Company
Date Published
Author
Grace Kim
Word count
677
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

Bobby Smith founded The School of Impact (SOI), an app that allows social entrepreneurs and universities to collaborate on ideas driving global social innovation. SOI is like Product Hunt, but for social impact projects, and it partners with universities globally to support local social innovation through online courses and a built-in social network. Users can explore different social innovation projects, "Hype" and "Follow" projects they support, and in the future, donate to them. Bobby chose Bubble as the platform due to its accessibility and ease of use, which allowed him to teach his idea to a global community. He has achieved milestones such as launching the app, signing regional leaders, and hosting a global event. His next steps include growing the user base through university partners, adding donation functionality, and generating Joint Research Agreements across North and South America. Bobby aims to make no-code tools like Bubble accessible to economic mobility and entrepreneurship for millions of people.