articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . july 2013 smilingstart use your homepage to change lives type social enterprise industry digital marketing founded 2013 founder tejas sangoi headquarters mumbai india area served india website http www.smilingstart.com smiling start is a social venture by thalia technologies private limited headquartered in mumbai india . it encourages philanthropy through brand posters and member participation by channelizing the money spent on online advertising towards charity . so every indian citizen with just a computer and internet has a tool to do charity with no cost . its aim is to empower people to do well by being the conduit between brands and their audience . at present smilingstart has tied up with three charities namely the akshaya patra naandi foundation project nanhi kali and pratham . internet users sign up with smilingstart choose a charity to support and make smilingstart as their start page ; every day supporters receive a beautifully designed brand poster and 75 % of the advertisement fees that smilingstart charges marketers get donated to the chosen charity . contents 1 origin 2 charity impact 3 work culture 4 tie ups 5 references 6 external links origin edit it was founded by tejas sangoi in december 2012 after completing mba from north carolina state university raleigh usa . the website went live on 1 april 2013 . charity impact edit in india where 24 % of children are devoid of food everyday keeping smilingstart as homepage for a month helps in feeding 20 children 1 furthermore among 50 % of the girl children in india are not enrolled in schools due to lack of money and those who enrol leave the school by the age of 12 . 2 3 with smilingstart at least 9 days of education can be sponsored for a girl child . lastly keeping smiling start s homepage for a month also provides 15 days of shelter each month to poor homeless children that make a living by doing jobs like rag picking hawking etc. who would otherwise have to brave the harsh environmental and unhygienic conditions of the place where they reside . work culture edit its work culture hollers to being informal . smilingstart encourages open minded wise thinkers who are ready to take up a challenge to work towards bringing smiles to real people . they have a small close knit team of 5 members that is moving towards one vivid goal of stirring up a change . tie ups edit akshayapatra foundation project nanhi kali pratham references edit save the children study save the girl child girl child compulsory education external links edit thetechpanda post therodinhoods post indianweb2 post bms interview post india news network interview post india news network coverage startupcentral post retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title smilingstart & oldid 661849813 categories charity fundraisersfundraising websitessocial enterpriseshidden categories orphaned articles from july 2013all orphaned articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 11 may 2015 at 14 53 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view