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Crowdfunding a Community in Haiti After Hurricane Matthew: Checking in With New Story’s CEO

Hunter Walker

Right now, we are crowdfunding a community in the area of Haiti hit worst by Hurricane Matthew. All of our 211 homes built in Haiti withstood Hurricane Matthew. Last year we raised our “seed” round of funding for operations – a total of $750,000 to last us through 2016 and a little of 2017. Different Now.

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15 Entrepreneurs Share What Their Favorite Part of Running a Business Is

Hearpreneur

Our technology can and is changing the world by making vehicles cleaner, providing solutions in Haiti for air conditioning, and protecting US military in combat. Oasis operates in 12 countries, and given our early stage and small size, I am closely involved with the operations in all of them. 13 – With Purpose.

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5 questions for New Story after a month in Y Combinator

Jeff Hilimire

2) start a crowdfunding campaign to help fund a house. (3) 3) become in-kind donors — an example is Atlanta-based film company, Friendly Human (they’re amazing) – who is coming down with us to Haiti on July 15th to shoot a brand video! These are the best ways to help us grow. We still don’t know!

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Out of the Crisis #22: Ron Klain on pandemic response and preparedness, entrepreneurship, and rebuilding trust in institutions

Startup Lessons Learned

At the time, he was advising the campaign while also serving as Executive Vice President and General Counsel at Revolution, a DC-based VC firm created to fund startups led by diverse founders all over the country. Now later has come, and it seems to me like the collective delusion is still operative. I'm a big supporter of his.