My friend Mike is the founder of an education startup called Skillshare, “a platform to learn anything, from anyone.” Given his passion in the education space, Mike / Skillshare, along with The Cultivated Word, is preparing to produce an animated short film titled “The Student Loan Crisis.” They need to raise about $900 more in [...]
Entries Tagged as 'fundraising'
The Student Loan Crisis
November 23rd, 2010 · View Comments · Personal, socent, tech
Tags:fundraising·Kickstarter·Skillshare·student loan crisis·The Cultivated Word
Restore NYC Fundraiser Update
September 22nd, 2010 · View Comments · Personal, tech
It’s been nearly a month now since I first posted up the announcement for Restore NYC’s Brick by Brick fundraising campaign. Since that time, Restore NYC has raised over $40,000 of their $50,000 goal, and $1,048 of that has come from your donations to my page. A huge thanks to all those who have donated [...]
Tags:Brick by Brick·CauseVox·fundraising·Restore NYC·safe house·sex trafficking
$2,400 for my 24th!
August 25th, 2010 · View Comments · Personal, socent, tech
So I wanted to do something productive to celebrate my birthday this year, I thought that it’d be great to use this opportunity to support a great organization doing meaningful work. The fundraising campaign I’m participating in for my birthday is called “Brick by Brick,” and the funds raised will go towards an organization called [...]
Tags:birthday·Brick by Brick·fundraising·Restore NYC·sex trafficking·Trinity Grace
VC Fundraising Nears 7-Year Low
July 13th, 2010 · View Comments · VC, tech
Yesterday, the National Venture Capital Association released VC fundraising figures for Q2 2010. The $1.9 billion raised in this past quarter represents a 56% drop from the $4.4 billion raised in the same period in 2009, and is the weakest fundraising experienced by the VC industry since Q3 2003. Dealbook reports on some commentary from [...]
What’s Next: 25 Big Ideas
March 23rd, 2010 · View Comments · Personal, socent
Recently, I’ve been doing a bit of writing in addition to the regular blogging that I do, as part of a project inspired by Seth Godin’s e-book “What Matters Now.” The book I’m contributing to is called “What’s Next: Big Ideas from 25 Gen-Yers Under 25” and will feature 25 authors under the age of [...]
Tags:big ideas·e-book·fundraising·Kickstarter·Seth Godin·What Matters Now·What's Next
