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SUMMARY:Raising $400m+ in 3 years: How Start-Ups can Tackle Poverty - Davi
 d Goldberg
DTSTART:20180123T193000Z
DTEND:20180123T190000Z
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CONTACT:A. Kapila
DESCRIPTION:Why start your own social enterprise when you can more effecti
 vely convince other entrepreneurs to donate their earnings to charity? \nT
 his simple but powerful viewpoint is exactly why David Goldberg co-founded
  the Founders Pledge: a programme where start-up founders commit to donati
 ng at least 2% of their personal proceeds upon exit to charity.\n\nStill n
 ot 3 years old\, Founders Pledge has accumulated $423 million in legally b
 inding pledges of equity\, of which $11 million has already been donated.\
 n\nDavid Goldberg\, a graduate of UCLA and Queen’s College\, Cambridge\,
  firmly believes in business as a force for good. And so far\, lots of peo
 ple have been agreeing: the organisation received over a million dollars f
 rom the Open Philanthropy Project and boasts an impressive array of backer
 s including William MacAskill and Sam Altman\, the President of Y Combinat
 or. Come down to hear him speak about the important role that Founders Ple
 dge plays.\n\nAs always\, both students and non-students are encouraged to
  get involved.
LOCATION:Mill Lane Lecture Room 1
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