????6. 在Facebook上分享自己的熱情,。

????比爾?甘迪的愛好是分享阿勒格尼市的歷史照片,，此外他也是Facebook小組“土生土長的匹茲堡北方人”的成員。阿勒格尼市位于匹茲堡的北方,。

????這個小組的成員非常喜歡他的照片,，因為他們可以從中領(lǐng)略到阿勒格尼市昔日的輝煌。當(dāng)他提議開設(shè)一個美術(shù)館來展示這些照片時,，匹茲堡市議會的議長達(dá)琳?哈里斯給他發(fā)來信息,，希望與他合作。之后他成立了非營利性機(jī)構(gòu)——阿勒格尼歷史美術(shù)館,。正式開放之初,，這家美術(shù)館就舉辦了多場活動。其中之一是,，匹茲堡鋼人隊老板丹?魯尼接受邀請,，來美術(shù)館簽名售書。甘迪在郵件中表示,，他在不到一個月時間便為美術(shù)館籌集了超過12,000美元,。

????7. 將每一次派對當(dāng)成推介會。

????在一家酒吧舉行的歡送會上,，阿歷克斯?拉帕波特開始向陌生人講述自己打算創(chuàng)作具有教育意義的嘻哈音樂的想法,。大多數(shù)人都禮貌性地報以微笑，然后走開,。

????但一位哥倫比亞大學(xué)商學(xué)院學(xué)生很感興趣,，他幫助拉帕波特起草了一份商業(yè)計劃書，參加哥倫比亞商學(xué)院的“離譜商業(yè)計劃競賽”,。最后,，F(xiàn)locabulary的商業(yè)模式成為社會價值類冠軍，獲得了5,000美元獎金，并受到許多投資者的關(guān)注,。

????這就是拉帕波特和布萊克?哈里森在布魯克林創(chuàng)立教育初創(chuàng)公司Flocabulary的經(jīng)過,。拉帕波特在郵件中表示，如今,，全世界有超過20,000家學(xué)校采用了該公司的在線教育課程,。

????8. 給我投資吧。今天是我的生日,。

????2008年,，年近五旬的辛西婭?克西剛剛經(jīng)歷了離婚，生活發(fā)生了巨變,。但她并沒有沉湎于傷心的往事,，而是決定追求自己的夢想——保護(hù)孩子的受教育權(quán)利。她邀請所有認(rèn)識的人參加自己的50歲生日慶典,，并請求每一位賓客用100美元來代替禮物,。

????克西向參加派對的賓客表示，她將用他們的禮物作為種子基金,，在洛杉磯創(chuàng)建一家非營利性機(jī)構(gòu)：不可阻擋基金會,。她在電子郵件中估計，通過自己的努力,，約有6,000名學(xué)生得到了上學(xué)機(jī)會,，有超過50棟校舍得以建成。

????9. 在大街上尋找投資,。

????弗雷德里克?赫特森因非法交易大麻被判四年監(jiān)禁,，在此期間，他的家人經(jīng)歷了無法與身陷囹圄的親人保持聯(lián)系帶來的痛楚,。

????刑滿釋放之后,，赫特森告訴他的家人和朋友，他將在拉斯維加斯創(chuàng)建一家名為Pigeonly的機(jī)構(gòu),，幫助服刑者與至愛親朋保持聯(lián)系,。他在電子郵件中表示，他向街頭好友募集種子基金,，一筆筆200美元或500美元的捐贈,，最終累積至80,000美元。如今,，Pigeonly已經(jīng)成長為一家擁有13名員工的機(jī)構(gòu),。（財富中文網(wǎng)）

????譯者：劉進(jìn)龍/汪皓

????審校：任文科

????6. Share your passion on Facebook.

????Bill Gandy’s hobby is sharing historic photos of Allegheny City, a community on the north side of Pittsburgh, and he also belongs to a Facebook group Born & Raised on Northside of Pgh.

????Members of his Facebook group appreciated the reminders of Allegheny City in its glory days. When he suggested opening a gallery to showcase the photos, the Pittsburgh City Council President Darlene Harris messaged him and offered to partner with him. Thus he launced the nonprofit Allengeny City Historic Gallery. Among the initial events planned for fter it opens? A book signing by Steelers owner Dan Rooney. Gandy has raised more than $12,000 in funds for the gallery in less than a month, he shares via email.

????7. Think of every party as a pitch fest.

????During a going-away party at a bar, Alex Rappaport began telling strangers about his idea to make educational hip-hop songs. Most people smiled politely and moved on.

????But a Columbia Business School MBA student was interested and helped Rappaport put together a pitch for its Outrageous Business Plan competition. The Flocabulary business model was a winner in the social value category, earning $5,000 and the attention of a range of investors.

????That’s how the Rappaport and Blake Harrison came to co-found Flocabulary, an education startup based in Brooklyn. Today, its online learning program is used in more than 20,000 schools around the world, Rappaport claims by email.

????8. Fund my business. It’s my birthday.

????In 2008, as Cynthia Kersey neared 50, she found her life changing dramatically as she went through a divorce. Instead of wallowing in heartbreak, she tackled her dream idea, securing a child’s right to an education. She invited everyone she knew to her 50th-birthday celebration and asked each guest to bring, in lieu of gifts, $100.

????Kersey announced to the partygoers that she would use the gifts as seed money to open her Los Angeles nonprofit, The Unstoppable Foundation. Because of her efforts, 6,000 children have attended school and more than 50 schoolhouses have been built, she estimates in an email.

????9. Find the money in the streets.

????While Frederick Hutson served a four-year sentence for marijuana trafficking, his family experienced firsthand the difficulty of staying in contact with someone behind bars.

????Upon his release, Hutson informed his family and friends that he would create Las Vegas-based Pigeonly to help keep inmates connected with their loved ones. He went to his street friends to raise the seed capital, collecting money in increments of $200 and $500 and ultimately raising $80,000, he claims via email. Today Pigeonly has grown to employ 13 people.