Crowdfunding For Good: Consano Connects The Power of The Crowd To Innovative Medical Research
On this edition of Making Oregon, our guest is Molly Lindquist, founder and CEO of the Portland non-profit Consano. Molly has created a unique crowdfunding platform that that enables donors to give their support directly to a medical research project that matters to them. By harnessing the power of a crowd, they aggregate donations so the public can directly choose and support high quality medical research, pooling their money with others who care about the same health issues. Molly started Consano in 2013 after being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2011. Frustrated by her inability to make donations to specific medical research projects that could impact her two daughters , the idea for Consano was born, and since its launch, Consano has raised nearly $700,000 in project donations to directly support 40 research projects in 28 unique health categories. Molly tells us her inspiring story and candidly talks about her battle with breast cancer, the impact of the medical research Consano is enabling, and the many life and business lessons she's learned along the way.