I agree with this - what's missing is people's profiles and what they want out of Silicon Beach.
Just a simple profile with links to Twitter, Linkedin, blog to find out more. Ability to contact them directly about business opportunities. Some potential solutions: - maybe google group has this feature and we haven't explored it. - buddypress: James mentioned wordpress. This is free and opensource community plugin. Social network out of the box. GigaOm Pro uses this. http://buddypress.org/ - community engine: an aussie startup I came across with a social network platform. On Jun 12, 7:00 pm, Marc Harrison <mharriso...@gmail.com> wrote: > Love this topic! Been thinking a lot about this myself, but as a newbie to > the group didn't want to offer my suggestion until I'd been here a little > longer. > > I have been thinking this group is great for Q&A type discussions, okay for > link sharing, but could do a better job of helping us connect with each > other. The requirement to introduce yourself is good, but I am guessing > that many people don't do this. And how many people go back and read old > "introduce yourself" posts, meaning most will only ever read the ones that > are posted after they join? And what you write about yourself today is > probably out of date within a few months. And everyone has their own > opinion on what to include in an into post when a standard structure might > be nice. And... you get the idea. > > What I would LOVE is a database of members, like a component of a social > network I guess. My initial thought is that it would be a one page profile > with lots of useful info, and we could use a link to that page as our one > line signature when we post to SB. > > The profile page would include things like: > - name > - location > - brief description of yourself (with a tight word limit) > - link to business website(s) > - link to LinkedIn profile (so you don't have to talk a lot about your > background as users can read it there) > - twitter ID > - a link to a search for all your previous SB posts. > > and MOST importantly: > > - what you can offer to other members of SB; > - how other SB members can help you; and > > It is these last two questions that would differentiate this database and > make it useful, relative to say just using a LinkedIn group where many of us > already have our typical business profiles. So you could include things > like "looking for tech co-founders" or "I'm an RoR develop willing to work > for equity" etc. (with a bit more detail, of course, and written > specifically for members of SB). > > It would be live, so we could change it whenever our circumstances change. > And if we wanted to highlight a change in our circumstances we could still > post to the group just as we would today. > > I think this would complement a job board, or maybe be even of more value, > particularly for businesses that follow the idea that I love - to "always be > recruiting". (ie. You're much more likely to find the best people if you > take them when you find them, not just settle for the best available when > you have a role to fill). > > Again, a link to our profile on this database would be the perfect signature > for our SB posts. When you read an interesting post you'd be one click away > from getting all the info you need about the member that wrote the post. > > I'm a business guy, not a tech guy, but would be happy to help out in any > project to get something like this up and running. > > Marc.www.harrisonbc.com > My SB intro > post:https://groups.google.com/d/topic/silicon-beach-australia/kO9IqyZOtZM... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Guidelines on discussion: http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia/msg/351e183e1303508d?hl=en%3Fhl%3Den No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en
