SocialWish Blog

The Jersey Program – Deadline is 8/18/10

Tanya — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:28:38 +0000

Remember our awesome Team SocialWish bike jerseys from the Multiple Sclerosis Bike ride in May?

Well, we’re getting a brand new batch for our next ride in the NYC Century Bike Tour on September 12th. The jerseys are a blank canvas and we’re looking to fill the space with sponsor logos. It’s a great opportunity for a company to show support for a good cause, while advertising their company. You can put your logo on our jersey for everyone to see as we ride through all the NYC boroughs. That’s right, all boroughs! We’re committed to riding 100 miles, so that’s 100 miles of advertising.

The jerseys have to be ordered by next week. If you’re interested in purchasing logo space, please contact Yan at yan@socialwish.com by Wednesday, August 18th.

For more information on the NYC Century Bike Tour, check out our previous blog post Team SocialWish in the NYC Century Bike Tour

To make a donation for this event, please visit our wish NYC Century Bike Tour (for Transportation Alternatives)

Also, we’re still looking for more people to join our team, so if you or someone you know is interested in riding with Team SocialWish in the NYC Century Bike Tour, please contact Yan at yan@socialwish.com

Please spread the word. We appreciate your support.

July’s Third Tuesday – Best turn out yet.

Tanya — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:53:49 +0000

We had a great turn out at our Third Tuesday event this month. The word got out, one person told another, and the group got larger than usual. For a minute, I was worried that everyone would not fit on the back patio, but then I realized that it was kind of nice, because we came together as one big happy family. Gathered round the table, passing the garlic and pepper, we munched on pizza, shared stories and supported each other like a family should.

Thanks again to all who came! We loved hanging with you and hearing about your dreams, passions, ideas and projects. Keep it coming. Best of luck to you all!

Wanna join our happy family? Come to our next Third Tuesday event on August 17th. Get your tickets at: http://thirdtuesday.eventbrite.com/

Bain Capital Office Hours

Yan — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:05:08 +0000

Like any startup, SocialWish is constantly looking for feedback on its business model, our growth strategy, and even our marketing plans. Sometimes that feedback comes from other entrepreneurs we meet at events such as NY Tech Mixer, Web2NY, The Hatchery, Stamford Tech Meetup, or Third Tuesday and sometimes when we get a chance to meet with VCs and Angels.

Bain Capital just made meeting with VCs a whole lot easier by holding office hours every Friday through the Bain Capital Ventures Innovation Center.

Each Friday from 3 to 5 p.m. Eastern time, entrepreneurs can meet with at least one Bain Capital Ventures staff member (principal, managing director or associate) for 15 to 20 minutes at Bain Capital Ventures’ Boston office or at the Venture Cafe in Cambridge, Mass. Some of Bain’s 33 managing directors, principals and associates will rotate each week into the office hours.

Startups Do Take Time Off…Sometimes

Tanya — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 22:24:20 +0000

Being a startup often means working 24/7/365. The standard 8 or 9 hour work day quickly turns into a dream, the distinction between week days and weekend fades, and holidays and vacations become non-existent. We’re very familiar with that schedule. Sometimes though, we do allow ourselves to take a break (shhh…don’t tell anyone), especially when it comes to celebrating important events. On July 4th, we took a few hours off to have a BBQ with some friends in Prospect Park, Brooklyn and enjoy the fireworks. And I have plenty of mosquito bites to prove it! LOL

How was your holiday weekend? Long and enjoyable, I hope

Celebrate July 4th by Helping Someone Else

Tanya — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 22:29:32 +0000

Get into the spirit of Independence Day by showing some love for your country on SocialWish. Help your community and the land you’re proud of by donating to these wonderful causes. Or simply start a social fundraiser of your own.

Wishing everyone a very happy and safe July 4th holiday!

Celebrating Social Media Day

Tanya — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 02:53:53 +0000

First, let me start by saying that Social Media Day is a genius idea. I think it makes us stop and think about all the social benefits brought on by media. It truly is a revolution and has changed so many lives. As a user of various social networking tools, I have to say that the change has been positive. Kudos to Mashable for not only creating a special day to honor this, but also for making it social in the real world! It’s one thing to sit behind a keyboard and post to Twitter and Facebook. It’s totally another to come out and socialize with people you are following from the virtual world.

