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Prizeo (YC W13) Helps Celebrities Tap Their Fans For Charity Fundraising

• nraynaud 14y ago
  I don't really think it's "dreaming big". Compare that to Elon Musk.
  • robryan 14y ago
    Do you mean that as in it isn't worth doing? By that logic hardly anyone would be doing anything.
• diziet 14y ago
  It's interesting to see at least 3 companies focused on fundraising (or crowdfunding) in this batch. Watsi (https://watsi.org/ https://watsi.org/ + http://techcrunch.com/2012/08/30/watsi/ http://techcrunch.com/2012/08/30/watsi/) and Microryza (https://www.microryza.com/ https://www.microryza.com/ + http://techcrunch.com/2013/02/25/microryza-yc/ 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 14y ago
  Prizeo seems very similar to GiveSpark ( http://givespark.com/ http://givespark.com/ ). GiveSpark was funded in YCW12 ( http://ycuniverse.com/ycombinator-companies#ycw12 http://ycuniverse.com/ycombinator-companies#ycw12 ). Is there any connection between the two companies?
  • niggler 14y ago
    GiveSpark hasn't launched yet ... or at least, at this point, they still have a signup landing page
• nodata 14y 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.
• timme 14y ago
  "Tap fans" sounds close to "milk cows" to me.