Hello Silicon Beachers, A nice moment happened for me recently: Vibewire, the organisation I founded while at university launched a fundraising campaign on StartSomeGood.com<http://startsomegood.com/Venture/vibewire/Campaigns/Show/support_young_social_entrepreneurs>, the company I founded to support social impact ventures to raise capital. Pretty cool.
The money is being raised to offer three scholarships to young entrepreneurs in Sydney to work in the Vibewire Hub coworking space in Ultimo and be supported to launch and scale initiatives which address three significant challenges: 1. Green living and sustainable design 2. Open Learning and Education 3. Mental Health Issues focused on young people In addition to space the entrepreneurs will be supported with training, mentorship and promotion to help make their ideas a reality. These funds will allow Vibewire to select and support three really promising entrepreneurs and help them make their ideas a reality without cost being a barrier. By contributing you will be able to participate in the selection process and so have an influence on what emerges. It's crowdfunding->crowdsourcing (the selection process)->coworking->social impact. But now Vibewire needs support to reach their goal. If $3,000 isn't pledged by the deadline on Friday no money will change hands and these scholarships won't be offered. So if you care about fostering entrepreneurship in Sydney or supporting innovators to work on any of the issues listed above, please join me in supporting this campaign. So check out the campaign here <http://startsomegood.com/Venture/vibewire/Campaigns/Show/support_young_social_entrepreneurs>and please chip in if you can so we can make this project (really three projects) a reality! Cheers! Big love. Tom PS. The full link just in case the hyperlinks are getting lost: http://startsomegood.com/Venture/vibewire/Campaigns/Show/support_young_social_entrepreneurs PPS. Please also pass this on to anyone else you think might be interested, or use the tools on StartSomeGood to share with your social networks. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Tom Dawkins Co-Founder StartSomeGood.com @tomjd <http://www.twitter.com/tomjd> www.about.me/tomjd To organize a meeting: tungle.me/tomjd "You don't need eyes to see, you need vision." - Faithless -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more Forum rules 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en
