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Should we store all the Q&A's + content we talk about?

Rob Morris — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:01:00 +0000

Hey,

You are right – there is a lot of valuable information coming
through this list, and it would certainly be useful to aggregate the
information in a meaningful way.

However, I don’t see any point in simply re-publishing the threads
as-is. If people want to index these, then they can simply keep an archive of
the mails in their mail client or webmail client, in a folder or with a special
tag – and search/browse them as needed.

Where the real value would be, is as you say – a crowd sourced
effort – whereby the genuinely useful information coming through the list can
be condensed and re-published (without all of the noise). I’m not sure whether
something out there exists to do it or not, but in my mind the ideal way of
doing this would be a web application that receives all of the emails from the
list and indexes them into a list of threads, with the messages from each
thread listed in that thread – then through a wiki-style approach allows
members of the list to do a write-up of the useful information from that
thread. The site should provide good searching and browsing functionality, and
preferably some keyword categorisation/tagging system.

In this manner (assuming users actually did write-ups), we’d end
up with a website that publishes all of the useful information from the list in
a useful condensed format, while providing access to all of the context
information of the actual thread – without forcing you to trawl through it. A
community mechanism to tag specific thread posts could also be used to “sticky”
certain particularly popular posts. This approach also had the advantage that
even if no write-up is done, the actual thread is still available.

Does anyone know if such a tool actually exists, or if we wanted
it would we have to build it together? If there’s nothing out there that does
this, I can see it being a useful application with a lot of potential uses for
special-interest communities.

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From: [address removed]
[mailto:[address removed]] On Behalf Of Geoff Wright
Sent: Tuesday, 28 April 2009 3:57 PM
To: [address removed]
Subject: [entrepreneur-1056] Should we store all the Q&A’s + content
we talk about?

Hey all,

Not sure if this has already been mentioned, or if anyone
can be bothered – but I think its a good idea.

Phillip mentioned a similar concept in a previous mail,
where he’s collated a list of the best places to find icons, as suggested by
this list ( href="http://snagsta.com/people/phillip-hofmeyr/lists/where-to-find-website-icons5264">http://snagsta.com/people/phillip-hofmeyr/lists/where-to-find-website-icons5264)

I read most mails that come through this list, and I’ve seen
an outrageous amount of invaluable content recommended: videos, podcasts, angel
investor networks, funds, events, blogs, sites etc.

So, the question I ask is, do we think it might be a good idea to collate all
this in some sort of searchable area? Might not be a wiki, but I’m going to
have a look anyway.

It’d have to be a crowd sourced [buzz buzz] effort.

Geoff

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Brian Milnes — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:01:00 +0000

This bit of the conversation reminded me of href="http://www.beprofessional.com">www.beprofessional.com (introduced to
me by Michelle Bray from this group) which even in its free, Lite version has
plenty of good resources for the startup:

href="https://www.beprofessional.com/static/pdf/liteinformation.pdf#view=fit">https://www.beprofessional.com/static/pdf/liteinformation.pdf#view=fit

(and no, I have no affiliation)

Brian

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Subject: Re: [entrepreneur-1056] Should we store all the Q&A’s +
content we talk about?

Hi all,

Great ideas in this email.

Meriem I think Smarta is a great source of info for entrepreneurs
(congratulations on your 3 months!)

I’d like to add as feedback that it will be awesome to get some kind of legal
support, not only in the form of Q&A’s from your legal partners but also in
the form of legal documents such as shareholder agreements, contracts, terms
& conditions and so on, the basics in order to give a hand to all of us who
are trying to make it for the first time, or second or even third and don’t
have the cash to pay expensive lawyers/solicitors!

All the best,

Carola

2009/4/28 Zebedee <[address removed]>

Geoff
I think it is an excellent idea to collate the invaluable information
that comes through this forum – so that it is searchable at a later date –
often content does not appear relevant at the time, but later such nuggets of
wisdom can make the difference between success and failure.

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Hi Geoff,

if you want, we can just register a new e-mail to the group (nothing would have
to change) and subjects, bodies, etc. are automatically extracted and put in a
forum in a searchable way, etc.

Bests,
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2009/4/28 Geoff Wright <[address removed]>

Hey all,

Not sure if this has already been mentioned, or if anyone can be bothered -
but I think its a good idea.

