While I was talking to Andrew, he mentioned an idea I hadn’t heard before called anti-charity that appears to have some fans on the web. The idea is brilliant - you make a public commitment to a goal along with a contribution to a charity you are opposed to if you don’t achieve your goal.
For example, if I don’t get below 200 pounds by 1/31/09, I’m going to donate $100 in my name to ProLife.com. It’s a cynical, but awesome motivational tool.
http://www.feld.com/blog/archives/2008/10/anticharity.html
This is too funny. I love it.
By the way, Brad Feld is a great read. When I was in ‘startup mode’, I subscribed to many VC’s blogs. Now that I am no longer in startup mode (actually, I probably always will be!) I unsubscribed from most of them. In addition to Feld, I still read Fred and Albert.
