The Place To Be Today
WHAT: LIVE Micro-Fundraising Call with host & EzineArticles Expert Author Alex Mandossian of SmartStartGiving.com.
WHERE: http://www.smartstartgiving.com/february09/
WHEN: TODAY at 8am PST, 9am MST, 10am CST, 11am EST
WHO: Alex will be interviewing Chris Knight, CEO of EzineArticles.com
WHY: Help us raise $5,000 USD for Kiva, an organization whose mission is to connect people through lending for the sake of alleviating poverty. Kiva is the world’s first person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend directly to unique entrepreneurs in the developing world.
Participate by donating $20-$40 and you’ll receive:
- Giving Option #1: Give the maximum donation of $40 to help entrepreneurs get a smart start; and do it before the end of today Friday Feb. 27th. In a special email newsletter issue to 100,000 of our members that will go out within a week or less, you’ll get your name mentioned along with (1) link to your website or blog, plus (1) link to your social media profile of choice (ex: FaceBook, Twitter, etc) and (1) optional link to your EzineArticles expert author URL.
- Giving Option #2: Give a donation of $20 before the end of today Friday Feb. 27th, and you’ll get a name mention plus (1) link to your website/blog or EzineArticles expert author profile (your choice).
- Send us an email with your receipt along with your full name and URL/website address for yourself or your business, one optional URL for your favorite social media profile, and lastly, your author name as listed on EzineArticles.com (optional), depending on whether you’re doing giving option #1 or #2.
What will we be covering? My answers to questions like these:
- What specific incident inspired me to start this business?
- What’s my/our crowning achievement?
- What’s the single biggest mistake I’ve/we’ve made along the way?
- Who’s our ideal target audience?
- What *big* idea accelerated business growth more than any other?
- What are my typical business rituals that drive business growth?
- How has Giving impacted my personal and professional life?
- Knowing what I know today, what would I have done differently 10 yrs ago to have grown faster?
Please join Alex and I for this FREE call, give $40 to help entrepreneurs get a smart start, and join us in about an hour: http://www.smartstartgiving.com/february09/
[Yes, there will be a replay available for this free call]
[UPDATE 11:20am CST] I will be matching 100% of all donations that come in by Midnight tonight, Feb 27th, 2009.
YOUR TURN QUESTION: Please add a blog comment here during or after the call to share what insight you learned or can apply to your business?
Hey, this is a GREAT idea!
Kiva does a LOT of good for a LOT of people by helping them Help Themselves, and as Entrepreneurs we should ALL get heavily involved in this!
Kudos to Alex and Chris for this kind of forward thinking…and ACTION.
You got MY $40 bucks dudes…Who’s NEXT.
Peace,
Glenn Grundberg
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