Phillip mentioned a similar concept in a previous mail, where he’s collated
a list of the best places to find icons, as suggested by this list ( href="http://snagsta.com/people/phillip-hofmeyr/lists/where-to-find-website-icons5264"
target="_blank">http://snagsta.com/people/phillip-hofmeyr/lists/where-to-find-website-icons5264)

I read most mails that come through this list, and I’ve seen an outrageous
amount of invaluable content recommended: videos, podcasts, angel investor
networks, funds, events, blogs, sites etc.

So, the question I ask is, do we think it might be a good idea to collate all
this in some sort of searchable area? Might not be a wiki, but I’m going to
have a look anyway.

It’d have to be a crowd sourced [buzz buzz] effort.

Geoff

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Zebedee — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:55:00 +0000

Geoff I think it is an excellent idea to
collate the invaluable information that comes through this forum – so that
it is searchable at a later date – often content does not appear relevant
at the time, but later such nuggets of wisdom can make the difference between success
and failure.

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Should we store all the Q&A’s + content we talk about?

face="Times New Roman">Hi Geoff,

if you want, we can just register a new e-mail to the group (nothing would have
to change) and subjects, bodies, etc. are automatically extracted and put in a
forum in a searchable way, etc.

Bests,
Charly
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2009/4/28 Geoff Wright <[address removed]>

Hey all,

Not sure if this has already been mentioned, or if anyone can be
bothered – but I think its a good idea.

Phillip mentioned a similar concept in a previous mail, where he’s
collated a list of the best places to find icons, as suggested by this list ( href="http://snagsta.com/people/phillip-hofmeyr/lists/where-to-find-website-icons5264"
target="_blank">http://snagsta.com/people/phillip-hofmeyr/lists/where-to-find-website-icons5264)

I read most mails that come through this list, and I’ve seen an
outrageous amount of invaluable content recommended: videos, podcasts, angel
investor networks, funds, events, blogs, sites etc.

So, the question I ask is, do we think it might be a good idea to collate all
this in some sort of searchable area? Might not be a wiki, but I’m going to
have a look anyway.

It’d have to be a crowd sourced [buzz buzz] effort.

Geoff

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Geoff Wright — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:59:00 +0000

Karlheinz,

How easy would that be to do?! That sorta sounds like the best idea today!

Thanks,

Geoff

On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Karlheinz Toni <[address removed]> wrote:

Hi Geoff,

if you want, we can just register a new e-mail to the group (nothing would have to change) and subjects, bodies, etc. are automatically extracted and put in a forum in a searchable way, etc.

Bests,
Charly
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2009/4/28 Geoff Wright <[address removed]>

Hey all,

Not sure if this has already been mentioned, or if anyone can be bothered – but I think its a good idea.

Phillip mentioned a similar concept in a previous mail, where he's collated a list of the best places to find icons, as suggested by this list (http://snagsta.com/people/phillip-hofmeyr/lists/where-to-find-website-icons5264)

I read most mails that come through this list, and I've seen an outrageous amount of invaluable content recommended: videos, podcasts, angel investor networks, funds, events, blogs, sites etc.

So, the question I ask is, do we think it might be a good idea to collate all this in some sort of searchable area? Might not be a wiki, but I'm going to have a look anyway.

It'd have to be a crowd sourced [buzz buzz] effort.

Geoff

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Meriem — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:56:00 +0000

Hi Geoff,

Great idea! With this in mind, we introduced a wiki sections on Smarta.com under each of our 'bitesize' advice guides and have started populating them with all the great tips being shared on this forum and others. Our aim is to build a comprehensive, mostly user-generated resource which supplements the editorial advice & video entrepreneurs interviews.

The other feature we've introduced is a Q&A section – same principle as this meetup forum but not as advanced in terms of functionality just yet - this is definitely something we will be developing in the next few months. We've also partnered with a legal firm to provide free legal advice as part of this Q&A.

It's early days (we're 3 months old today) and we're still improving the depth and quality of the content, as well as the functionality of the site. We would really welcome your feedback in terms of how we can make the platform as useful as possible to you in the context of this conversation. So if you have any thoughts on this, we'd love to hear them.

Lastly and on a different note, we've got a few startups contributing 'video diaries' (the idea is to share your experiences of the week with other startups). So if anyone is interested in taking part, please get in touch. A good example video from CityAmigo here: http://www.smarta.com/inspiration/video-diaries (the rest can be found here: http://www.smarta.com/inspiration/video-diaries).

