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

http://techcrunch.com/2013/03/24/prizeo-launch/

5 comments

diziet13 anni fa

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.

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?

niggler13 anni fa

GiveSpark hasn't launched yet ... or at least, at this point, they still have a signup landing page

timme13 anni fa

"Tap fans" sounds close to "milk cows" to me.

nodata13 anni fa

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.

nraynaud13 anni fa

I don't really think it's "dreaming big". Compare that to Elon Musk.

robryan13 anni fa

Do you mean that as in it isn't worth doing? By that logic hardly anyone would be doing anything.