Ok, now let’s get to the celebration – what we did, where we were and who we met yesterday…I know you want to know.

WHAT – We partied with Mashable at the Social Media Day NY Meetup, of course. One of the top 10 meetup locations – woohoo!
WHERE – At a bar in midtown called The Mean Fiddler, where the drinks were flowing and the conversations agoing. The place was packed, but fortunately the party was spread out between 2 floors. Ahhh…room to breath.
WHO – We saw a few peeps we already knew and even some SocialWish fans, but we made some new friends too. Here are some pics (there would’ve been more if I didn’t forget to take my camera out the bag throughout the night…ugh!).

Got your own celebration story to share? Let us know what you did for Social Media Day.

Join Team SocialWish in the NYC Century Bike Tour

Tanya — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 08:51:13 +0000

On September 12th, we’ll be riding in the NYC Century Bike Tour. Why? Well, it’s for a good cause and we believe in supporting good causes. It benefits Transportation Alternatives, an advocate for biking, walking and public transit. Proceeds from the bike tour will help make streets safer for riding all year round.

Thanks to support from our fans, we now have 5 riders on our bike team. We’d love to have a total of 15 riders, so we’re still looking for 10 more. Anyone can join us. You don’t have to be from New York. Want to be next to join our team? Let us know.

Why should you ride with Team SocialWish? Besides the reason mentioned above, you will also:

Be part of America’s only fully urban century ride.
See amazing views of New York City from the best vantage point, your bike – the tour links NYC’s breathtaking bridges and beautiful parks to its incomparable neighborhoods and famous waterfronts.
Benefit your own health, getting great exercise in the wonderful outdoors.
Help support SocialWish by banding with us to make the world a better place.

To join Team SocialWish, contact our Team Captain, Yan Tsirklin via:
- Facebook message
- Twitter DM @ytsirklin

Can’t ride, but want to help Team SocialWish raise funds for Transportation Alternatives? Not to worry. Visit our page http://socialwish.com/wish/1-nyc-century-bike-tour, where you can easily make a donation and spread the word by sharing it with others.

For more information about the ride, check out: http://nyccentury.org/

Hope to see you on our team

We got an honorable mention on Mashable

Tanya — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:11:00 +0000

SocialWish was mentioned on www.mashable.com in the post ‘HOW TO: Crowdsource Funds for Causes, Creativity and Startups’.

Check it out for yourself – http://mashable.com/2010/06/21/crowdsource-funds-causes-startups/

Pretty cool, don’t you think? We think so!

SocialWish has entered the Create Your Opportunity Contest

Yan — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:50:06 +0000

SocialWish entered the “Create Your Opportunity” contest really late – contest ends today, June 14th, at 11:59 PM. I don’t know what we were thinking. I guess as optimists we thought we could make a good showing by turning to the power of social networking to get votes from our friends, business partners and social contacts.

SocialWish is counting on you, our fans and friends, for your vote, support and spreading the word.

Why vote for SocialWish.

SocialWish believes in social good and helping others help themselves by enabling anyone to create a social fundraiser. Help us further our cause and support the community at large by voting for SocialWish. Use the power of social networking to spread the word. Our goal is 1,000 votes in 24 hours.

What is SocialWish going to do with the funds?

SocialWish could really use the money to continue promoting the SocialWish mission. If SocialWish wins the $50,000 grand prize, SocialWish will donate $5,000 of the prize money to Make a Wish Foundation. Vote for SocialWish by clicking on this Link.

More details about the contest.

The contest as described in the about section, “Got a great idea? Let .CO help turn it into a reality! .CO is the new web address that offers people and companies more choice in branding their online presence with a truly global, recognizable and credible domain. Enter the “Create Your Opportunity ” contest for a chance to win your your ideal .CO domain and $50,000!”

SocialWish – Demos and Drinks: Internet Week NY

Yan — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 14:22:34 +0000

SocialWish presented at Demos and Drinks: Internet Week NY on June 10, 2010. Thank you Solomon for inviting us. Tanya and I enjoyed presenting. Great Crowd, Great Event.

The video of SocialWish Presenting