Month: July 2026

Originally published in GoDaddy’s 2025 Global Stakeholder Impact Report

Inclusive Entrepreneurship

We empower and champion entrepreneurs everywhere.

We recognize that the entrepreneurial journey is as diverse as the individuals who embark on it. At GoDaddy, inclusive entrepreneurship means everyone deserves the chance to pursue an independent business venture on their own terms. Our purpose is to expand access to opportunity, helping people shape their own paths and livelihoods.

We advance this work in two connected ways. We support entrepreneurs  with tools and targeted grants designed to meet them where they are,  and we study and share the positive impact entrepreneurs have on  their communities.

GoDaddy Empower

GoDaddy Empower is our signature social impact program, designed to help emerging entrepreneurs start and grow their businesses online. Access to education, mentorship, networks, tools, and capital can make meaningful differences throughout an entrepreneur’s journey. We support entrepreneurs by providing access to GoDaddy technology, alongside targeted grant funding delivered through partners.

GoDaddy Empower works with entrepreneurs at every stage, from individuals creating their first idea to those growing their established business. Wherever they begin, we help entrepreneurs build skills and transform ambition into action.

• Investing in student-led ventures through colleges and universities: Through our current and potential future partnerships, we aim to help students bring their ideas to life. With access to GoDaddy tools, students can develop practical digital skills and the confidence to take their ideas and launch their online presence for the first time, laying the groundwork for futures shaped by possibility.
• Supporting entrepreneurs through partners: Through partnerships with nonprofit and community organizations that offer established entrepreneurship programs, eligible participants can earn $1,000 grants after completing entrepreneur-focused training and milestones defined by each partner. These grants help participants invest in themselves and their businesses.

$2.7+ Million

More than $2.7 million invested in 2025 to support entrepreneurs.

Providing Tools to Get Online

Participants receive access to GoDaddy products and services that make it easier to build and grow an online presence. Solutions like Airo, an AI-powered experience, help entrepreneurs establish and expand their digital footprint with less friction, so they can focus on what matters most: building something they believe in.

Participants receive:

• A professionally branded email
• A free .com or .org domain for two years
• Free web hosting for two years

EMPOWERING STUDENT-ATHLETES AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

In partnership with the Arizona State University Student- Athlete Venture Studio, GoDaddy Empower equips Division I student-athletes with the tools and support to build skills beyond the field. By integrating GoDaddy services and targeted funding into the curriculum, the program helps athletes establish digital identities, bring ideas to life, and develop practical skills that power long-term success.

One participant, Adama Fall, is applying that mindset to life after football. Adama used Airo to build a digital professional presence that reflects both his athletic career and future ambitions. For Adama, the program is about owning his story and creating opportunities that extend well beyond the field.

GoDaddy Small Business Research Lab

The long-term success of entrepreneurs and their microbusinesses plays a vital role in supporting the economic wellbeing and resilience of communities. The GoDaddy Small Business Research Lab, formerly Venture Forward, is a multi-year, multi-country research initiative that analyzes more than 20 million small and microbusinesses to quantify their economic impact and provide insight into their attitudes, demographics, and needs.

At GoDaddy, we believe the better we understand entrepreneurs, the better we can support them. That is why we make these findings publicly available at no charge to help inform policymakers, partners, and the broader small business ecosystem.

2025 YEAR-END REPORT HIGHLIGHTS:

• 8+: More than 8 new jobs are created by each microbusiness entrepreneur on a county-level.
• 72%: 72% of entrepreneurs feel confident they’ll achieve their definition of success in their lifetime.
• 2%: Every 1% increase in microbusiness ownership within a community correlates with roughly a 2% rise in income, or around $1,500 over three years.
• 49%: Nearly half of entrepreneurs use AI for their business, which is almost double the 25% reported in early 2024.

Read the GoDaddy Small Business Research Lab’s full 2025 Year-End Report here.

GoDaddy Microbusiness Data Hub

To support and amplify the impact of microbusinesses, the GoDaddy Small Business Research Lab launched the Microbusiness Data Hub in 2022. This platform provides access to free, downloadable, anonymized data on more than 20 million microbusinesses and their owners across the U.S., U.K., Canada, and Australia. Refreshed quarterly, the data hub offers valuable insights into microbusiness density by geography and industry, empowering policymakers, researchers, and community leaders to make data-driven decisions that support small business growth.

