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

ask · status: asked again year after year (last 2014) · last event: reminder (2014-05-27) · owner: John and Hank

In March 2012 John asked viewers who were not yet Kiva members to join through his link and make a free $25 first loan, an offer for the next 20,000 new members. He repeated that a first loan on Kiva is free in later videos through May 2014.

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

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

About: Kiva, Reid Hoffman, Bank of Nerdfighteria

date event what video
2012-03-13 asked John asks people who are not Kiva members to join through his link and make a free $25 loan paid for by a LinkedIn co-founder; the offer covers the next 20,000 new members. Actually Free Money! (Really.) The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Quarterly Report 00:02:23
2012-06-19 reminder John reminds viewers who haven't joined Kiva that they can still make a first loan to a developing-world entrepreneur for free. Solving Your Problems! 00:02:44
2012-12-11 reminder John asks viewers who are not yet members to click the link and make a free first loan on Kiva with the Nerdfighters. Economics and Dentistry: YOUTUBE'S FAVORITE TOPICS 00:02:07
2013-03-08 reminder New lenders can use the link in the description, where their first $25 loan will probably be donated for free. (hedged) ONE MILLION NERDFIGHTERS! 00:02:02
2013-11-26 reminder John reminds viewers new to Kiva that their first loan is entirely free, via the link in the doobly-doo. The Bank of Nerdfighteria 00:03:08
2014-05-27 reminder John tells viewers new to Kiva that their first loan is free. ALL THE SHIRTS (and some paths to community) 00:02:40

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