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  <title>E23 - Crowdfunding with Chris Blauvelt from LaunchGood.com</title>
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Picking a career path&amp;amp;nbsp;&#13;
The importance of low-risk experiments like internships&amp;amp;nbsp;&#13;
How LaunchGood started, and what all this &amp;quot;crowd-funding&amp;quot; business really is&amp;amp;nbsp;&#13;
Challenges with crowd-funding specific to the Muslim community&amp;amp;nbsp;&#13;
How crowd funding is changing as it grows, and a critical look at personal/individual crowd-funding campaigns&amp;amp;nbsp;&#13;
LaunchGood's filtering process for what they allow on their site, and promoting responsible crowd-funding.&amp;amp;nbsp;&#13;
Providing a means of giving sadaqah in a directly impactful way&amp;amp;nbsp;&#13;
Misconceptions about crowd-funding&amp;amp;nbsp;&#13;
Should you donate to relief projects through crowd-funding instead of established charities?&amp;amp;nbsp;&#13;
Should you use crowd-funding to get out of personal debts?&amp;amp;nbsp;&#13;
Why LaunchGood turned down a Masjid's crowd-funding campaign, and how they ended up raising the money anyways&amp;amp;nbsp;&#13;
People raising funds for Islamic education, challenges dealing with your local community, and accountability&amp;amp;nbsp;&#13;
Chris' favorite LaunchGood project&amp;amp;nbsp;&#13;
Creating win-win crowd-funding campaigns&amp;amp;nbsp;&#13;
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Website:&amp;amp;nbsp;http://launchgood.com&#13;
Launchgood on Facebook:&amp;amp;nbsp;https://www.facebook.com/launchgood&#13;
Launchgood on Twitter:&amp;amp;nbsp;https://twitter.com/launchgood&#13;
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