What prompted you to bring the crowdfunding concept to readers?
Like most people, my first exposure to crowdfunding was backing a project on Kickstarter. I was immediately intrigued. After tackling crowdfunding for Forbes for a while, I recognized the need for a book describing how to be successful with it.Can you sum it up in just a few sentences, to give readers a taste of what is in your book?
Crowdfunding is a powerful tool to help people raise money for their companies, causes and projects. I hope that people will use their passion and energy to do some good in the world!How does this book go hand-in-hand with your others?
Your Mark On The World and 925 Ideas to Help You Save Money, Get Out of Debt and Retire A Millionaire So You Can Leave Your Mark on the World are designed to help people manage their own money to help people do good in the world. Crowdfunding for Social good is written to help people raise the money they need to do good.What message do you hope readers will take with them from your books?
I want people to believe in their own power to really make a difference. You don’t have to be a billionaire. You don’t have to be a genius. Anyone can make a difference.How does sharing your knowledge with others fulfill you?
Knowing that over 100,000 people have read my books inspires me to keep going. People are reading them, pondering their ideas and some, at least, will not only change their lives, they will change the world!What was one of the best parts about living in China for a year?
“Living in China gave me an opportunity to meet and learn to love new people. It also gave me a chance to experience life in a place without some of the civil liberties we enjoy. I returned with a much greater appreciation for the freedoms we take for granted in America and much of the West.”What are your goals for the future?
I’m always looking for new ways to do something that matters, something that will have an impact, to really make a difference in the world.What else should we be reading?
Read whatever inspires you to do good and be your best! Your potential for good is infinite regardless of where you’ve been.What is something readers may be surprised to learn about you?
Readers would probably be surprised to learn that my most embarrassing moment involves a women’s restroom.Is there anything else you would like to share?
Thank you so much for this opportunity!
Crowdfunding for Social Good: Financing Your Mark on the World
by Devin D. Thorpe
Over the last year of writing my Forbes blog, I have had the opportunity to really dig deeply into the world of crowdfunding. I’ve just completed my first draft of my new book, Crowdfunding for Social Good: Financing Your Mark on the World.
The book is a guide to successful crowdfunding for people who want to change the world.
The book is not a sequel to my book, Your Mark On The World, but it is written in the same spirit. I’ve studied a dozens of successful crowdfunding campaigns, interviewing the people behind them to learn their secrets for success.
Devin's Book, Your Mark on the World, was downloaded over 75,000 times and reached the #19 spot on Amazon's free book list--among all free books. It remains on the top 50 free nonfiction books at Amazon.
Available in Paperback
About Devin:
Devin D. Thorpe thinks he is the luckiest person alive. After being “let go” from the best job he’d ever had—as the Chief Financial Officer of the multinational food and beverage company MonaVie—he and his wife ended up living in China for a year where he wrote Your Mark On The World and embarked on the career he’d always wanted yet hadn’t dared dream.
Now, as an author, a popular guest speaker and Forbes contributor, Devin is devoted full time to championing social good. His current life isn’t much like his past.
As an entrepreneur, Devin ran—at separate times—a boutique investment banking firm and a small mortgage company. He served as the Treasurer for the multinational vitamin manufacturer USANA Health Sciences years before becoming CFO for MonaVie. Over his career he led or advised on the successful completion of $500 million in transactions. Devin squeezed in two brief stints in government, including two years working for Jake Garn on the U.S. Senate Banking Committee Staff and another year working for an independent state agency called USTAR, where he helped foster technology entrepreneurship during Governor Jon Huntsman’s administration.
Devin is proud to have graduated from the University of Utah David Eccles School of Business, which recognized him as a Distinguished Alum in 2006. He also earned an MBA at Cornell University where he ran the student newspaper, Cornell Business.
Today, Devin channels the idealism of his youth with the loving support of his wife, Gail. Their son Dayton is a PhD candidate in Physics at UC Berkeley (and Devin rarely misses an opportunity to mention that).
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