E23 - Crowdfunding with Chris Blauvelt from LaunchGood.com

This episode covers:
 



Picking a career path 
The importance of low-risk experiments like internships 
How LaunchGood started, and what all this "crowd-funding" business really is 
Challenges with crowd-funding specific to the Muslim community 
How crowd funding is changing as it grows, and a critical look at personal/individual crowd-funding campaigns 
LaunchGood's filtering process for what they allow on their site, and promoting responsible crowd-funding. 
Providing a means of giving sadaqah in a directly impactful way 
Misconceptions about crowd-funding 
Should you donate to relief projects through crowd-funding instead of established charities? 
Should you use crowd-funding to get out of personal debts? 
Why LaunchGood turned down a Masjid's crowd-funding campaign, and how they ended up raising the money anyways 
People raising funds for Islamic education, challenges dealing with your local community, and accountability 
Chris' favorite LaunchGood project 
Creating win-win crowd-funding campaigns 


 
Links: 


Website: http://launchgood.com
Launchgood on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/launchgood
Launchgood on Twitter: https://twitter.com/launchgood


 

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