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Brett Hagler, the founder of New Story a charity that\\u2019s transforming slums into sustainable communities worldwide. Brett and his team are determined to change the way charities work, and they\\u2019ve created their own software platform to maximize transparency, accountability, and user experience. Listen in to hear how Brett plans to build 1000 communities in the next 10 years, why he chose charity over social entrepreneurship, and why it\\u2019s crucial to follow your own path.

Famous 5:

Favorite Business Book? \\u2013 Insanely Simple
What CEO do you follow? \\u2014 Brian Chesky
Favorite online tool? \\u2014 Audible
Do you get 8 hours of sleep?\\u2014 No
If you could let your 20 year old self know one thing, what would it be? \\u2014Don\\u2019t do what everybody else is doing. Spend time learning about the world and have an open mind.

Time Stamped Show Notes:
01:15 \\u2013 Nathan\\u2019s introduction
01:23 \\u2013 New Story transforms slums into sustainable communities
01:50 \\u2013 They created a platform to crowdfund homes and public buildings for communities in the Third World
02:29 \\u2013 100% of crowdfunded donations go to the people on the website - there\\u2019s a separate group of \\u2018Angel Donors\\u2019 who have invested philanthropically in their operations
04:30 \\u2013 \\u201cVenture capitalists
05:00 \\u2013 New Story is 17 months old and has already generated $3 million in donations
05:50 \\u2013 \\u201cWe don\\u2019t measure success by what\\u2019s in our bank account, but by the impact we\\u2019re having on the world\\u201d
06:26 \\u2013 Brett went to Haiti after the earthquake...and couldn\\u2019t find a charity to work for that he was excited about
07:36 \\u2013 \\u201cWe took our frustrations and made a better product and a better experience\\u201d
08:09 \\u2013 \\u201cI never knew where my money was going or where it was helping\\u201d
08:50 \\u2013 Built a database software to be extremely transparent
09:50 \\u2013 Why go into charity rather than social entrepreneurship?
10:17 \\u2013 \\u201cWe\\u2019re passionate about building a better type of non-profit\\u201d
10:50 \\u2013 Their key metric of success is 4 communities
11:20 \\u2013 Have so far built 4 communities - over 300 homes at $6000 per home. Aiming to have built over 1000 communities in 10 years\\u2019 time
11:56 \\u2013 Connect with Brett on Twitter or at New Story
13:45 \\u2013 The Famous Five

3 Key Points:
Don\\u2019t do what everybody else is doing. Open your mind.
Follow your own journey - make a difference in the way that makes you fired up.
Give to the world. Spend time with people who have less than you and work out how to serve them.
Resources Mentioned:
Host Gator \\u2013 The site Nathan uses to buy his domain names and hosting for cheapest price possible.
Freshbooks - The site Nathan uses to manage his invoices and accounts.
Leadpages \\u2013 The drag and drop tool Nathan uses to quickly create his webinar landing pages which convert at 35%+
Audible \\u2013 Nathan uses Audible when he's driving from Austin to San Antonio (1.5 hour drive) to listen to audio books.

Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives

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