Founder Stories - Tom Dawkins, Social Entrepreneur

Tom Dawkins is the co-Founder and CEO of social impact crowdfunding platform and innovation agency StartSomeGood. In addition to running the platform with the best project success rate in cause crowdfunding we partner with companies, funders and governments to inspire, unearth, skill-up and launch innovative social impact projects. They power ING's award-winning Dreamstarter program, have hosted Pitch for Good programs in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Parramatta and Perth and work with partners including PwC, thl, Future Super, Foundation for Young Australians, Ian Potter Foundation and Asian Charity Services.

Tom has worked in Sydney, Washington DC and San Francisco, and for leading companies and organisations like Ashoka (where he was the first Digital Communications Director and taught them how to twitter), HopeLab, Agency and TACSI, The Australian Centre for Social Innovation. Tom founded award-winning youth organisation Vibewire, opened the first co-working space in Australia and was Director of the Australian Changemakers Festival.