I have to clone this locally, npm install the cli, register with famous, and scaffold a new project in order to see a working demo of Famous in action?? No thanks.
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Keep in mind that if this is your first time managing others, it will require some up-front investment of time. Managing people is difficult, but not impossible to become very good at. My advice for you at the outset is to be really clear and consistent about your goals, and to be open and honest with your community about the experiment you're undergoing. They'll give you a lot of credit for doing this as a student, and I think you'll find they have more patience than you think.
If stress becomes a problem, consider speaking with a professional about that (e.g., through your University), or practicing meditation and mindfulness. Good luck!
I try to be aware of my own biases when I'm in the office. Sometimes I schedule a little time to think specifically about them and try to identify potential moments I made assumptions I shouldn't have. When I feel that a male colleague is exhibiting concerning behavior I discuss it with them. I ask my female colleagues what we need to do to support their success and I listen to what they have to say. I do 1-on-1s with all of my colleagues to ask them whether they feel their perspectives are adequately heard and acted upon. When I see something that isn't right, I say "that's not right." When I hear a joke or comment that sounds "off", I say "hey man, that's off key -- keep it professional". I discuss equality with my wife and I listen to her perspective. I encourage and support her career ambitions even when they force me to make trade offs against my own.
Now that I think about it, I ascribe many of these behaviors (perhaps not all) to my ideals of professionalism and effective management practices.
* n of one. I'm not an expert. I'm male.
If it is the second or third, you ought to read HBS Professor Andrei Hagiu's case and article about this dynamic: http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=24044
Platform Thinking also has a pretty comprehensive article on this: http://platformed.info/seeding-two-sided-businesses-strategy...
My two cents here is that the best place to start in disrupting the chicken and egg problem is to reduce the number of users you need to get off the ground. Scope to as small a group as possible to demonstrate that the app provides the value you are hoping to provide, and then grow from there. If you're making an app for teenagers, start in one high school. If it works, grow to two, then four, then eight, and so on. You can scope geographically or by affiliation or in any of a number of other ways.
Good luck.
Some feedback:
- Food for thought: Seems like your big hypothesis here is that social validation is the primary mechanism for unlocking new donors. Following in the footsteps of thoughtful giants. If true, it's worth considering whether you could more effectively test that hypothesis by putting the emphasis on the marquee donors rather than the charities they fund. AngelList does a good job of this with their Syndicates feature. For example, imagine Kyn could say "Donate like Zuck by funding these three up and coming orgs" or "Do Good like the Knight Foundation by donating to this portfolio of awesomeness".
- Confusion: Not quite clear what "watching" does.
- UX feedback: The donation process is a little unclear. Can you own more of the donation process, so it all stays on-site? If you can avoid sending donors off-site, you'll get a higher completion rate, and you'll also unlock the ability to add "also donate to Kyn" checkboxes on the checkout (DonorsChoose.org gets some huge % of their donors, I want to say 80% but I could be wrong, to leave that box checked, which results in a huge proportion of their annual contributions).
Great initiative and good luck. I'm excited about what you're doing.
CareerVillage.org is a nonprofit that crowdsources college and career advice for high school students. We're kind of like StackOverflow, but for high school students trying to navigate the education system on their way to a career. We focus on students in low-and-mid-income communities who face great difficulty getting access to working professionals. We're serving 25,000 high school students this year and are looking for mission-focused people to join our team.
Here's a quick intro video from the crowdfunding campaign that launched it all: http://vimeo.com/80765347 and some obligatory namedropping: We have funding from Gates, serve most of the leading schools in America including KIPP and Summit, and a high-caliber set of advisors including folks like Jeff Atwood.
We have openings in (http://j.mp/CareerVillageJobs):
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* INTERN: Graphic design
* INTERN: Biz Dev
* INTERN: Educator outreach
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