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Re: [entrepreneur-1056] Will bootstrapping, crowdsourcing and crowdfunding be the future for techmedia start-ups?

From:	emile emiabata
Sent on:	Tuesday, May 5, 2009 8:02 PM

Paul,

I am the founder of a soon to launch offering to be called ishare. It is creating local neighbourhood skills and resource share networks – groups and partners for which can be found online and will meet twice monthly- to channel the vast quantity of underused skills and resource within neighbourhoods into networks where they can be shared among enterprises seekng to create high grade enterprises without having to source funds to attract the skills that drive the enterprise forward until financial sustainability is achieved. This is the fundamental shortfall area in the wealth creation chain.

ishare's methodology is about output focused skills and service sharing ie forget about the usual fiscal rate …..you do this for me, I do that for you – agreed? Yes… great heres an agreement stating that, now lets get on with it!! Enabling someone to effectively create a shopping list of the skills and services required to build their enterprise.

The other great benefit is the strength and self reliance it builds within local communities.

ishare is seeking local partners who are able to head up these local networks – 1 per postcode in the London region (we are still developing our venues network in the other regions). Preferably small private enterprises. The ishare local partner opportunities are guaranteed to generate a great deal of exposure and revenue for the local partner both locally and further afield. The local partners role is simply to host the events, at no cost to themslves in local venues – estimated 8 hours a month.

To become an ishare local partner please contact me on:-

t: 0798 444 1701

e: [address removed]

On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 11:38 AM, Paul Dowling <[address removed]> wrote:

Will bootstrapping, crowdsourcing and crowdfunding be the future for techmedia start-ups?

It seems to me that technology and media start-ups have always found it difficult to find adequate start-up funding even in the good times. Now it is even more difficult. However, as founder and CEO of www.dreamstake.ning.com it occurs to me that the environment is becoming more conducive to a new more self contained business model with less reliance on external sources of funding.
Firstly, the bootstrapping of technology solutions has become a real possibility. The entry point for many technologies is extremely low, sometimes free of cost. Providers such as Ning, Google and Huddle offer a 'freemium' model that makes it extremely easy to launch 'beta' services at minimal cost. Open source also facilitates this process.

Next, there are many excellent individuals available to offer their services at good rates or even to barter services. The internet allows us to access this talent pool and consider the 'crowdsourcing' of projects as a real option. We are currently building this model on DreamStake and will announce our approach very shortly.
Finally, crowdfunding becomes a distinct possibility. In this model a community such as DreamStake elects to fund certain projects through the membership voting for the best.
I truly believe that we can change the model for launching ventures. We need to build up critical mass and put in place the structures to support this approach. It is all happening as we speak.and I appreciate everyones support and patience in making it a success.

If you are not already a member please join on www.dreamstake.ning.com. We are having an event tomorrow evening which will be a quick way to find out more about our plans.

Best regards,

Paul Dowling

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No agencies please – SEO freelancer

admin — Tue, 05 May 2009 14:15:00 +0000

Hi all,

The Sweem-team are hoping to kick off our online marketing
over the coming weeks, and would really like to take on the services of a
highly talented SEO freelancer to manage our SEO campaign on an on-going
(albeit ad-hoc) basis. We’re looking for a highly motivated
individual who has a sound knowledge of not only the basic principles of SEO,
but an open mind on how SEO can be applied to our unique concept as well as access
to a his/her own bag of tricks.

Rates are subject to negotiation, and we’d even
consider equity in reward for long term success, however please do bear in mind
that we are a start-up.

Please get in touch with me directly. No recruitment
agents or agencies please.

Cheers,

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Vuemotion – Not run of mill request.

admin — Tue, 05 May 2009 14:15:00 +0000

Hello All

I am currently entering the test phase of project vuemotion
[vuemotion.com] and am keen to hear from anyone who has or knows of someone
with shop fronts in the Soho area.

What is it we are after?

We are launching our test screens during the remainder of
this month and are keen locate our some of our screens in Soho amongst other
London areas.

We are looking for vacant, or occupied [with spare window
space] commercial premises.

The locations need to be in popular high footfall areas.

What will we give in return?

