Talk:Hayes Barnard

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JesseGoodLeap (talk · contribs) has been paid by GoodLeap on behalf of Hayes Barnard.

Hayes Barnard is the CEO of Paramount Equity. Several partner companies of Paramount Equity have Wikipedia entries for their CEO's, I'm not clear as to why this was scheduled for deletion.

Anon8781 (talk) 21:28, 11 January 2012 (UTC)anon8781[reply]

Contested deletion

This article should not be speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance because <replace these words with your reason>. — Anon8781 (talk) 21:31, 11 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia allows for CEO's of various companies to have a Wikipedia entry. Is there a specific reason why the CEO of Paramount Equity cannot be an entry?

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Article clean up to remove the Paid editing tag

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Hi. I am Jesse, and I work for Hayes Barnard and GoodLeap. I would like to work together with a Wikipedia editor to clean up the Hayes Barnard biography so that the paid editing tag can be removed. I have outlined the following suggestions how to accomplish that, which follow below. I am also open to hearing any additional suggestions so the article adheres to all Wikipedia standards about neutrality and promotional language. Anything else you feel will improve the article so it can be considered a quality biography of a living person on Wikipedia will be happily received.

Please change the Introduction to the following, which removes the subjective "known for his role as..." and takes out extra details that should not be in the intro:

Hayes Barnard is an American entrepreneur, business owner and philanthropist. He is currently the founder, chairman, and CEO of GoodLeap, a technology-based finance company. Barnard is also the founder, chairman, and CEO of GivePower, a nonprofit that facilitates solar powered projects to provide clean water and energy systems to underserved communities.

In the fifth paragraph in the Career section, the mention of rebranding is redundant, it was already mentioned in the first paragraph of the Career section; and the last part of this paragraph provides too much detail about the company, which does not need to be in the article about Barnard. Please replace the fifth paragraph the following:

In 2016, Barnard left SolarCity and took on the role of chairman and CEO of Loanpal, a financial technology platform that provides financing for clean energy products. Thank you for your help, JesseGoodLeap (talk) 15:06, 10 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Heartmusic678 (talk) 13:52, 10 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Early life, personal life and rebranding

Hi, this is Jesse again. I am requesting a few straightforward edits. I am calling on Clayoquot to look them over, since she advised me a few weeks ago on how to best improve the article, and I took her advice. Now I am hoping she can continue to be helpful.

Please add a new "Early life and education" section directly following the introduction, with the following content:

Barnard was born and raised by a single mother in Creve Coeur, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis.^[1] He graduated from the University of Missouri with a degree in management and marketing.^[2]^[3]

Please add a new "Personal life" section at the end of the article with the following sentence:

Barnard lives in Austin,^[1] Texas with his wife and three children.^[4]

Please add the following sentence after the sentence that begins "In 2016, Barnard left SolarCity..."

In 2021, Loanpal rebranded to GoodLeap.^[5] Thank you for all your help. JesseGoodLeap (talk) 16:11, 14 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Done. I left out the Crunchbase source as the Wikipedia community considers it to be generally unreliable.[1] Does the Bloomberg source fully support the education claim? If not, could you please suggest a source that does? LinkedIn would be fine as a source for this kind of thing. Clayoquot (talk | contribs) 05:20, 15 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ ^a ^b Driebusch, Matt Wirz and Corrie (2021-10-13). "Tech Moguls Back GoodLeap's Green Housing Push With $12 Billion Valuation". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660.
^ "Hayden D Barnard "Hayes"". www.bloomberg.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "Hayes Barnard".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ Levy, Ari (2021-01-27). "Exec who quit SolarCity now runs the leading lender for solar installations". CNBC.
^ Anderson, Mark (2 June 2021). "Loanpal rebrands to GoodLeap as it expands offerings". www.bizjournals.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

Divide Career section and add Philanthropy section

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Hi, this is Jesse again. Thank you Clayoquot for implementing my edit request above. Sorry about the Crunchbase source, I will be sure to not use it in the future. The Bloomberg source supports the BA from the University of Missouri, but not the specific degree in management and marketing. But here is the LinkedIn source that does. https://www.linkedin.com/in/hayesbarnard/ I have a few additional edits I would like made to the page, as follows:

Please divide the Career section into the following subheadings:
- Oracle, Paramount Equity Mortgage and Paramount Solar. This is the first sub-heading at the top.
- SolarCity. This heading begins right after the paragraph that begins with "In 2011, Guthy-Renker..."
- Loanpal and GoodLeap. This comes right after the paragraph that begins with "In 2014, Barnard founded GivePower..."
- GoodFinch. This comes directly before the last sentence: In 2020, Barnard stared an asset management fund, GoodFinch.
Please create a new section called Philanthropy, and move the following 2 paragraphs from the Career section into the Philanthropy section.
- The paragraph that begins with "In 2014, Barnard founded GivePower..."
- The paragraph that begins with "In 2018, Barnard's non-profit organization..."
Please add the following to the beginning of the new Philanthropy section: In 2012, while serving as CEO of Paramount Equity, Barnard launched the Hayes Barnard-Paramount Equity Young Entrepreneurs Scholarship, or Y.E.S., for inspiring young business students.^[1] The scholarship was designed to support young entrepreneurs as they sought to start their own businesses.^[2]

References

^ "Hayes Barnard Says "YES" To Aspiring Young Entrepreneurs". CISION. 12 April 2012.
^ "The Hayes Barnard Paramount Equity Young Entrepreneur Scholarship" (PDF).

Thanks so much. JesseGoodLeap (talk) 17:52, 21 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

[:0-1] Driebusch, Matt Wirz and Corrie (2021-10-13). "Tech Moguls Back GoodLeap's Green Housing Push With $12 Billion Valuation". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660.

[2] "Hayden D Barnard "Hayes"". www.bloomberg.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[3] "Hayes Barnard".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[4] Levy, Ari (2021-01-27). "Exec who quit SolarCity now runs the leading lender for solar installations". CNBC.

[5] Anderson, Mark (2 June 2021). "Loanpal rebrands to GoodLeap as it expands offerings". www.bizjournals.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[6] "Hayes Barnard Says "YES" To Aspiring Young Entrepreneurs". CISION. 12 April 2012.

[7] "The Hayes Barnard Paramount Equity Young Entrepreneur Scholarship" (PDF).

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