One of the hardest things about pushing yourself into huge debt to start a business is only being able to donate money you are borrowing or have taken as risk capital from friends. Founders Pledge is an amazing way of counterbalancing having less to give today with investing in the future.
Melissa Lindsay is the founder of Emsurge, software for the more efficient and transparent trade of voluntary carbon offsets.
Melissa is a member of the Mark Carney led Taskforce for Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets.