GiveForward: How To Generate Serious Revenue By Doing Major Good In The World – with Ethan Austin

Ethan Austin, GiveForward, Bootstrapping, Non-Tech

How did a founder who lost his father to cancer early on, end up building a site that helps people raise millions of dollars for their medical expenses?

Ethan Austin is the co-founder of GiveForward which empowers friends and family to raise money to help the people they love during their medical crises. I invited him here to talk about how he built up the business.

Ethan Austin

GiveForward

Ethan Austin is the Co-Founder of GiveForward, which is the world’s leading medical fundraising platform.

 

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