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Thank You HN: From 30 people whose lives you saved

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Re: Thank You HN: From 30 people whose lives you saved

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Post by thomasilk »

It literally takes half a second to get what the site does and how to help. Brilliant.

I'd put the mailing list or something similar more prominently above the fold, because more people would regularly return if they'd get a weekly or monthly email with success stories and new profiles/stories that still need funding.

F.e. currently every project is fully funded and I almost fear forgetting about the site.

Anyway great project if you need someone to help with some marketing ideas or anything else from time to time (of course for free), send me a mail (me[at]ilkthomas[dot]com). I'd love to help.

Re: Thank You HN: From 30 people whose lives you saved

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Post by biot »

sinnerswing wrote: post #14
dos1 wrote: post #9

Holy shit. I can't remember a time when a website had an immediate impact on me like this. I mean, literally 5 seconds after landing on the site I got what they were trying to do and couldn't click the fund button fast enough. Such a simple idea but maybe that's what makes it so damn brilliant. So cool. Edit: When I first went to the site 15 minutes ago there were two profiles of people in need of medical care. The t…

this is indeed THE BEST web service that I've ever seen EVER. @chaseadam17 Do you take advantage of mobile apps/fb/twitter/etc.? One thing I realized about your service. It's sustainable. Resources are NEVER depleted. I have a lot respect for Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, but according to them they intend on spending ALL their money on charity in their lifetime. So that means the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will…

  > So that means the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will be
  > non-existent 100 years from now.
Not necessarily. Put $100 billion into a trust and you can spend billions of dollars a year from the interest generated without depleting any capital. Barring unforeseen economic catastrophes, this can be sustained indefinitely.

Re: Thank You HN: From 30 people whose lives you saved

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Post by clauretano »

biot wrote: post #26
sinnerswing wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

this is indeed THE BEST web service that I've ever seen EVER. @chaseadam17 Do you take advantage of mobile apps/fb/twitter/etc.? One thing I realized about your service. It's sustainable. Resources are NEVER depleted. I have a lot respect for Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, but according to them they intend on spending ALL their money on charity in their lifetime. So that means the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will…

> So that means the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will be > non-existent 100 years from now. Not necessarily. Put $100 billion into a trust and you can spend billions of dollars a year from the interest generated without depleting any capital. Barring unforeseen economic catastrophes, this can be sustained indefinitely.

The Gates Foundation will cease to exist 50 years after both Bill and Melinda are deceased. Despite the fact that it could be sustained, it won't be.

Re: Thank You HN: From 30 people whose lives you saved

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Post by liber8 »

nodata wrote: post #25

Your website is excellent, I've helped five people so far. Just two suggestions: 1. Please give me a way to view who I have helped. A followup story would be great too. 2. Please give me a way to find out about new people

Also, on your "donate to help cover our overhead" page, you might consider giving suggested donation amounts. I have no idea what your overhead is, what amount would help you reach more patients, what your current funding is, etc.

Providing suggested amounts may also boost donations (see http://www.fastcodesign.com/1669882/how-touchscreen-buttons-...)

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