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John asks Nerdfighters to get the Nerdfighter Kiva group to $2,000,000 in loans to celebrate one million subscribers (2013)

ask · status: reported back · last event: result reported (2013-11-26) · owner: John and Hank

To celebrate one million subscribers in March 2013, John asked Nerdfighters to get the Nerdfighter Kiva group to $2,000,000 in loans, and Hank pushed for it days later at about $1.976 million. By November 2013 the group had passed the goal, with more than $3.2 million loaned.

Part of: Bank of Nerdfighteria: the Nerdfighters' Kiva lending team

Told alongside: John asks non-members to join Kiva via his link and make a free $25 trial loan funded by a LinkedIn co-founder (2012)

About: Kiva, Bank of Nerdfighteria

date event what video
2013-03-05 asked To celebrate a million subscribers, John asks viewers to get the Nerdfighter Kiva group to $2,000,000 in loans. The Gray Speckled Walls Encroach: The Perks and Liabilities of Frequent Flying video description
2013-03-08 reminder Hank asks viewers to help reach $2 million loaned through the Nerdfighter Kiva group this week (week of 4 March 2013); it stands at about $1.976 million. ONE MILLION NERDFIGHTERS! 00:02:02
2013-11-26 result reported The Nerdfighter Kiva group has passed the $2,000,000 John asked for, now over $3.2 million in loans. The Bank of Nerdfighteria 00:02:31

What is said about it

2 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).

  • 2013-03-08 · ONE MILLION NERDFIGHTERS! — ask: Hank asks viewers to help reach a third milestone this week (week of 4 March 2013), $2 million loaned through Kiva's Nerdfighter group, now at about $1.976 million, using balances already in their accounts. — 00:02:02
  • 2013-11-26 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — John says the Nerdfighter group on Kiva has made more than $3.2 million in loans to students and entrepreneurs around the world. — 00:02:31