An intro to Kiva Zip -- or How to Become an Impact Investor in 3 Minutes!

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How to become an impact investor in three minutes Eddie, Jacksonville, AR

Transcript of An intro to Kiva Zip -- or How to Become an Impact Investor in 3 Minutes!

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How to become an impact investor in three minutes

Eddie, Jacksonville, AR

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Kiva Zip is a community of people crowdfunding 0% interest microloans

to small business owners.

These small business owners are the economic heartbeat of our nation,

and bring vibrancy and diversity to our neighborhoods, but they often

don’t qualify for conventional loans.

With Kiva Zip, you have the power to change that! Here’s how…

Chancey, Greenville, SC

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Step 1: Find a small business owner that you want to lend to. Feel free to read their story, check out the other lenders on the loan, and

view the “Conversations” happening on the loan.

If you want to invest in this small business owner, click the “Lend Now” button.

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Step 2: On the Basket page, you can edit the amount you lend to your borrower. The average lender lends

$50, but you can lend as little as $5!

An optional donation on top of your loan is added to your basket by default. As a non-profit, Kiva Zip relies

on the generosity of lenders like you to operate. But you can remove this donation if you want to.

When you’re ready, click the “Register” button to create a Kiva Zip lender account.

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Step 3: Register for a Kiva Zip lender account by entering your details

and clicking the “Register” button.

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Step 4: After you have created an account, you will

be brought back to the Basket page to “Checkout”.

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Step 5: You can either pay with PayPal, or with a debit or credit card.

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Step 6: Thank you for joining our Kiva Zip community as a lender, and helping

create economic opportunities for hard-working small business owners!

Please help us grow the movement by sharing on Facebook or Twitter.

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Unlike other crowdfunding platforms, one of the great things about the Kiva Zip

model is that you are making a loan, not a donation.

Over time, the small business owner you made a loan to

promises to repay you.

As they repay, you will receive the money as Kiva Zip credit.

You can then recycle this credit, or withdraw it

if you want to…

…Just don’t let it sit idly in your account – put it to work!

Matt, Washington, DC(On stage with Bill Clinton!)

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Kat, Racine, WIIn a world where our financial system is increasingly based on numbers, averages and algorithms…

…The Kiva Zip community envisions a world where human relationships are restored into the heart of that financial system.

Where entrepreneurs are economically empowered

by the strength of their character, rather than financially excluded by their lack of collateral.

Where hundreds of people lending in small increments of $5 or more can step

forward to create opportunities, because they care more about making a difference in their communities than

about making a quick buck.

Where loans aren’t just about money, but are a way to connect

borrowers with a supportive network of hundreds of business

advisers, brand ambassadors, customers and new friends.

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Why be a lender on Kiva Zip?

1) Build the economy that you want to live in, by funding the launch and growth of hard-working small business owners in your community;

2) Support a cause you care about – like Sustainable Agriculture or Returning Veterans – in an easy way;

3) Recycle your money over time, to multiply your impact without any additional investment – Kiva Zip’s repayment rate on loans is over 90%;

4) Connect with small business owners on a personal level – by becoming their customer or brand ambassador, or sending them a simple message of encouragement;

5) Become part of the movement, by joining our global community of 50,000 lenders in over 100 countries.

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What does success look like?

Like many startup small business owners, when Victor opened his first coffee shop in San Francisco in early 2012, he struggled to access conventional loans.

But 67 Kiva Zip lenders came together to make him a $5,000 interest-free, crowdfunded loan.

A year later, Victor had paid them back, and borrowed $10,000 from 129 Kiva Zip lenders to open a second coffee shop.

Victor now has three coffee shops around San Francisco, employing 15 people, and bringing cultural vibrancy to the communities they are located in.

“People have put their trust in me

and I don’t want to let them down.”

Victor, San Francisco, CA

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“Whenever I make a loan it makes me feel happy!”

Jon, Kiva Zip lender

“The other day I went to visit my borrower’s coffee shop – it was great to connect with him in person, and he was very grateful for my loan, even though it was only $25!”

Ali, Kiva Zip lender

“With Kiva Zip, I feel like I can be a part of an entrepreneur’s success.”

Suzanna, Kiva Zip lender

“As a small business owner myself, I know how hard it can be to make it work. I hope that, in a small way, my lending on Kiva Zip is an encouragement to the borrowers I lend to.”

Nate, Kiva Zip lender

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Join them today!

Hear Bill Clinton talking about Kiva Zip in Little Rock

Watch our video introducing the Kiva Zip program

Join the movement yourself by becoming a lender today!

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Thank you for being the change you want to see in the world.

Sebastian, Detroit, MI