The Disruptive Entrepreneur

Social media is often used to do great things and recently Rob used his online community to raise money for his sister’s kidney operation, however, as it often does, the dark side of social media reared its ugly head and some hate comments were fired back at Rob. In today's podcast, Rob talks us through his experience with hateful and hurtful comments online and how to learn, grow and overcome them in the future. KEY TAKEAWAYS Set up a Go Fund Me to help pay for a private operation on a kidney for his sister, she wanted to stand on her own two feet and raise the money herself rather than rely on her brother for the money, an admirable thing to do. She raised a few thousand pounds in a number of days, her target was fifteen thousand pounds. Rob reached out to his contacts and raised a significant amount of money in a day, meaning they reached the money needed for the operation in less than 24 hours. Rob then received hate from a gentleman wondering why he wouldn’t just pay for the operation himself. Even when