Hacker Dojo Capacity Building Campaign

Help Hacker Dojo reach sustainability as we continue to reboot from the pandemic. Campaign continues to through the end of February.

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Campaign Ended

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Organized by Hacker Dojo

$39,790

107 Supporters

39% of $100,000 goal

Hannes (Splash) Marais

Fundraiser since Nov 2022

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$103

2 supporters

Hannes (Splash) Marais' Story

I’ve been a member of the Hacker Dojo for several years now, and it has quickly grown into my home away from home. 

I am a solo-entrepreneur, which can be a very lonely life. The Dojo allows me to bounce my ideas off of other entrepreneurs, and I’ve learned so much and made many new friends in this way. Here I found new users and testers of my SaaS software, which has improved my product and my thinking about things like go-to-market, the user experience etc. The Dojo also encouraged me to give back to the startup community, and I started mentoring other entrepreneurs.

Attending the events unexpectedly broadened my horizons, and I discovered several interesting groups that I never even knew existed. This expanded my social circle even more. I think I met over 500 new people just this year, some who became close friends. Now I can always count on an interesting conversation when visiting the Dojo.

In the beginning of my Dojo journey, I was mostly a “passive consumer”, but as time went by, I became an event organizer and an “active contributor”, something which I never did before. Things really snowballed from there, and by now I’ve probably hosted 20 or more events this year. It is a lot of work, can be frustrating, but extremely rewarding. 

You realize quickly that a lot of people need your help, and you can do simple things to help them, and change their journey in life. Sometimes it just takes one conversation. I am now fortunate to have experienced several highly-emotional “breakthrough” conversations, therapy essentially, which likely changed a life, and made a lasting impression on me. It made me totally re-evaluate how I should contribute to my community.

Today, I see the Dojo as a massive inflection point generator, the effects of which go way beyond the Dojo. The connections that are made here can truly change the world, and there are many stories of how small events here influenced people all over the world. The Dojo is a perfect example of the Butterfly Effect.

Your Dojo journey might not be the same as mine, but if you are open to it, the Dojo could change your life, and more importantly, the life of someone else.

It would be absolutely tragic for the Dojo to go out of the “inflection point generation business”. It’s been doing it for 10 years now, and deserves its place in the community for the next 10 years, if not 100 years.

Please help the Dojo with a donation, even if it is a small amount. Or join as a member to participate. 

And if you had a windfall of inflection points in your life, please consider passing it on.

Team Members

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Ed Choudhry

$9,614

21 Supporters

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Tom

$5,000

9 Supporters

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Hacker

$1,497

12 Supporters

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Olya

$5,458

3 Supporters

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David E. Weekly

$5,100

2 Supporters

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Greg Becker

$1,300

5 Supporters

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Emily

$1,120

3 Supporters

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Jorge Zavala

$308.88

3 Supporters

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Jose (Chepe)

$150

2 Supporters

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Hannes (Splash) Marais

$103.14

2 Supporters

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Jeffrey

$102.71

2 Supporters

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Tiyanna Mae Calderon

$50

1 Supporter

Event

Donors Dinner

In Person

Location details are private and will be sent along with your ticket purchase.

The event will take place in January. We will provide the details by December 19th. We will be hosting a dinner to thank our donors for contributing to support our mission and the sustainability of the organization. There will be light networking and a showcase of the work happening at the Dojo, followed by dinner.

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Campaign Ended

Campaign Ended

$39,790

107 Supporters

39% of $100,000 goal

$100

Hacker received a $100 donation from Elchin Mammadov

about 2 years ago

$100

Ed Choudhry received a ticket purchase for $100 from Sako

about 2 years ago

Thank you for hosting amazing meeting! Glad to be part of family!
$200

Ed Choudhry received a ticket purchase and donation for $200 from Dora

about 2 years ago

Thank you so much! Hope Ourdate can be a success to contribute more to Hacker Dojo!
$500

Greg Becker received a $500 donation from Nat Johnson

about 2 years ago

$5.2k

Olya received a $5,200 donation from Olya Zarembo

about 2 years ago

$5k

David E. Weekly received a $5,000 donation from David & Rebecca Weekly

about 2 years ago

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Ed Choudhry received a ticket purchase for $100 from Rishabh Bang

about 2 years ago

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$250

Greg Becker received a $250 donation from Michael Geifman

about 2 years ago

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