I really think that our next big idea needs to involve some sort of charitable cause. I was having lunch with this investor and he told me his goal is to retire now and give away all this money he has. What?? Give it to me! He wants to start some sort of foundation or charity and give back. We know so many wealthy people that feel the same way. Plus it is for a good cause!
Here is the newest charity idea that I love!
http://laptop.org/vision/index.shtmlOLPC was founded by Nicholas Negroponte with a core of Media Lab veterans,
This is the wiki for the One Laptop per Child association. The mission of this non-profit association is to develop a low-cost laptop—the "$100 Laptop"—a technology that could revolutionize how we educate the world's children. Our goal is to provide children around the world with new opportunities to explore, experiment, and express themselves.
Why do children in developing nations need laptops? Laptops are both a window and a tool: a window into the world and a tool with which to think. They are a wonderful way for all children to learn learning through independent interaction and exploration.
Most of the nearly two–billion children in the developing world are inadequately educated, or receive no education at all. One in three does not complete the fifth grade.
The individual and societal consequences of this chronic global crisis are profound. Children are consigned to poverty and isolation—just like their parents—never knowing what the light of learning could mean in their lives. At the same time, their governments struggle to compete in a rapidly evolving, global information economy, hobbled by a vast and increasingly urban underclass that cannot support itself, much less contribute to the commonweal, because it lacks the tools to do so.
