1. Source: NASA

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3. we enable everyone

4. March 22, 2010 © 2010 AP Photo/Color China Photo/Li Huang

5. to invest in social enterprises

6. here’s how it works:

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

8. his name is Jake

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10. Jake has $30

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

12. his name is William

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14. William has an idea

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16. their connection is our mission

17. to answer the most important question of our time:

18. 9 Billion People + 1 Planet = ?

19. not with

20. apathy

21. our answer?

22. 22 100 million solutions

23. Jake, meet William

24. 33needs flips the start-upfunding model on its head

25. it’s people-powered investing

26. AKA, crowd-funding

27. Number of social enterprises 33needs will fund by year four: Number of ventures (social or otherwise) funded by more than 100 people during the previous 70 years:

28. how?

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

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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

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36. thousands of entrepreneurs think like William::

37. “I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent.” Thomas Edison September 23, 1889

38. What do they care about?

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

40. back to William

41. William needs funding

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

43. he needs funding to:

44. market his windmills to communities in rural Malawi

45. build his team of electrical engineers

46. and

47. rent an office space

48. this is a key point:

49. William is using 33needs as a long-term funding tool

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

51. then he chooses to share 3% of his revenue with investors

52. your turn, Jake

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

54. the ideas are organized into 6 “big need” categories

55. communityopportunitythe planetsustainable foodhealtheducation

56. what’s a big need?

57. hint: it’s urgent. for example:

58. 58 One of the 70 billion animals suffering behind the walls of factory farms (2)

59. Haizi Town, Luliang, Yunnan Province March 22, 2010 Climate change responsible for massive droughts and water scarcity © 2010 AP Photo/Color China Photo/Li Huang

60. 60 One of the 34 million girls living on the street instead of learning in a classroom

61. back to Jake

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

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

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

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

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

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

69. 69 (1)

70. William has $ to grow his social enterprise

71. 71 (2)

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

73. 73 (3)

74. 33needs receives 5% of the established funding target

75. 75 (4)

76. the world has a solution

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78. remember

79. this is not charity

80. business can change the world

81. 81 join us at <33needs.com>