Simply put it’s a revenue stream for our property
owners/screen hosts. Through a percentage of our advertising revenue a host
will earn for redundant/underutilised space….this could potentially be in
the several of thousands of pounds.

The vuemotion mission:

We believe that the dynamic world of digital signage should
not be the preserve of just the hefty budget, blue-chip and multi-national
corporations. As such it’s our mission to bring locally based and
visually vibrant advertising to local companies and organisations.

Our screens are large, on average 74 inches (diagonal),
vibrant and most importantly will showcase dynamic moving image advertising.

Our advertising clients will be made up of locally based
businesses, national brands with local presence, museums, galleries and other
organisations.

Our advertising content aims to bring something new to the
world of local advertising. As such we are working with young creative
individuals, companies and design colleges. All aimed at promoting London based
talent and making effective advertising affordable to local businesses.

Using
under-utilised commercial window space in key areas of high footfall and stop
start traffic we aim to take our clients advertising to thousands of potential
customers. Our screens are made to capture the attention of passers-by through
striking visual content.

We want to
give local businesses and organisations, such as museums, galleries and public
institutions, the chance to reach the very people who could become their
customers; the local population.

If you or
know of someone who would be interested please do not hesitate to contact me.

Best regards

Adam
Gordalsi

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www.vuemotion.com

0845
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Will bootstrapping, crowdsourcing and crowdfunding be the future for techmedia start-ups?

admin — Tue, 05 May 2009 07:16:00 +0000

Paul

Thanks
for this insightful post.

Having
been in development for several years we are now 2 – 3 months away from generating
sufficient revenue to cover our costs. But our investors, having suffered major
losses on all their other investments, have lost the stomach to continue. We
have been bootstrapping for 4 months now and are about £30k short of
reaching sustainability.

Our
business is a platform enabling entrepreneurs to create virtual outsourcing businesses
with almost zero capital. I would be very interested in discussing a crowdsourcing/crowdfunding
solution that would help us over this current hump.

Michael

Michael Wolff – CEO

http://ki-work.com

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Will bootstrapping, crowdsourcing and crowdfunding be the future for techmedia start-ups?

Simon Jenner — Tue, 05 May 2009 04:47:00 +0000

Paul,

It may be interesting to have a chat maybe there are things we
could do together?

Thanks

Simon

Simon Jenner, stirring the pot of entrepreneurial magic

inbizvest - Dragons’ Den for the internet

Chief Entrepreneur

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Blog: blog.inbizvest.com

From: [address removed]
[mailto:[address removed]] On Behalf Of Paul Dowling
Sent: 04 May 2009 11:39
To: [address removed]
Subject: [entrepreneur-1056] Will bootstrapping, crowdsourcing and
crowdfunding be the future for techmedia start-ups?

Will bootstrapping, crowdsourcing and
crowdfunding be the future for techmedia start-ups?

It seems to me that technology and media
start-ups have always found it difficult to find adequate start-up funding even
in the good times. Now it is even more difficult. However, as founder and CEO
of www.dreamstake.ning.com it
occurs to me that the environment is becoming more conducive to a new more self
contained business model with less reliance on external sources of funding.
Firstly, the bootstrapping of technology solutions has become a real
possibility. The entry point for many technologies is extremely low, sometimes
free of cost. Providers such as Ning, Google and Huddle offer a ‘freemium’
model that makes it extremely easy to launch ‘beta’ services at minimal cost.
Open source also facilitates this process.
Next, there are many excellent individuals available to offer their services at
good rates or even to barter services. The internet allows us to access this
talent pool and consider the ‘crowdsourcing’ of projects as a real option. We
are currently building this model on DreamStake and will announce our approach
very shortly.
Finally, crowdfunding becomes a distinct possibility. In this model a community
such as DreamStake elects to fund certain projects through the membership
voting for the best.
I truly believe that we can change the model for launching ventures. We need to
build up critical mass and put in place the structures to support this approach.
It is all happening as we speak.and I appreciate everyones support and patience
in making it a success.

If you are not already a member please join
on www.dreamstake.ning.com.
We are having an event tomorrow evening which will be a quick way to find
out more about our plans.

Best regards,

Paul Dowling

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Bart Pluskota — Mon, 04 May 2009 21:34:00 +0000

Hi All,

Have anyone tried http://www.entelliz.co.uk/AboutUs.html, I was thinking signing up and it thought good idea to collect feedback prior joining.

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Will bootstrapping, crowdsourcing and crowdfunding be the future for techmedia start-ups?

Santosh — Mon, 04 May 2009 19:01:00 +0000

Hi Paul,
Looking forward to this event. Though there has been angel investors and startup incubation initiatives, its interesting to see your 'different' initiatives.

-Santosh

On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 11:38 AM, Paul Dowling <[address removed]> wrote:

Will
bootstrapping, crowdsourcing and crowdfunding be the future for techmedia
start-ups?

It
seems to me that technology and media start-ups have always found it difficult
to find adequate start-up funding even in the good times. Now it is even more
difficult. However, as founder and CEO of www.dreamstake.ning.com it occurs to
me that the environment is becoming more conducive to a new more self contained
business model with less reliance on external sources of funding.
Firstly, the bootstrapping of technology solutions has become a real
possibility. The entry point for many technologies is extremely low, sometimes
free of cost. Providers such as Ning, Google and Huddle offer a 'freemium'
model that makes it extremely easy to launch 'beta' services at minimal cost.
Open source also facilitates this process.
Next, there are many excellent individuals available to offer their services at
good rates or even to barter services. The internet allows us to access this
talent pool and consider the 'crowdsourcing' of projects as a real option. We
are currently building this model on DreamStake and will announce our approach
very shortly.
Finally, crowdfunding becomes a distinct possibility. In this model a community
such as DreamStake elects to fund certain projects through the membership
voting for the best.
I truly believe that we can change the model for launching ventures. We need to
build up critical mass and put in place the structures to support this
approach. It is all happening as we speak.and I appreciate everyones support
and patience in making it a success.

If
you are not already a member please join on www.dreamstake.ning.com. We are
having an event tomorrow evening which will be a quick way to find out more
about our plans.

Best
regards,

Paul
Dowling

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Paul Dowling — Mon, 04 May 2009 18:37:00 +0000

lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Will
bootstrapping, crowdsourcing and crowdfunding be the future for techmedia
start-ups?

face=Arial>It
seems to me that technology and media start-ups have always found it difficult
to find adequate start-up funding even in the good times. Now it is even more
difficult. However, as founder and CEO of href="http://www.dreamstake.ning.com/">www.dreamstake.ning.com it occurs to
me that the environment is becoming more conducive to a new more self contained
business model with less reliance on external sources of funding.
Firstly, the bootstrapping of technology solutions has become a real
possibility. The entry point for many technologies is extremely low, sometimes
free of cost. Providers such as Ning, Google and Huddle offer a ‘freemium’
model that makes it extremely easy to launch ‘beta’ services at minimal cost.
Open source also facilitates this process.
Next, there are many excellent individuals available to offer their services at
good rates or even to barter services. The internet allows us to access this
talent pool and consider the ‘crowdsourcing’ of projects as a real option. We
are currently building this model on DreamStake and will announce our approach
very shortly.
Finally, crowdfunding becomes a distinct possibility. In this model a community
such as DreamStake elects to fund certain projects through the membership
voting for the best.
I truly believe that we can change the model for launching ventures. We need to
build up critical mass and put in place the structures to support this
approach. It is all happening as we speak.and I appreciate everyones support
and patience in making it a success.

face=Arial>If
you are not already a member please join on href="http://www.dreamstake.ning.com/">www.dreamstake.ning.com. We are
having an event tomorrow evening which will be a quick way to find out more
about our plans.

face=Arial>Best
regards,

face=Arial>Paul
Dowling

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Will bootstrapping, crowdsourcing and crowdfunding be the future for techmedia start-ups?

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Will bootstrapping, crowdsourcing and crowdfunding be the future for techmedia start-ups?

Will bootstrapping, crowdsourcing and crowdfunding be the future for techmedia start-ups?

Will bootstrapping, crowdsourcing and crowdfunding be the future for techmedia start-ups?

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