John: keeping up the growth of the brothers' merch-project charity donations will be really challenging (2024)
prediction · status: came true · last event: came true (2025-11-24) · owner: John
About: Good Store
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-16 | predicted | John says keeping up that growth in donations will be really challenging, mostly because the company and Nerdfighteria got a ton of media attention last year (2023) for something they do not want to repeat. | The Bank of Nerdfighteria 00:01:16 |
| 2024-11-03 | came true | Hank says Good Store is now a fairly big company doing well, donated millions of dollars to charity last year (2023) and will this year (2024), but its growth has slowed. | Hank's very messy post-cancer year of mistakes, meaning… 00:09:21 |
| 2025-11-24 | came true | John says, as a Reddit post noticed, Good Store donated far more in 2023 than this year (2025) or last; this year (2025) will probably be a little up on last year (2024) but down from 2023. (hedged) | Good Store Holiday Gift Guide LIVE with Hank and John 00:11:51 |
What is said about it
8 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2024-01-16 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — John: Most of the money still comes from the Awesome Socks Club, but coffee and soap are growing, and Pizzamas grew last year (2023) too. — 00:01:31
- 2024-01-16 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — John: Beyond the Sierra Leone maternal and child care project, Hank's Cancer Socks raised over $350,000 this year (2024) to support better cancer care in impoverished communities. — 00:01:43
- 2024-01-16 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — John: The merch money also supports increasing access to tuberculosis care. — 00:01:52
- 2024-01-16 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — John: The idea from the start was that by working with really talented people, starting businesses could raise more money than the brothers could ever donate on their own, and that has happened. — 00:01:55
- 2024-11-03 · Hank's very messy post-cancer year of mistakes, meaning… — Hank asks how hard he can lean on his credibility and relationship with the audience to grow Good Store without it feeling bad to people who can't spend money. — 00:09:52
- 2024-11-03 · Hank's very messy post-cancer year of mistakes, meaning… — Hank says it is fine for these projects to stay the same size or grow, but shrinking is very hard and unpleasant. — 00:10:21
- 2024-11-03 · Hank's very messy post-cancer year of mistakes, meaning… — Hank wants to balance not leaning too hard on Nerdfighteria to promote things with helping the companies work well and keep everyone employed. — 00:10:21
- 2024-11-03 · Hank's very messy post-cancer year of mistakes, meaning… — Hank believes in all of it: Good Store would do tremendous good even at its current size, Complexly, Study Hall lowering barriers to education, and SciShow's science communication. — 00:10:57