PocketChange

Social media that makes things better.

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Social media that makes things better.

1 follower

Built to empower people & brands to take action, add perspective, & start a movement with anyone. Our tech uses AI for micro-donation from Instagram, Twitter, News etc. without ever leaving your screen. All donations 3x today, plus win $1000! See image 6.

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PocketChange

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Hello Hunters! The team and I are so excited to officially launch PocketChange on Product Hunt and put on this challenge for you to win $1,000! Please leave questions and feedback below, we'd love to hear your thoughts. In the meantime, here is a bit of our story below if you are interested. Cheers and happy Giving Tuesday! The concept was born almost 4 years ago with a viral video on Facebook about a disaster. Everyone was responding with 'sad emojis' and leaving comments saying 'sending prayers!' or 'how can I help?' Simply put, there is a Like button, a Comment button, and a Share button... but where is the Take Action button??? Since then we hit the ground running. We started as freshmen in college working to reverse engineer the most idealistic and simple form of doing good for the world- clicking a button. We first developed a chrome extension to add a micro-donation button to Facebook. This evolved into a proprietary machine learning algorithm to predict what causes a piece of content is talking about. People loved the idea of clicking a button to help, but wanted to be sure money was going to the right place- so we built a world-class charity selection process to vet top charities actually solving world problems at the root. Then we realized everyone uses their phones (🤦‍♂️)- so we built the first ever way to instantly take action from apps like Instagram, Twitter, News etc. without ever leaving your screen. But donating wasn't enough- people care about people. So we built our own social platform to connect, share, discuss, and build the cause identity you want in this world. And here we are! We continued to work through countless, and I mean countless failures, bumps in the road, and iterations to get where we are today. We set out to build the platform we believe can truly change the world. A platform that combines capitalism with altruism, finance with charity, identity with action. A place to connect people, brands & charity for a common goal. A place where your voice means tangible change. A platform built from the ground up to empower you, whoever you may be. All love from the PocketChange team! - Leo, Reese, Jay, Zu, Cole, JC, Milena, Sedak, Grace, Reyn, Dooley & the countless helping hands along the way 💙🤘 ________ 🏆PRODUCT HUNT GIVEAWAY CHALLENGE🏆 In honor of this day for generosity we are launching on Product Hunt with our giving Tuesday Giveaway! Win $1,000 just by getting 5 followers on PocketChange. -$500 to a charity of your choice -$500 cash for you To secure your entry, hop on our app and do the following... - gain 5 followers= 1 Entry - gain 7 followers= 2 Entries - gain 20 followers= 5 entries Giving Tuesday Bonus: 3X all donations you make today! Leave a comment or message us directly and we will verify your entry. Make sure to invite your friends to follow you and make some PocketChanges while you’re at it! ________ (This challenge will last 72 hours from 12:00 PST 12/1/20 to 12:00 PST 12/4/20. We will announce the winner on Instagram live and contact you. You will have 48 hours to reply before we select another winner.)

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6yr ago

PocketChange

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@christian_dooley SO excited!

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6yr ago

It’s incredible to imagine what the world could look like if everyone took part in micro donations. But the way PocketChange has been explained to me goes beyond a compilation of small actions. The app is also able to empower the individual user. If giving to a cause is this simple, then it begs the question: what other ways in our lives can we make a difference, specifically ways that are easier than we presume? That’ll get you thinking. I also love the aspect of building community and dialogue through the app. Honestly that’s something the world could use more of. They have an amazing product which I expect will continue to grow.

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6yr ago

PocketChange

Maker

@bryantanigawa Thank you Bryan - the community piece is my favorite too. What's the quote: if you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far go together. That's exactly what it is for me.

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6yr ago

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This is such a great idea. Would love to learn more about the charity selection process and how I can add my favorite orgs to the list!

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6yr ago

PocketChange

Maker

@helloduane Hey Duane! Appreciate you hunting PocketChange! So we have a massive process to select a top one org for every cause area. (78 causes) We evaluate using programs like Guidestar and charity navigator based on 5 core criteria: Financial Efficiency, Sustainable Impact, Approach Diversity, Scaling Focus, and Total Transparency. Here is a link with more detail on how we evaluate each of these and the charities we have picked. https://pocketchange.social/cs/ Glad you asked about adding your own orgs! We just launched an embeddable version of our button for websites and to be shared as links. Here you can customize your cause with any registered 501c3. We are building local charities into the app this month as well so you can support any org you like!

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6yr ago

PocketChange

Maker

@helloduane Hi Duane! 👋🏻 Head of Charity here! I wanted to second what Christian said-- thank you for hunting PocketChange! Your support means a lot. We are thrilled to have 78 top-vetted charities on our platform that users can trust. It is important to us that our selected charities are transparent in every way. While selecting a charity, we do a deep dive into what programs they offer, who it is offered to, if they are growing those programs or have a plan to do so, how much of your donation goes into programming, and much more. It is quite the process as we hold our charities to a high standard. Selecting for our four COVID-19 charities was a very challenging process. We saw the devastation this virus was bringing at all levels. At the time of our selection process, there were not any brand new charities 100% dedicated to eradicating the coronavirus, so we had to get creative! As mentioned, we ended up selecting four COVID-19 charities due to the unprecidented need in areas such as food security, medical supplies, prevention and detection, and then just relief more generally. We poured hours and hours of research into this selection process and here is what we have: - COVID-19 Food Security: World Central Kitchen - COVID-19 Medical Supplies: Direct Relief - COVID-19 Prevention and Detection: World Health Organization - COVID-19 General Relief: Center for Disaster Philanthropy Since we started, we have analyzed over 1 million charities to select our 78! Please let me know if you have any further questions!

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6yr ago

This is dope! Let's activists and people who care make a big difference rather than the 1% needing to donate money to organizations for tax write-offs. The past few years have proven that everyday folks can and are willing to give just as much and this will allow them to "vet top charities actually solving world problems at the root." Nice work!

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6yr ago

PocketChange

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@jasmind_thomas Thank you for your enthusiasm! We believe that everyone can make a difference in this world-- you, me, your neighbor, etc. By empowering every individual to make change, the moment they feel inspired to do so, we think that authentic change will transpire!

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6yr ago

PocketChange

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@jasmind_thomas Totally agree! Making action accessible as well as a fun experience is a great way to put your voice in and get more people involved. And with the mindset change of bringing that self empowerment to the forefront can hopefully spark all sorts of positive ripples in your daily life beyond just giving.

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6yr ago

Love this product! We need a new paradigm in social media - one that is used for good, not for creating more divisions or feelings of inadequacy.

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6yr ago

PocketChange

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@chenoa_farnsworth Yes!! Could not agree more

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6yr ago

I've been an early user of PocketChange and absolutely love the concept. There is a human need to 'do good' but charitable giving is usually only done a couple times a year, at best. This app changes that behavior, by making it super easy to support any cause in the moment, for just a quarter or a few bucks. Highly recommend checking it out!

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6yr ago

PocketChange

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@jalster Thanks so much Jared! Totally agree, it's all about that consistent behavior change :)

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6yr ago

I'm beyond hyped to see the product that we got on the making for the last year on such a product launch. The app feels so good and the content in it is actually the best part. Empower everyone!

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6yr ago

PocketChange

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@leonardo_placanica Hell yeah Leo :) you're awesome

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6yr ago

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