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Inside America's emerging class of investors and builders shaping the future

"In a very different corner of the innovation landscape, Steven Mornelli is tackling one of the most emotionally significant challenges in modern life, access to care for pets. As the founder of Waggle, a crowdfunding platform dedicated to veterinary expenses, Mornelli has built a system designed to ..."

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Steven Mornelli of Waggle.org discusses the organization's mission and success

In Conversations LIVE, Cyrus Webb speaks with Waggle founder Steven Mornelli about how the nonprofit crowdfunding platform is supporting sick and injured animals by raising funds to cover their medical expenses and transferring them directly to veterinarians.

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Waggle Connects Donors With Pets in Need of Lifesaving Care

"A nonprofit crowdfunding platform is helping thousands of pets receive lifesaving medical treatment while supporting shelters and rescues across the country. Waggle, founded by CEO Stephen Mornelli, connects donors directly with animals in need of urgent veterinary care."

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Waggle's California Lifeline: How a Nonprofit Crowdfunding Platform is Helping Animals get the Care They Deserve

"In California, where sunshine and surf often steal the spotlight, there’s another reality playing out quietly behind shelter doors and veterinary clinics: animals in medical crisis, rescues stretched thin, and lifesaving treatment hanging in the balance because of cost ..."

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Crypto's New Leash on Life: How Waggle is Rewiring Nonprofit Fundraising for Pets in Need

"Crypto philanthropy is no longer a novelty experiment tucked inside bull market exuberance. It has become a structural shift in how capital moves — borderless, programmable, and increasingly transparent. As digital asset holders look for ways to convert tokenized gains ..."

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How Americans are Coming Together Through Waggle to Give Pets New Life

"Across the United States, where pets are part of the family and compassion often shows up in moments of crisis, more people are turning to community-powered fundraising to save the animals they love. Waggle, a nonprofit dedicated to helping pets get the medical care ..."

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How Waggle is Engineering the Future of Safe, Transparent Animal Crowdfunding

"In an era when crowdfunding has become synonymous with viral campaigns and loosely verified pleas for help, one nonprofit is quietly rebuilding the stack from the ground up. Waggle, a platform dedicated exclusively to animals and pet guardians in need ..."

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West Hollywood's Animal Advocates Find a Lifeline in Waggle

"In West Hollywood, caring about animals is just part of the culture. From rescue groups to pet-friendly businesses, the city has built a reputation for showing up when it matters. Now, a nonprofit called Waggle is becoming an important part of that effort, helping connect ..."

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All About Waggle

Marysol Castro interviews Waggle CEO Steven Mornelli about the organization’s mission—including addressing the issue known as economic euthanasia—and how Waggle helps pet guardians and animal welfare organizations save pets’ lives.

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Pet Owners Struggling to Cover Cost of Vet Bills Amid Pandemic Find Help in Crowdfunding Site Waggle

"... Steven Mornelli, the founder and CEO of Waggle, hopes people will continue to spread the word that there is help for people who are struggling financially and need to get their pet to the vet."

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A Lifeline for Pets in Paradise: Inside Waggle's Mission to End Economic Euthanasia

"In a city synonymous with indulgence, elegance, and sun-soaked escape, it’s easy to forget that not every story unfolding beneath Miami’s glossy surface is one of ease. Beyond the oceanfront hotels and curated lifestyles lies a quieter, more urgent reality, one where beloved ..."

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Inside Steven Mornelli and Waggle's Mission to Save Pets and Strengthen Human Bonds

"For many, animals are more than companions, they are family, emotional anchors, and sources of unconditional support. Yet across the country, countless pet owners face an unthinkable reality: being unable to afford life-saving care for the animals they love most ..."

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My New York Story: Steve Mornelli and The Waggle Foundation

"Mornelli felt economic euthanasia was unacceptable and that the overwhelming problem—nearly a million pets in shelters/rescues alone are put down annually—needed a solution. He knew he could do something to take a bite out of that staggering statistic, and he did ..."

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Q&A: Waggle Founder and CEO Steven Mornelli

"Bumble was smaller than a Venti Starbucks cup and suffering from a ruptured cornea when a rescue group in California took her in. Now in a foster home, the brown tabby kitten needs a $1,000 surgery to remove her right eye and alleviate her pain.In this edited interview ..."

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Social Impact Heroes: Why & How Steven Mornelli of Waggle Is Helping To Change Our World

"Prevention First, Intervention Second: In the preponderance of cases, economic euthanasia could be prevented by responsible pet parents who plan for the inevitable catastrophe. We’d like to see more leaders help educate pet owners about the need for prevention first ..."

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Helping Pets Get the Medical Care They Need

"... The Waggle Foundation partners the pet-loving community to put an end to economic-driven pet euthanasia — and the human heartache that always accompanies this tragic situation, seeking to ensure that pets’ lives will not be cut short because a pet guardian..."

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