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Have you guys met up with the Kiva team? This strikes me as such a similar model in many ways. I imagine they would have an incredible amount of learning from
by dmgrow 14y ago
Have you guys met up with the Kiva team? This strikes me as such a similar model in many ways.
I imagine they would have an incredible amount of learning from the past several years that they would be willing to share. A lot of this has to do with perfecting the user experience for potential lenders / donors. It seems like you're doing a good job on this front but no doubt there's room for improvement.
I've been a loyal Kiva lender now for years and watched them grow to $375M in loans. I think you're on to something similar with tremendous potential.
- bhadra 14y agoNow that you have been a Kiva lender for years, you may help to understand whether Kiva actually works as mentioned in http://blogs.cgdev.org/open_book/2009/10/kiva-is-not-quite-what-it-seems.php http://blogs.cgdev.org/open_book/2009/10/kiva-is-not-quite-w....
- kanamekun 14y agoKiva was actually part of Adam's inspiration! http://www.fastcoexist.com/1680490/making-medical-care-affordable-in-developing-countries-with-help-from-the-crowd http://www.fastcoexist.com/1680490/making-medical-care-affor... Members of the Watsi team work for Kiva too (at least as of several months ago): http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4424745 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4424745
- dmgrow 14y agoExcellent - thanks for sharing! It's a great model and I'm excited to see it grow. Of course, the nice thing about Kiva is that it is a loan, rather than a donation, which allows you to use the same initial investment to help lots of people again and again.