsets to balance our expected annual carbon emissions (and a little extra, to be safe).

In case you’re interested, we thought we’d share some details below about what carbon offsets are. We’ve also included information on how you can become a carbon neutral business, or buy carbon offset credits for yourself as an individual.

Why Did Mindful QA Decide to Become a Carbon Neutral Business?

When we started Mindful QA, we knew we wanted our business to be a force for good as much as possible. While companies exist to make money, we believe there’s room for spreading good along the way.

How Can Businesses Reduce Their Carbon Footprint?

Luckily, there are many options for businesses to be more environmentally friendly! If you’re curious, here are some of the other actions a business can take to help (or at least avoid harming) the environment:

• Letting your staff work from home. Okay, so this is considered a pretty big ask by many companies. We get it. But if you have reliable, communicative workers, productivity can be even higher than in an office. (See our article on 10 Advantages of Hiring Remote Workers.) With tools like Slack and Zoom, it can feel like your workers are within 100 feet even if they’re really 1,000 miles away. And avoiding commute-related pollution can make a huge dent in your business’s carbon footprint.
• Getting energy-efficient web servers. Data centers now cause even more greenhouse gas emissions than airplanes. If you have your own data center, you can read some tips on making it more eco-friendly here. Otherwise, you can research web hosts that offer greener server options and see what feels right for you.
• Conserving electricity in the office. There are many little (and big) things you can do to reduce your office’s electricity use. For example, this comprehensive list offers dozens of options. On top of being better for the environment, making some of these changes will also save you money!
• Donating to environmental organizations. We donate 10% of our profits to non-profits and causes, including organizations focused on environmental conservation.

What Are Carbon Offsets?

Carbon offsets go towards projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Continue reading →