Talk:GoodLeap

Request edits to introduction and company structure sections

Hi, my name is Jesse and I work for GoodLeap. I would like to request the following edits to the GoodLeap page.

• In the Introduction, please add the word "energy" after "solar" in the first sentence. This is simply to clarify that the sentence is referring to the "solar energy" industry.

Done. EMsmile (talk) 09:04, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

• Please move the following two paragraph's out of the 'History' section and into the 'Ownership structure' section. These paragraphs are out of place in history and are a better match in 'Ownership structure'. Please place them directly after the first paragraph of 'Ownership structure', right after the sentence that begins: "80% of the top 50 solar operations use the company's platform...":

Loanpal offers homeowners the option of bundling their solar loans into conventional mortgages. This allows customers to spread payments out over decades and lowers costs. Bundled loans are written in two steps: first, solar panel installers present Loanpal as a financing option. Then, once the solar project finance deal is complete, homeowners are given the option to tuck the loan into an overall refinancing of their mortgage. The solar loans are funded through warehouse lines with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Western Alliance Bancorp, and mortgages are sold to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac. and others.

Through Loanpal’s direct pay program, the company contributes $20 to GivePower for each loan sold. Each $20 contribution is enough to provide clean water for one person for 20 years.

• Create a new section called 'Funding' directly after the above two paragraphs, right before "In January 2021, Loanpal raised $800 million in a funding round..." The content there is more about funding than about "Ownership structure."
• In the sentence just mentioned above, (the first sentence of the new 'Funding' section), please change 'Loanpal' to 'GoodLeap'. This maintains consistency of the name of the company in the article.
• Directly after the above sentence "In January 2021, GoodLeap raised $800 million in a funding round..." please add the following sentence and sources which adds more and updated information to the 'Funding' section: The company received an additional $800 million in funding from MSD Partners, BDT Capital Partners and Davidson Kempner in October 2021. Between January and October 2021 the company had raised a total of over $1 billion in funding.

References

Thanks so much for all your help. JesseGoodLeap (talk) 16:42, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

I've made one of the requested edits now. Hoping that someone else will have time/interest to do the rest. However, I am wondering if this is really the best way to go about it. I understand that you have a COI but I am wondering if you would be allowed to make non-controversial edits to this article anyhow. Apart from that I would recommend that you make improvements to other Wikipedia articles as well to help build up your reputation and experience a bit on Wikipedia. This would help you later on. Just a suggestion. I am pinging Clayoquot because I see that they have helped you in the past. Perhaps they have a better suggestion than I do. EMsmile (talk) 09:07, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

Hi EMsmile. Thanks for implementing the edit. If you would specify which of my edit requests above you believe are appropriate for me to make myself, I would be happy to make them with your permission. I have thought about contributing to other Wikipedia articles that I do not have a COI with. I will certainly take your advice under consideration. JesseGoodLeap (talk) 14:33, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

Totally go for contributing to other Wikipedia articles! You'd probably be able to improve lots of things. Clayoquot (talk | contribs) 17:40, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

I checked for you in the Facebook group Wikipedia Weekly (you can join that group as well). One of the replies there was: "Things which are ‘minor’ edits (like fixing spelling mistakes) or updating ‘Mere’ facts (like the new CEO’s name in the infobox) are also uncontroversial and can be done - best also to add a self-declaration in the edit summary nonetheless. But once you start adjusting the prose…: take it to the talkpage." - I would also encourage you to add information about controversies, problems, court cases (with references), if they exist. This would show that you have an interest in showing a balanced, objective account of this company - not some sort of "second website" about your company. Please also note that pageviews for such small company cases usually remain rather low. In this case it's 60 pageviews per month at present. So there won't be much impact. You might achieve more impact if you help improve related content articles, such as the one on solar power, renewable energy and so on. Good luck! P.S. it might be better to not have "GoodLeap" in your user name, as it's meant to be a personal account, not a company account. EMsmile (talk) 10:06, 11 February 2022 (UTC)

closing as it appears that all the changes were already implemented Ptrnext (talk) 15:05, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

Update company numbers and add two awards

Hi. I have a few simple updates to some numbers, plus two awards to add to the Awards and honors section.

• In the first paragraph of the 'Ownership structure' section, please change the entire sentence that begins "The company has loaned more than $27 billion..." to the following:

The company has loaned more than $13 billion to over 380,000 households upgrading to sustainable power across 50 states.

{{done} Duke Gilmore (talk) 03:25, 22 December 2022 (UTC)

• Please change the very next sentence that begins "The company is an approved seller-service..." to the following:

The company is an approved seller-service of both government sponsored entities, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and has raised over $1.6 billion in funding for its consumer finance loans.

 Done Duke Gilmore (talk) 03:25, 22 December 2022 (UTC)

• Please add the following two sentences to the end of the Awards and honors section:

In 2022, GoodLeap was named #2 on Fast Company’s list of the Most Innovative Finance Companies, and ranked #30 on Fast Company's list of the Most Innovative Companies in the World.

In 2022, GoodLeap ranked #10 on the Forbe's Fintech top 50 list.

References

The two above are already  Done Duke Gilmore (talk) 03:25, 22 December 2022 (UTC)

Thanks so much for your help. JesseGoodLeap (talk) 13:49, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

Hi Ptrnext, I saw you recently made some helpful changes to this page. Would you mind looking over my above edit request? Thanks so much. JesseGoodLeap (talk) 16:29, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

I had a quick look and it seems OK to me. I'd say go ahead. However, could you also add something about what competitors/opponents/critics say about GoodLeap? Anything controversial that has happened? It would would emphasise your neutrality if you also added content to the article that you'd perhaps not add to your company's website if you know what I mean (i.e. something critical; with references)... EMsmile (talk) 15:29, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

All  Done @JesseGoodLeap Cheers. Duke Gilmore (talk) 03:25, 22 December 2022 (UTC)

Hi Duke Gilmore. Thanks for helping out with my edit request. Since I had the green light from EMsmile to make the edits myself, I had done that, so you were correct that the edits had already been made, including the edits in the first bullet point. However, when I made that edit, I used a different, more up-to-date source, which states that the company "has loaned more than $18 billion…" I would appreciate if you can change that number back from $13 billion to $18 billion, based on this source: https://www.forbes.com/profile/hayes-barnard/?sh=2429fe672b28

Also, the number of households who have received loans from GoodLeap is now beyond 600,000. Thank you, JesseGoodLeap (talk) 15:44, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

Addition to the History section

Hi, I am requesting to have the following sentence added to the end of History:

In December 2022, GoodLeap formed an advisory council made up of celebrities and business veterans, including Tony Gonzalez, Edward Norton, Shailene Woodley, and Jeff Immelt.

I would appreciate assistance from the community in implementing this addition. Thanks, JesseGoodLeap (talk) 15:53, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

References

JesseGoodLeap (talk) 15:53, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

Hi again EMsmile. I would like to add the above sentence to the end of the History section, and want to run it by you first before I make the edit, unless you want to make the edit yourself. Thanks again for your assistance. JesseGoodLeap (talk) 14:42, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

Yes, it's fine, go ahead. I think you can in future make edits of a similar nature yourself without waiting for permissions. I would say you have "established your credentials" by now. Again, I urge you to also improve other Wikipedia articles if you can, not just this one. EMsmile (talk) 14:05, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

Thank you and understood about basic future edits. I also appreciate the guidance on helping improve Wikipedia as a whole. I see there are hundreds of articles which need copy editing, a task I enjoy. I'll start on those to help the broader community. Thanks again. JesseGoodLeap (talk) 22:51, 6 March 2023 (UTC)