Launching a Utility Club for Founders in Crisis Support
Thought I would share as its for a good cause. ---- I know at least 4 people that have almost no money. The LinkedIn world is great at celebrating wins but we can do more to help others. I recently read a story about a 15-year-old girl named Emma. Her mom was at the kitchen table crying over a $340 electric bill. Out of a job and broke with payday was a week away. โMom, whatโs wrong?โ Emmaโs mom was honest and Emma just walked to her room, and came back and handed Mom $160 from her babysitting money. โIโve been saving for homecoming. But we need lights more.โ Mom broke down crying. The next day, Mom heard that Emma told her friends what happened. โMy mom works two jobs and we still canโt keep the lights on. Systemโs broken.โ By end of day, many of Emmaโs friends had Venmoโd and Zelleโd $5, $10, $20 with messages like โMy Dad went through thisโ and โWe know how this feelsโ Momโs pride wanted to refuse it, but Emma said, โMom, they WANT to help. Let them.โ The electric bill got paid. The lights stayed on. Emma taught us that asking for help isnโt weakness. Itโs human. This evolved into the โThe Utility Clubโ - teens with part-time jobs donated $5 or $10 a month into a pool and when someoneโs family hit a crisis the pool gave them the money. No questions, no shame. Anonymous. Apparently this has grown and helped dozens of families in need. Bad things happen to good people all the time and its nothing to be ashamed of. This got me thinking about the B2B community - founders, sales reps, GTM professionals For all the excitement and $, itโs tough as hell out there. - Founders often bootstrap and barely survive. - AEs / BDRs lose their jobs often and its hard as hell to get news ones. - CROs and CMOs job tenure is short. Your LinkedIn feed is full of โOpen to Workโ banners. If you donโt know the feeling of not knowing where your next $ is going to come from, you are one of the few. Count your blessings. Sometimes the best of us need a hand up during a time of crisis. Hunter and I and our PORCH ๐ Foundation (Not For Profit) have decided to do something to help. PORCH ๐ Foundation Not For Profit is going to do the same thing for the Founder and B2B community - founders, sales reps, GTM professionals We are launching a Utility Club for the Founder/B2B Community Itโs very simple. Every month (starting at the end of January) Randomly. From the list of applicants. We will pick a name. We will hand them the money collected. We hope this can help some folks. We have donated $500 to kick it off. ๐ช๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ง๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ: You can go here and send $1, $5, $20, $50 whatever you want https://donate.stripe.com/eVq6oH1467B55KU5WD97G0r If you are a Founder/B2B pro currently facing a utility shut off/crisis and need a helping hand up... Apply below. No shame. No judgement. Nobody (but me and Hunter) will see your name. https://porch.fillout.com/utilityclub If you want to get involved and help - DM Me This is me: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neilweitzman/