Cheers,

Meriem

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2009/4/28 Geoff Wright <[address removed]>

Hey all,

Not sure if this has already been mentioned, or if anyone can be bothered – but I think its a good idea.

Phillip mentioned a similar concept in a previous mail, where he's collated a list of the best places to find icons, as suggested by this list (http://snagsta.com/people/phillip-hofmeyr/lists/where-to-find-website-icons5264)

I read most mails that come through this list, and I've seen an outrageous amount of invaluable content recommended: videos, podcasts, angel investor networks, funds, events, blogs, sites etc.

So, the question I ask is, do we think it might be a good idea to collate all this in some sort of searchable area? Might not be a wiki, but I'm going to have a look anyway.

It'd have to be a crowd sourced [buzz buzz] effort.

Geoff

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Karlheinz Toni — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:06:00 +0000

Hi Geoff,

if you want, we can just register a new e-mail to the group (nothing would have to change) and subjects, bodies, etc. are automatically extracted and put in a forum in a searchable way, etc.

Bests,
Charly
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2009/4/28 Geoff Wright <[address removed]>

Hey all,

Not sure if this has already been mentioned, or if anyone can be bothered – but I think its a good idea.

Phillip mentioned a similar concept in a previous mail, where he's collated a list of the best places to find icons, as suggested by this list (http://snagsta.com/people/phillip-hofmeyr/lists/where-to-find-website-icons5264)

I read most mails that come through this list, and I've seen an outrageous amount of invaluable content recommended: videos, podcasts, angel investor networks, funds, events, blogs, sites etc.

So, the question I ask is, do we think it might be a good idea to collate all this in some sort of searchable area? Might not be a wiki, but I'm going to have a look anyway.

It'd have to be a crowd sourced [buzz buzz] effort.

Geoff

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milosh z — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:50:00 +0000

i think our member simone brummelhuis from thenextwomen is a great

person to talk to.
On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 11:36 AM, Larry <[address removed]> wrote:

> In France, there is a Business Angel Club, FBA, (Femmes Business Angels =

> Ladies Business Angels),

> they are quite good at business (high level and bright executives) and at

> seed financing.

>

> http://www.femmes...

>

> in french, but all ladies are English fluent...

>

> Larry

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> On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 4:29 PM, Geoff Wright <[address removed]> wrote:

>>

>> Just to further my 'no experience of this issue' point.

>> I hope nobody thinks I'm poo pooing the fund, if this is an issue, which

>> it seems it is, and this is bridging the divide then I'm all in favour : )

>> Thanks,

>> Geoff

>> On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 3:22 PM, Geoff Wright <[address removed]> wrote:

>>>

>>> No, as far as I'm concerned there's no post that's too bespoke.

>>> I was just intrigued, I'm <25 and thought at first glance it sounded

>>> quite pre-historic and promotes a divide, after all, that's what it is - its

>>> like solving the race issue by having race-specific pubs and restaurants

>>> (which sounds familiar!).

>>> The world is a changing place, I don't believe there is such a thing as

>>> 'old boys networks', they are just social networks made only of men, because

>>> there are more men in business, and after all, men have been

>>> in business longer. Now more women are getting into business, taking the

>>> top-spots and essentially diluting these networks to the point where they

>>> will die out. I'm not saying they will never exist, because they will, but I

>>> don't believe the intentions are such as to create a divide.

>>> It looks like what the UK government are doing (and the frequent women

>>> only meet ups) are promoting women only networks. Solution? Or problem

>>> accelerated?

>>> But then again, I'm not a woman and so have no experience of the issue. I

>>> might have been blissfully unaware my penis was short cutting me to success.

>>> Onwards & upwards!

>>> Geoff

>>> On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 1:54 PM, Barbara <[address removed]>

>>> wrote:

>>>>

>>>> Hi Geoff,

>>>>

>>>> I guess in the same spirit as there are grants for businesses in certain

>>>> areas (Enfield,Islington...) or incentives for young people with lower

>>>> education to start businesses , there are now this fund for women

>>>> led-businesses.

>>>> Apparently it comes from studies that showed that women had more

>>>> difficulty to access equity funding (old boys networks, not a good knowledge

>>>> of the various sources of funding,etc...)

