William, a 21-year-old student from Malawi, has an idea to build windmills that provide energy and clean water. He needs seed capital to scale his impact. Jake, a 21-year-old student from LA, explores the profiles on 33needs.com and finds William's idea. Jake invests $30 in William's idea, becoming a "Believer." Both William and Jake benefit - William receives funding for his business, and Jake will receive a percentage of William's future revenue. The world also benefits from William's solution.

1. <33needs.com> University of Florida January 14, 2009

2. needs 33

3. “ we mass produce world-changing startups”

5. by transforming ideas

7. into world-changing startups

8. here’s how it works:

9. there’s a 21-year-old college student in Los Angeles, CA

10. his name is Jake

12. Jake has $30

13. there’s a 21-year-old college student in Malawi, Africa

14. his name is William

16. William has an idea

17. their connection is our mission

18. to answer the most important ? of our time:

19. 9 Billion People + 1 Planet = ?

20. not with

21. apathy

22. our answer?

23. 100 million solutions

24. Jake, meet William

25. we connect

26. entrepreneurs solving big needs to $ (capital)

27. it’s called crowd-funding

28. we’re flipping the standard funding model on its head

29. how?

30. a social entrepreneur creates a profile on 33needs.com

31. what’s a social entrepreneur?

32. n.,1. a pioneer of innovative solutions for the planet

33. William is one

34. William builds windmills that provide energy + clean water

36. thousands of entrepreneurs see the world like William:

37. “ I find out what the world needs , then I proceed to invent.” - Thomas Edison

38. what do they care about? what do they want?

39. sustainable food clean water clean-energy community opportunity global health education for all

40. back to William

41. William needs seed capital to scale his impact

42. William: “I want to harness the wind across Africa.”

43. from his profile, he chooses a $10,000 “funding target”

44. then he chooses to share 10% of his revenue with investors

45. your turn, Jake

46. Jake explores a few of the 311 profiles on 33needs.com

47. the ideas are organized into 8 “big need” categories

48. community health opportunity water sustainable food environment energy education

49. he finds William’s magetsi a mphepo – “electric wind” idea

50. he likes this “invest in a better world” thing

52. Jake invests $30 (or 3 “parts”) in William’s idea

53. FYI: Jake can invest in steps of $10 (“the part price”)

54. he is now a “Believer” (also pondering his own big idea)

55. Who (or what) benefits from Jake’s investment?

56. (1)

57. William has seed $ to grow his purposeful business model

58. (2)

59. Jake receives a small % of William’s future revenue

60. (3)

61. 33needs receives 3% of the established funding target

62. (4)

63. the world has a solution

65. remember

66. this is not charity

67. we believe business has a role to play in making the world a better place

69. we think so. join us at <33needs.com>