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If anyone has questions about how to do this, or what this means for Kickstarter, feel free to fire away.

by Yancey 11y ago

dpflan 11y ago
Welcome to the discussion! This comment [1.] has discussion about how Kickstarter is handling its commitments to its investors. I think some analysis of that would be helpful. Questions: 1. Can you discuss this more: how Kickstarter, its founders, board, and investors reached agreement? 2. Can you discuss how you did this in relation to your long term vision of the company? 3. What does this mean for Kickstarter with regard to supporting campaigns and helping creatives? ___ References: [1.] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10250367 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10250367
toomuchtodo 11y ago
What made you decide to incorporate as a B corp instead of a non-profit?
eevilspock 11y ago
Hey Yancey. Do you know of a community for "social profit" oriented organizations, where we can share information, learn from each other, collaborate, recruit and inspire more people to make the switch? (HN naturally tends to be profit or tech-for-tech's-sake oriented so topics such as this tend to get buried. Case in point, this article got little if any time on the HN front page. Readers here will debate endlessly about Android vs iPhone, but arguments that challenge tech's current culture such this other article from another New Yorker today tends to fall on deaf ears: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10252616 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10252616) I'm working on a project (tentatively named GiveHub) to get more social good and nonprofit projects onto GitHub and to enable and encourage coders to contribute to them. While open source is itself a social good, it is usually indirect so. The level of open source focused directly on social good seems very far below its potential. I believe many coders would love to contribute their time and skills, but it's hard to find projects that match their interests and skills, and even when found, it's not easy to contribute. I live in Brooklyn and would love a chance to chat with you over coffee, a drink or lunch sometime. I'd come your way and make it as convenient for you as possible. You can find my email address in my profile. I'll reply with my real, non-eevil identity. :)

If anyone has questions about how to do this, or what this means for Kickstarter, feel free to fire away.

by Yancey 11y ago

If anyone has questions about how to do this, or what this means for Kickstarter, feel free to fire away.

Welcome to the discussion! This comment [1.] has discussion about how Kickstarter is handling its commitments to its investors. I think some analysis of that would be helpful. Questions: 1. Can you discuss this more: how Kickstarter, its founders, board, and investors reached agreement? 2. Can you discuss how you did this in relation to your long term vision of the company? 3. What does this mean for Kickstarter with regard to supporting campaigns and helping creatives? ___ References: [1.] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10250367 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10250367

toomuchtodo 11y ago

What made you decide to incorporate as a B corp instead of a non-profit?

eevilspock 11y ago

Hey Yancey. Do you know of a community for "social profit" oriented organizations, where we can share information, learn from each other, collaborate, recruit and inspire more people to make the switch? (HN naturally tends to be profit or tech-for-tech's-sake oriented so topics such as this tend to get buried. Case in point, this article got little if any time on the HN front page. Readers here will debate endlessly about Android vs iPhone, but arguments that challenge tech's current culture such this other article from another New Yorker today tends to fall on deaf ears: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10252616 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10252616) I'm working on a project (tentatively named GiveHub) to get more social good and nonprofit projects onto GitHub and to enable and encourage coders to contribute to them. While open source is itself a social good, it is usually indirect so. The level of open source focused directly on social good seems very far below its potential. I believe many coders would love to contribute their time and skills, but it's hard to find projects that match their interests and skills, and even when found, it's not easy to contribute. I live in Brooklyn and would love a chance to chat with you over coffee, a drink or lunch sometime. I'd come your way and make it as convenient for you as possible. You can find my email address in my profile. I'll reply with my real, non-eevil identity. :)