Startup Science vs Volunteer World

Giving founders an unfair advantage

To help startups design their success, 1 founder at a time.

Why? Because wealth inequality is directly tied to entrepreneurship. 95% of people who get out of check-to-check living do so by selling a business.

It started with researching why, how, and when startups fail. We did 1,200 interviews and spent months reading the research to understand the 90% failure rate. We learned that founders keep making the same mistakes and these mistakes can be avoided. And the problems that lead to these mistakes center around people, knowledge, and financial resources.

Accelerators are designed to help startups solve these problems. But only 2% of startups who apply, are accepted into accelerators. 60% of rejected founders “failed to complete the application due to lack of knowledge.” And 70% of those startups who are accepted, came through a referral. So if you don’t know the language or are not connected into the ecosystem already your chances are slim.

Location: Santa Cruz, United States

Volunteer World is an independent platform that connects volunteers and social projects on a global scale.

Volunteer World provides a community marketplace for people to list, discover, and apply to international programs. Social projects can submit and self-administer their programs in an easy step-by-step process. Volunteer World presents all programs in the same design, levelling the differences in resource and providing grassroot projects with a fair chance to attract volunteer for their cause.

Volunteer World’s mission is to have lasting positive impact on the volunteer market by providing cost and service transparency of volunteer programs as well as significantly simplifying the search and application process.