>>>>

>>>> Obviously I haven't lived long enough in the UK to judge the rationale

>>>> here but having lived in other countries and also met women entrepreneurs

>>>> from various cultures and background, I know this is sometimes a cultural

>>>> sensitive issue.

>>>>

>>>> I guess the UK government has chosen to lead by example here by trying

>>>> to reduce the gap.

>>>>

>>>> This scheme is new and I just wanted to know if some women have come

>>>> across that already or if people have provided support to eligible

>>>> businesses. Just to share experience and give advice really.

>>>>

>>>> I don't know the proportion of women Entrepreneurs on the list, so I

>>>> apologise if this was maybe a too bespoke post.

>>>>

>>>> Barbara

>>>>

>>>> 2009/4/18 Geoff Wright <[address removed]>

>>>>>

>>>>> There are exclusive funds for women-led businesses?

>>>>>

>>>>> On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 5:35 PM, Barbara <[address removed]>

>>>>> wrote:

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Hello,

>>>>>>

>>>>>> sorry for the bespoke question here (but they are all to some extent).

>>>>>>

>>>>>> I was wondering if any woman Entrepreneur or woman-led business had

>>>>>> gone for matched funding equity with the Aspire Fund?

>>>>>>

>>>>>> For reference : the £12.5m Aspire Fund targets support for Women led

>>>>>> businesses across the UK. The fund is able to make equity investments of

>>>>>> between £100k and £1m, on a co-investment basis, in order to help strong

>>>>>> businesses grow.

>>>>>> The objective of the fund is to increase the number of successful

>>>>>> Women led businesses within the UK, ensuring that those with real potential

>>>>>> to succeed are not held back through a lack of growth capital.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Than you for your testimonial and advice.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Kind regards,

>>>>>> Barbara

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

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Geoff Wright — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:28:00 +0000

Just to further my 'no experience of this issue' point.

I hope nobody thinks I'm poo pooing the fund, if this is an issue, which it seems it is, and this is bridging the divide then I'm all in favour : )

Thanks,

Geoff

On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 3:22 PM, Geoff Wright <[address removed]> wrote:

No, as far as I'm concerned there's no post that's too bespoke.

I was just intrigued, I'm <25 and thought at first glance it sounded quite pre-historic and promotes a divide, after all, that's what it is – its like solving the race issue by having race-specific pubs and restaurants (which sounds familiar!).

The world is a changing place, I don't believe there is such a thing as 'old boys networks', they are just social networks made only of men, because there are more men in business, and after all, men have been in business longer. Now more women are getting into business, taking the top-spots and essentially diluting these networks to the point where they will die out. I'm not saying they will never exist, because they will, but I don't believe the intentions are such as to create a divide.

It looks like what the UK government are doing (and the frequent women only meet ups) are promoting women only networks. Solution? Or problem accelerated?

But then again, I'm not a woman and so have no experience of the issue. I might have been blissfully unaware my penis was short cutting me to success.

Onwards & upwards!

Geoff

On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 1:54 PM, Barbara <[address removed]> wrote:

Hi Geoff,

I guess in the same spirit as there are grants for businesses in certain areas (Enfield,Islington…) or incentives for young people with lower education to start businesses , there are now this fund for women led-businesses.

Apparently it comes from studies that showed that women had more difficulty to access equity funding (old boys networks, not a good knowledge of the various sources of funding,etc…)

Obviously I haven't lived long enough in the UK to judge the rationale here but having lived in other countries and also met women entrepreneurs from various cultures and background, I know this is sometimes a cultural sensitive issue.

I guess the UK government has chosen to lead by example here by trying to reduce the gap.

This scheme is new and I just wanted to know if some women have come across that already or if people have provided support to eligible businesses. Just to share experience and give advice really.

I don't know the proportion of women Entrepreneurs on the list, so I apologise if this was maybe a too bespoke post.

Barbara

2009/4/18 Geoff Wright <[address removed]>

There are exclusive funds for women-led businesses?

On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 5:35 PM, Barbara <[address removed]> wrote:

Hello,

sorry for the bespoke question here (but they are all to some extent).

I was wondering if any woman Entrepreneur or woman-led business had gone for matched funding equity with the Aspire Fund?

For reference : the £12.5m Aspire Fund targets support for Women led businesses across the UK. The fund is able to make equity investments of between £100k and £1m, on a co-investment basis, in order to help strong businesses grow.

