When I launched Music Beats Cancer, the first charitable crowdfunding platform for biotech innovation, in 2014, crowdfunding wasn’t commonplace. Kickstarter had then been around for seven years but was not entirely mainstream as it catered mainly to the “creative” community. My fledgling nonprofit took a lot of heat because it was unprecedented to fund entrepreneurial biotechs through charitable donations, let alone through a crowdfunding model.
However, with the success of platforms like AirB&B and Uber, peer-to-peer models gradually became more accepted. Launching Music Beats Cancer taught me a lot. The experience has made me a true believer in the power […]The post How Women Can Become Crowdfunding Innovators appeared first on Ms. Career Girl.