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I can't help feeling that there's some of the ingredients needed to create an entirely new form of health insurance in here. I'm ridiculously glad its working as well as it is. Its like watching the start of an avalanche. You don't really know what exactly is going to happen, but the ground is rumbling and you're sure its going to be huge and exciting.
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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.
You should make it easier for people to give bigger gifts -- to do so people need your tax ID and address info, so they can set you as beneficiary for 401ks (if you die before collecting), etc. And most people don't know anything about this, so maybe a 1-pg on "how to save 10 lives for free*" or something.
Also, a lot of people donate specifically before the end of the (tax) year, so a focused campaign in December would make a lot of sense.
If you possibly can, get reviewed by Givewell.
I just tried to access the site and got a Heroku error page. Looks like you guys are under some significant load? This is an excellent idea. I'm left to wonder how well this idea would transplant to a country like the United States. Everyone has varying degrees on Obama's healthcare act depending on where you fall on the political spectrum - but wouldn't it make the entire conversation moot if the private sector were…
Check out giveforward.com for a US version of this.
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Love this idea. We're going to implement a "general fund" profile soon which is essentially what you described above. Email idea is also great.
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 lo…