MICROBUSINESS DATA HUB GPT

In 2025, the GoDaddy Small Business Research Lab published its first public GPT on ChatGPT, combining each microbusiness report we’ve released since 2020 into a single, conversational experience. Users can explore regional differences, long-term trends, and industry insights, review five years of survey results, and dig into the stories behind the data. The tool, found here, also allows users to ask direct questions of U.S. microbusiness data at the state, county, and metro level.

Learn more about GoDaddy’s 2025 Global Stakeholder Impact Report.

About this Report

The GoDaddy 2025 Global Stakeholder Impact Report details our progress toward our corporate sustainability goals, strategies, and initiatives in support of our overarching purpose and values. Unless otherwise noted, this report reflects our corporate sustainability performance across our global operations covering the fiscal year period from January 1 to December 31, 2025. To demonstrate our commitment to transparent communication regarding our sustainability progress, we routinely share updates through our website and our annual reporting. We welcome your questions, comments, and feedback on this report by contacting ESG@GoDaddy.com.

This report references the Global Reporting Initiative Standards, includes select Sustainability Accounting Standards Board metrics for the Internet Media and Services sector, and the Task Force on Climate Related Financial Disclosures. We also disclose our contributions and progress toward priority UN SDGs. For additional information on how we align with these frameworks and key indicators demonstrating our sustainability performance, please refer to the Frameworks & Metrics section.

About GoDaddy

GoDaddy, the world’s largest domain name registrar, helps millions of entrepreneurs globally start, grow, and scale their businesses. People come to GoDaddy to name their idea, build a website and logo, sell their products and services and accept payments. GoDaddy Airo®, the company’s AI-powered experience, makes growing a small business faster and easier by helping them to get their idea online in minutes, drive traffic and boost sales. GoDaddy’s expert guides are available 24/7 to provide assistance. To learn more about the company, visit www.GoDaddy.com.

CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 8, 2026 /3BL/ – Today, Discovery Education released Social Studies Essentials, a new K–5 supplemental program designed to give teachers ready-to-use lessons and built-in supports that reduce planning time while making rigorous social studies instruction more engaging for students. Social Studies Essentials is now available for implementation in districts across the United States.

Backed by research and grounded in the C3 Framework, Social Studies Essentials helps students investigate real places, people, and events across history, geography, civics, and economics through compelling primary sources, embedded multimedia, and inquiry-driven activities. Lessons reinforce reading comprehension, vocabulary, discussion, and writing. Editable slides, pacing guidance, scaffolds, and point-of-use teacher supports give educators time back to focus on instruction, not lesson prep.

“Strong social studies instruction helps young learners understand their communities and see themselves as active participants in the world around them,” said Brian Shaw, CEO of Discovery Education. “Social Studies Essentials makes it possible to bring that kind of instruction into elementary classrooms every day with engaging, ready-to-teach lessons that give teachers time back. As students head back to school after celebrating the country’s 250th anniversary this summer, we’re giving teachers the tools to turn that curiosity into real questions, thoughtful inquiry, and learning that lasts.”

Discovery Education developed Social Studies Essentials based on educator feedback with an explicit goal: to make rigorous, inquiry-based social studies instruction more accessible for teachers and students. Social Studies Essentials supports educators at every experience level with the following features:

• Ready-to-Use Lessons and Teacher Supports: Editable slideshow lessons, pacing guidance, scaffolds, and point-of-use educator notes help teachers make the most of short supplemental blocks.
• Embedded Literacy in Every Social Studies Lesson: Reading comprehension, vocabulary, discussion, and writing strengthen essential literacy skills.
• Primary Sources and Inquiry-Driven Exploration: Compelling primary and secondary sources, multimedia, and inquiry-based activities inspire students to explore history, civics, geography, and economics through discussion, writing, and hands-on learning.
• Differentiation and Assessment: Integrated scaffolds, checks for understanding, performance tasks, and reflection opportunities help educators monitor progress and adjust instruction to support success in grade-level social studies for all learners.

Educators can download free classroom resources to commemorate the U.S.’s 250^th anniversary, including sample Social Studies Essentials lessons. Social Studies Essentials is available now for the 2026–2027 school year.