The objective of the fund is to increase the number of successful Women led businesses within the UK, ensuring that those with real potential to succeed are not held back through a lack of growth capital.

Than you for your testimonial and advice.

Kind regards,
Barbara

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Geoff Wright — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:21:00 +0000

No, as far as I'm concerned there's no post that's too bespoke.

I was just intrigued, I'm <25 and thought at first glance it sounded quite pre-historic and promotes a divide, after all, that's what it is – its like solving the race issue by having race-specific pubs and restaurants (which sounds familiar!).

The world is a changing place, I don't believe there is such a thing as 'old boys networks', they are just social networks made only of men, because there are more men in business, and after all, men have been in business longer. Now more women are getting into business, taking the top-spots and essentially diluting these networks to the point where they will die out. I'm not saying they will never exist, because they will, but I don't believe the intentions are such as to create a divide.

It looks like what the UK government are doing (and the frequent women only meet ups) are promoting women only networks. Solution? Or problem accelerated?

But then again, I'm not a woman and so have no experience of the issue. I might have been blissfully unaware my penis was short cutting me to success.

Onwards & upwards!

Geoff

On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 1:54 PM, Barbara <[address removed]> wrote:

Hi Geoff,

I guess in the same spirit as there are grants for businesses in certain areas (Enfield,Islington…) or incentives for young people with lower education to start businesses , there are now this fund for women led-businesses.

Apparently it comes from studies that showed that women had more difficulty to access equity funding (old boys networks, not a good knowledge of the various sources of funding,etc…)

Obviously I haven't lived long enough in the UK to judge the rationale here but having lived in other countries and also met women entrepreneurs from various cultures and background, I know this is sometimes a cultural sensitive issue.

I guess the UK government has chosen to lead by example here by trying to reduce the gap.

This scheme is new and I just wanted to know if some women have come across that already or if people have provided support to eligible businesses. Just to share experience and give advice really.

I don't know the proportion of women Entrepreneurs on the list, so I apologise if this was maybe a too bespoke post.

Barbara

2009/4/18 Geoff Wright <[address removed]>

There are exclusive funds for women-led businesses?

On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 5:35 PM, Barbara <[address removed]> wrote:

Hello,

sorry for the bespoke question here (but they are all to some extent).

I was wondering if any woman Entrepreneur or woman-led business had gone for matched funding equity with the Aspire Fund?

For reference : the £12.5m Aspire Fund targets support for Women led businesses across the UK. The fund is able to make equity investments of between £100k and £1m, on a co-investment basis, in order to help strong businesses grow.

The objective of the fund is to increase the number of successful Women led businesses within the UK, ensuring that those with real potential to succeed are not held back through a lack of growth capital.

Than you for your testimonial and advice.

Kind regards,
Barbara

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Barbara — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:53:00 +0000

Hi Geoff,

I guess in the same spirit as there are grants for businesses in certain areas (Enfield,Islington…) or incentives for young people with lower education to start businesses , there are now this fund for women led-businesses.
Apparently it comes from studies that showed that women had more difficulty to access equity funding (old boys networks, not a good knowledge of the various sources of funding,etc…)

Obviously I haven't lived long enough in the UK to judge the rationale here but having lived in other countries and also met women entrepreneurs from various cultures and background, I know this is sometimes a cultural sensitive issue.

I guess the UK government has chosen to lead by example here by trying to reduce the gap.

This scheme is new and I just wanted to know if some women have come across that already or if people have provided support to eligible businesses. Just to share experience and give advice really.

I don't know the proportion of women Entrepreneurs on the list, so I apologise if this was maybe a too bespoke post.

Barbara

2009/4/18 Geoff Wright <[address removed]>

There are exclusive funds for women-led businesses?

On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 5:35 PM, Barbara <[address removed]> wrote:

Hello,

sorry for the bespoke question here (but they are all to some extent).

I was wondering if any woman Entrepreneur or woman-led business had gone for matched funding equity with the Aspire Fund?

For reference : the £12.5m Aspire Fund targets support for Women led businesses across the UK. The fund is able to make equity investments of between £100k and £1m, on a co-investment basis, in order to help strong businesses grow.

The objective of the fund is to increase the number of successful Women led businesses within the UK, ensuring that those with real potential to succeed are not held back through a lack of growth capital.

Than you for your testimonial and advice.

Kind regards,
Barbara

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