Beam vs COLCO

Beam is the world’s first platform to crowdfund job training for homeless people and support them into stable work.

Beam works by embracing the power of technology to tell homeless people’s stories and share their dreams for the future. It allows the public to donate to personalised crowdfunding campaigns and follow the progress of those they’ve supported – influencing lives directly from a smartphone. To date, Beam has crowdfunded more than £1m in donations from members of the public, 100% of which goes towards the end cause. Working in partnership with registered charities and local authorities in London, Beam is helping hundreds of homeless people to gain work in sectors facing critical skills shortages.

Beam has won a number of awards for its work, including first prize in the London Homelessness Awards, and Best Use of Technology in the Homeless Sector in 2018. In 2019, the platform was named the overall winner of the Tech4Good Awards, and Hottest Tech for Good Startup in Europe at The Europas. Beam’s work has been covered in top-tier publications including the Financial Times, The Guardian and TechCrunch.

Location: London, UK

Audio-centric Social Collaboration App Designed for Earnings

Introducing COLCO – next-gen social network built to democratize collaborations, and thus earnings, for those who want to participate in the most inclusive capitalistic system of our times. With COLCO you can –

1. CONNECT – with Professionals, Startups and Brands for specific collaborations based around your unique talent and skills

2. CONVERSE – over interesting topics, news & intimate moments, or even engage with favorite Creators and Celebrity Influencers via Audio Expressions

3. COLLABORATE – with your peers or even businesses over Full-time Jobs, Freelance Gigs, Paid Influencer Campaigns, or even B2B Services among other possibilities.

The best part of COLCO is we have ZERO PLATFORM CHARGES FOR SALE OF SERVICES – whether it be payment for Freelance or B2B Services, where we will only deduct the Payment Gateway Charges (and Forex Charges, if applicable).

Apart from that we aim to optimize the platform to be fully real-time in terms of collaborations so everyone can earn handsomely for their Talent & Skills in an ever-increasing global inclusive market.

Our aim is to be Amazon for customer service (read – user’s digital well-being and value-add), Stripe for being platform versatile, Discord for our love of community and Shopify for arming the Talent Rebels so everyone here can earn and keep what they deserve, not what old-age platforms dictate (read – coercion of sellers and platform charges). This we can only achieve with your support and constant product feedback so we can iterate and ship the best version specifically tailored for your real-world needs in terms of collaborations and earnings.



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Location: Austin, United States