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  • June 26th, 2012

    Scott Harrison Of Charity:Water [TCTV]

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    Charity: Water has become something of a phenomenon in recent years. We spoke to founder Scott Harrison about the unusual amount of support he’s gotten from the tech community, in part due to entrepreneurs like Sean Parker and Michael Birch becoming involved. We spoke to him during the F.ounders conference at the Nasdaq in New York. → Read More

    December 21st, 2011

    (Founder Stories) Charity: Water’s Harrison Highlights Tactical Decisions

    In Scott Harrison’s final Founder Stories interview with host, Chris Dixon, Harrison offers some suggestions to other founders and discusses how people can donate to Charity: Water.

    Offering advice to others, Harrison says “I think one of the key and very simple things is get lawyers to help you file for your 501(c)(3).” While the upfront costs may seem prohibitive, he believes spending money… → Read More

    December 20th, 2011

    (Founder Stories) Charity: Water’s Harrison, “We Were Going To Run Out Of Money In Five Weeks”

    As the founder of Charity: Water, Scott Harrison has overseen substantial growth since launching his non-profit five years ago. He tells Founder Stories host, Chris Dixon that since 2006 Charity: Water has raised “about $50-million” and “helped 2-million people” gain access to clean water.

    However, just eighteen months in things were a bit rocky. Harrison says the organization was dangerously… → Read More

    December 18th, 2011

    (Founder Stories) Charity: Water’s Harrison Ends His Hard Partying Ways To Solve “The Water Crisis”

    Scott Harrison is the founder of Charity: Water an organization he founded after waking up to the realization he was living a “dark, kind of decadent selfish existence” as a nightclub promoter whose life revolved around getting “people wasted for a living.”

    He tells Dixon at the age of 30 “I wanted to change the whole world and thought I could end the water crisis in my lifetime and I could… → Read More