Prizeo (YC W13) Helps Celebrities Tap Their Fans For Charity Fundraising (techcrunch.com) 67 points by apancik 13y ago ↗ HN
[–] nraynaud 13y ago ↗ I don't really think it's "dreaming big". Compare that to Elon Musk. [–] robryan 13y ago ↗ Do you mean that as in it isn't worth doing? By that logic hardly anyone would be doing anything.
[–] robryan 13y ago ↗ Do you mean that as in it isn't worth doing? By that logic hardly anyone would be doing anything.
[–] diziet 13y ago ↗ It's interesting to see at least 3 companies focused on fundraising (or crowdfunding) in this batch. Watsi (https://watsi.org/ + http://techcrunch.com/2012/08/30/watsi/) and Microryza (https://www.microryza.com/ + http://techcrunch.com/2013/02/25/microryza-yc/) are also focusing on funding medical treatments and scientific research.Also, getting public figures like Stephen Fry and Jamie Oliver is really great thinking, they are the perfect type of celebrity to help start something like this.
[–] citizenkeys 13y ago ↗ Prizeo seems very similar to GiveSpark ( http://givespark.com/ ). GiveSpark was funded in YCW12 ( http://ycuniverse.com/ycombinator-companies#ycw12 ). Is there any connection between the two companies? [–] niggler 13y ago ↗ GiveSpark hasn't launched yet ... or at least, at this point, they still have a signup landing page
[–] niggler 13y ago ↗ GiveSpark hasn't launched yet ... or at least, at this point, they still have a signup landing page
[–] nodata 13y ago ↗ I hate this. On one hand you get something good: more money to charity, but on the other hand you get someone else taking all the credit for it.
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[ 5.0 ms ] story [ 42.6 ms ] threadAlso, getting public figures like Stephen Fry and Jamie Oliver is really great thinking, they are the perfect type of celebrity to help start something like this.