A few people, including one of the members of our Scientific Advisory Board, have asked us, “How are you financing The ‘New’ Prostate Cancer InfoLink?”
The answer is very simple. The two co-founders paid all initial costs either themselves or through their companies. As of the current time, this site, the related social network, and the services we offer are entirely a “labor of love.” And to the greatest possible extent we intend to make sure they stay that way.
However, as we grow, we do intend to raise money for prostate cancer education and research. We have now formed a not-for-profit corporation called Prostate Cancer International, Inc. Ownership of The “New” Prostate Cancer InfoLink and its social network have now been transferred to that corporation. Some of the funds raised will be used to cover certain types of essential web site expense. However, at the present time:
- We have no paid staff (but we do have one absolutely amazing volunteer who is helping us)
- We have minimal out of pocket expenses
- The software used to run our web sites is pretty much free (although we do have to pay to turn off the Google ads on the social network site)
- We have made an absolute commitment not to seek funding from any pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or medical device company
The only other cost identified to date over which we have no control is a certain amount of insomnia!
