Thom Feeney - Crowdfunding for Greece - Press Conference

Greek Crowdfund campaigns Thom Feeney

What? Ø Indiegogo campaign to raise €1.6bn Ø Only €3.19 per EU citizen Ø Perks to stimulate trade Ø Fixed funding campaign

How? Ø Set up a Gmail account Ø Set up a Twitter account Ø Set up an Indiegogo account Ø Wrote some copy Ø Tweeted journalists

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What happened? Ø Broke the site Ø 108k people contributed Ø €1.93 million Ø 8 contributions of €5k Ø 0.12% funded

And then? Ø Started a 2nd campaign Ø Worked with Desmos Ø Raised €290k Ø Employing 15 apprentices for 1 year

How has it helped? Ø Young people in jobs Ø Positive for society Ø Diverse charities Ø Can you do the same?

Questions?

Thank you for listening. www.desmos.org @ThomFeeney @GreekCrowdfund