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Watsi (YC W13) raises $1.2M first-of-its-kind 'philanthropic seed round'

240 点作者 chaseadam17将近 12 年前

22 条评论

aresant将近 12 年前
This is awesome, I just donated and tried it out.<p>If you guys are open to some conversion rate optimization testing ideas I saw a few areas that would likely respond to treatments - drop me a line via my profile and I&#x27;d be happy to have our team put together a free breakdown and help out where we can resource wise.
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tptacek将近 12 年前
Watsi could use an API, so that I can rig code up in (for instance) contests to submit a donation every time a player finishes.<p>That would also have the beneficial effect of potentially randomizing some donations across the patient portfolio.
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chaseadam17将近 12 年前
We&#x27;re searching the world for a front-end developer to join our team in time to travel with us to Nepal on August 20th. If you or anyone you know is interested, drop us a line! <a href="http://bit.ly/1boYhK8" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;bit.ly&#x2F;1boYhK8</a>
qeorge将近 12 年前
Anyone reading this has enough time and money to fund another person now:<p><a href="https://watsi.org/fund-treatments" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;watsi.org&#x2F;fund-treatments</a><p>Do it.
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bernardom将近 12 年前
Just freaking tremendous, guys. You&#x27;re doing something magical: directly connecting philantropy to tangible results.<p>How can we help you spread the word? What&#x27;s your media strategy? What&#x27;s the pinnacle- the Today show? Somebody paying for a primetime ad?
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dnautics将近 12 年前
Serious congratulations. The idea of separating overhead from donations is a important idea that needs to be emulated more in the charitable community.
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ericwu01将近 12 年前
Congrats to the Watsi.org team!
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josh2600将近 12 年前
This is really cool, but does it scale?<p>I tend to think of Watsi as sort of a one-off, at least right now. Do you think it will become easier to make philanthropic ventures if funding them becomes similar to funding Venture companies? I mean in a way it already is, except you write a grant instead of pitching a capitalist.<p>Does this pave the way for more non-profit venture companies or is this just a one-off?<p>EDIT: Massive congratulations to the team at Watsi :). Job well done.
jaxomlotus将近 12 年前
I just funded a pregnant women&#x27;s medical care and it only cost $215??? In the USA it cost tens of thousands of dollars. Amazing.<p>On a separate note, this is an AWESOME idea and service. Trust the private sector to take on poverty, where the government has failed to date.
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gmisra将近 12 年前
Serious questions:<p>1. Do you think there may be selection effects in this type of donation model? How do you plan on preventing discrimination against the less photogenic?<p>2. Do my dollars, etc actually go directly to specific individuals, or is there a layer of intermediation a la Kiva (over which there was some confusion and &quot;controversy&quot; [1])<p>3. In a world where watsi-like treatment model becomes successful, do you believe that creating these individual-to-individual dependencies is a net positive improvement for society?<p>[1] <a href="http://pages.kiva.org/fellowsblog/2009/11/11/kiva-transparency-and-p2p-microlending" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;pages.kiva.org&#x2F;fellowsblog&#x2F;2009&#x2F;11&#x2F;11&#x2F;kiva-transparen...</a>
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mfrank将近 12 年前
This is great news but I&#x27;m pretty sure this it is not a &quot;first of its kind&quot; occurrence as there are a number of vehicles (e.g. New Profit in Boston) that specialize in these types of strategic venture-like philanthropy investments.
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bradleybuda将近 12 年前
Very excited for and proud of the entire Watsi team!!
hesdeadjim将近 12 年前
The absolute hardest part I have when donating on this site is having to choose who gets your money. It hurts me a lot realizing just how much help people in poverty need, and it hurts even more knowing that I (or anyone else for that matter) lack the resources to help everyone in need.<p>That said, congrats to the team for tackling such a worthy cause.
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c4urself将近 12 年前
Awesome news guys -- cheering this on!<p>EDIT: Cheering =&gt; Donating -- <a href="https://watsi.org/fund-treatments" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;watsi.org&#x2F;fund-treatments</a>
purephase将近 12 年前
Seriously, your goal is awesome and I love it. Aside from donations (which I&#x27;ve done) is there anything else that we can do to help?
cindywu123将近 12 年前
congrats watsi! you guys are my fave
changdizzle将近 12 年前
This is incredible, question for you guys, do you avoid having to pay the PayPal fees if I pay with funds from my bank account? If so, everyone should try to do that to save the small percentage charge.
softbuilder将近 12 年前
Good job guys!
dome82将近 12 年前
Congratulations guys, it is an awesome news. I really love your mission and you have done wonderful job until now. Keep going like that!<p>Wish you luck for the future!
kfarzaneh将近 12 年前
Well done guys!
jgillman将近 12 年前
Congrats guys! Well deserved :)
foobarqux将近 12 年前
How do you prevent fraud?