Caitlin/Director of Operations
Crazed Lemurs Driving 16,000 KM
Location: Wellington, New Zealand
Story: These campaigners plan to drive from London to Mongolia in a 1 litre car in support of great causes. One of the perks is to design a tattoo to go on the campaign owner! I rest my case.
Danae/COO & Founder
Location: New York, USA
Story: Corey's dream is to play in the NFL. So let's help him go Pro and get him into NFL camp – yes that exists! All funds over his goal will go to kids with cancer. Gotta love this big guy, with an even bigger heart!
Erin/Business Development
Location: North Carolina, USA
Fund this feature-length documentary that will give a historical and present day look at the Wilmington Massacre of 1898 and how the descendants of the victims of the event are asking for legal action in regards to compensation / reparations.
Kate/Director of Customer Happiness
Location: California, USA
Story: For all the English lit lovers, check out this modern adaptation of Shakespeare's As You Like It set in my neighborhood!
Jeff/Senior Rails Developer
Location: New Jersey, USA
Story: Handmade, one-of-a-kind and quality are things I look for when shopping. This guy is doing it!
Nic/Marketing Analyst
Location: Ohio, USA
This film examines police brutality, judicial misconduct, and the possibilities of grassroots activism by documenting the experience of young men murdered by police in the city of Cincinnati, Ohio. An important reminder that police brutality and protest movements in the United States didn't start in 2011.
Melissa/Visual Designer
Location: California, USA
Story: Liz and Josh from My Dutch Bike (the people who lent me their awesome cargo bike for the Supermarket Street Sweep!) have launched a campaign to build a bike that can haul 3 full kegs of beer! Josh plans to ride it from San Francisco to Sacramento for the North American Hand-built Bike Show! Seriously Rad!
Sandy/Customer Happiness Advocate
Location: California, USA
Read a local blog post on the progress of this small business, and I can't wait to go bowling in the Mission district of SF!
Will/UX Designer
The Prostitues New International Album
Location: Praha, Czech Republic
Story: Meet “The Prostitutes,” a great Czech band with an English lead singer. To my ear, they sound like The Smiths, and I’m all for funding that.
Yan/Product Manager
Location:
Memory Web brings together people, music and sound in an interactive installation – can't wait for this to come to San Francisco!