How to do good as an indie hacker – Give in Public
Hi indie hackers,
From the moment I started ‘lurking’ here in the IH community, I have always found the build in public movement inspiring. It makes sense. You share the ups and the downs, and build a relationship with your audience. It’s a win-win.
I think there is a lot of potential to extend ‘Build in Public’ to include ‘Give in Public’. What I mean by this is to make doing good something we celebrate and openly talk about. Why? Because donations can have a huge impact and by being public about it, you can inspire others to also give.
Right now, I don't often speak about altruism in public because it can feel awkward and can be perceived as self-promotional. That is why I have been toying with a non for profit idea – Give in Public. The key goals are:
- Make it easy to pick the most effective charities
- Provide everyone who donates with their own dashboard that they can share on social media or embed on their own site. --> This can help to multiply your impact by inspiring others.
- Make it easy to do the administration around your donations (e.g. taxes)
I put together a landing page explaining the key concepts and I would love to get some feedback from you.
If you are interested to help me realize this, please sign-up and fill in a couple of questions or shoot me a message via Twitter.