To learn more, visit www.discoveryeducation.com/solutions/social-studies/essentials/.

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About Discovery Education

Discovery Education is a global education technology leader whose innovative solutions empower educators and progress student learning. Discovery Education’s solutions have served more than 100 million students globally, supporting effective teaching and learning in 45% of U.S. K–12 schools and in 100+ countries and territories. The company’s portfolio includes award-winning core and supplemental curriculum, high-quality standards-aligned content, and AI-enabled teaching and learning tools. Solutions span math, science, literacy, social studies, and career-connected learning, including instructionally aligned content developed through one-of-a-kind partnerships with industry leaders to bring real-world relevance into every lesson. Learn more at www.discoveryeducation.com.

Contact

Ali Koper
Discovery Education
akoper@discoveryed.com

Originally published on Devex.com

By Devex Partnerships // 30 June 2026

Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, YouTube, or search “Devex” in your favorite podcast app.

Kentucky has the highest lung cancer rates in the U.S., but it’s also becoming a model for how to fight back. Experts behind the QUILS™ system join Devex to discuss early detection, coalition building, and lessons applicable to health systems worldwide.

In this special edition of the This Week in Global Development podcast, produced in partnership with the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation, Devex cofounder and Executive Vice President Alan Robbins sits down with three architects of Kentucky’s transformation in fighting high lung cancer rates: Dr. Jamie Studts, Dr. Jennifer Redmond Knight, and Dr. Timothy Mullett — the team behind the Kentucky LEADS Collaborative and the QUILS™ system.

After a decade of data, the results are clear: earlier diagnoses are being seen in Kentucky, and current efforts are seeking a similar impact in Mississippi and Nevada. But the real story is how these results were achieved. Rather than imposing top-down protocols, QUILS™ works by equipping local community programs with data-informed tools, continuous feedback, and practice support — helping local clinics serve as trusted access points for lung cancer screening in their communities.

The conversation tackles the hardest part of scaling any screening program: human behavior. Lung cancer carries a unique stigma rooted in decades of anti-smoking messaging, and that stigma remains a powerful barrier, discouraging eligible patients from coming forward. The QUILS™ response is to replace shame and fear with empathy and hope, building person-centered care directly into clinical workflows so the burden does not fall on patients alone.

For global health leaders, the implications are clear: The barriers Kentucky faced — rural isolation, underresourced systems, cultural mistrust — are not unique to one region. They exist everywhere. And the infrastructure built to overcome them may be exactly what the world needs.

Watch the full podcast here: Special edition: The blueprint for better lung cancer screening

Originally published on Devex.com

By Devex Partnerships // 30 June 2026

Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, YouTube, or search “Devex” in your favorite podcast app.

Kentucky has the highest lung cancer rates in the U.S., but it’s also becoming a model for how to fight back. Experts behind the QUILS™ system join Devex to discuss early detection, coalition building, and lessons applicable to health systems worldwide.

In this special edition of the This Week in Global Development podcast, produced in partnership with the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation, Devex cofounder and Executive Vice President Alan Robbins sits down with three architects of Kentucky’s transformation in fighting high lung cancer rates: Dr. Jamie Studts, Dr. Jennifer Redmond Knight, and Dr. Timothy Mullett — the team behind the Kentucky LEADS Collaborative and the QUILS™ system.

After a decade of data, the results are clear: earlier diagnoses are being seen in Kentucky, and current efforts are seeking a similar impact in Mississippi and Nevada. But the real story is how these results were achieved. Rather than imposing top-down protocols, QUILS™ works by equipping local community programs with data-informed tools, continuous feedback, and practice support — helping local clinics serve as trusted access points for lung cancer screening in their communities.

The conversation tackles the hardest part of scaling any screening program: human behavior. Lung cancer carries a unique stigma rooted in decades of anti-smoking messaging, and that stigma remains a powerful barrier, discouraging eligible patients from coming forward. The QUILS™ response is to replace shame and fear with empathy and hope, building person-centered care directly into clinical workflows so the burden does not fall on patients alone.

For global health leaders, the implications are clear: The barriers Kentucky faced — rural isolation, underresourced systems, cultural mistrust — are not unique to one region. They exist everywhere. And the infrastructure built to overcome them may be exactly what the world needs.

Watch the full podcast here: Special edition: The blueprint for better lung cancer screening