What does riding a bike have to do with curing cancer? | Billy Starr | TEDxBoston

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It began with grief, a disastrous hiking trip, and the generosity of strangers....

Hear the story of how Pan-Mass Challenge founder, Billy Starr, turned personal loss into the creation of a world-class athletic fundraising event and the birth of the "a-thon" industry from the first $10k to the cusp of $1B raised for cancer research. As the founder and executive director of the Pan-Massachusetts Challenge, Billy Starr has developed the largest and most efficient athletic fundraising event in the country. Since raising the first $10k at its inception in 1980, the bike-a-thon is now approaching the $1B mark in funds raised for the Jimmy Fund of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx