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We Start Good

StartSomeGood is a crowdfunding platform for social good ventures and projects globally, built specifically for social entrepreneurs by social entrepreneurs.

Why StartSomeGood?

Our platform is:•Global •Built by social entrepreneurs, for social entrepreneurs•Provides high-touch support•Has a unique “tipping point” model•Offers ventures the best chance of raising the most funds possible

Our Co-Founding Team

Tom Tom DawkinsDawkins Alex BudakAlex Budak Bryan Bryan

ParkerParkerEmerson Emerson

TaylorTaylor

Previously Founder & CEO,

Vibewire

Previously: change.org,

sparked, BUILD

Tech Lead Designer

1st Social Media Director,

Ashoka

Host, AshokaTech

Podcast

QA Engineer, Symantec

Co-founder, Philosophie

B.A. UNSWB.A. UCLA;

MPP Georgetown

B.S. Engineering and CS,

UCLAUCLA

Partners

Our Advisors• Charles Best, founder and CEO of

DonorsChoose• Steve Huffman, co-founder Hipmunk

and Reddit• Christina Jordan, founder evolutionize.it;

Ashoka Fellow• Tikhon Bernstam, founder of Parse, YC

alum• Martin Stewart-Weeks, public policy,

Cisco• Jacob Colker, co-founder Spark.com,

Echoing Green Fellow• Lauren Anderson, collaborative

consumption guru• Hildy Gottlieb, founder of Create the

Future

Current Trajectory

Current Trajectory

PandoDaily:

“Categories would be: Financial Investments, Consumer Products, Content, and Social Good.

Categories could also be divided along the lines of reward type, such as: Equity, Incentive, and Altruism”

The Market

Funding

• We’re seeking $300,000 in order to:

• Improve technical functionality and design;

• Scale our high-touch approach;• Increase our marketing outlay to build our community.

PeerBackers

Business Opportunity

• Crowdfunding market size estimated at $100 Billion (David S. Rose) to $300 Billion (Fred Wilson)

• Charitable giving in 2011: $347 Billion in the US alone

• Initial Market: early-stage social ventures

Impact Opportunity

Empower anyone, anywhere, with a great idea to create new futures for their community.

We Are Looking For

• Funding• Amazing world-changing initiatives• People who want to support amazing world-changing initiatives