Hi Marc! On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 2:25 PM, Marc Dangeard <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > As I keep working on collaboration and entrepreneurship through Entrepreneur > Commons, I have now reached a point where I would like to bring the project > to another level, building the commons in Entrepreneur Commons. And I am > hoping that this is a project that the members of this group will want > to participate in: a mutual guarantee fund that will allow us to democratize > access to funding. Entrepreneur Commons just launched a campaign on > Indiegogo to raise this mutual guarantee fund. We are looking for $30k to > establish the fund. The money will be used as a guarantee for a loan to an > entrepreneur selected by his/her peers. > What I would like from you: > - a contribution of $25 or more to this cause - the project is hosted by > Community Ventures which is a 501c3, so it is tax deductible if you are in > the US
I will definitely contribute to this worthy cause. Also, I have been meaning to ask you if there are any Entrepreneur Commons groups active in Detroit, MI or in the state of Michigan that you know of? Thanks! > - help with outreach. We are trying to reach as many people as possible to > get to our goal. This project will impact entrepreneurs, investors and > economic development organizations, so anybody that fits this profile, > please forward them the info. > > Why you should contribute? > This mutual guarantee fund is for entrepreneurs and it could be you: you > today, or you tomorrow if you are just getting started, or maybe the you > from a few years ago when you were looking for funding for your venture. And > if this entrepreneur is not you, you should still contribute because > entrepreneurs are the vital force of our economy, and we need to promote > entrepreneurship to build a better future for every one of us. > From the collaboration prospective, we are doing 2 things: crowdfunding and > peer-selection, to decide who will get the loan once the money is raised. If > you agree that bringing customers into the value chain creates > hyper-productivity (like United having us do our own checking now), then > this is about bringing customers into the banking process: the mutual > guarantee fund impacts the underwriting and the collection and allow the > banks to better serves early stage entrepreneurs. > If you have read this far, you have done half of the work, please consider > giving $25 or more to this cause here: > http://www.indiegogo.com/Guarantee-Fund-for-Entrepreneur-Commons-2 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CooperationCommons" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cooperationcommons?hl=en. > -- -- Sam Rose Future Forward Institute and Forward Foundation Tel:+1(517) 639-1552 Cel: +1-(517)-974-6451 skype: samuelrose email: [email protected] http://forwardfound.org http://futureforwardinstitute.org http://hollymeadcapital.com http://p2pfoundation.net http://socialmediaclassroom.com "The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition." - Carl Sagan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CooperationCommons" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cooperationcommons?hl=en.
