Re: [projectvrm] ProductsIWant: A VRM Experiment

[Joyce Searls < >]

Devon,

This totally cool and amazing! I will immediately explore using it for 
various projects that we have under development, particularly at Customer 
Commons. The clarity of your mission, intent and execution is stunning. Well 
done.

Joyce

On Mar 17, 2013, at 11:24 AM, Devon M T Loffreto 
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> Johannes,
> So I put some time to build this app to do what you are talking about I 
> think:
> http://www.noizivy.org/kickit/
> 
> At this stage it is a basic Kickstarter clone with the caveat that it is 
> built on PayPal's adaptive payments api and it uses the 501c3 mission of 
> noizivy.org to allocate tax deductibility to any financial support for 
> published projects. Noiz Ivy's tax exempt mission specifically being "to 
> increase entrepreneurial learning through development of products, services 
> and programs in local communities engaging in technology-enabled 
> peer-to-peer exchange". As every entrepreneurial project is an iterative 
> learning experience, the outcome of our embedding this mission in this tool 
> is that it gives funders a "directed giving" opportunity to support 
> projects they value, and allows project creators to offer tax deductibility 
> to supporters of their work.
> 
> This app is live in beta (although has not been put to much of a test - 
> just 1 successfully funded project)... and in current state has been 
> formatted for prospective use in schools as a fundraising tool... although 
> this is not a limiting condition, just an initial plan based on my work in 
> schools to teach robotics, coding skills and entrepreneurship topics.
> 
> The plan moving forward is to get the data model right, integrate sovereign 
> identity and format this as a tool that lives on personal clouds... whereby 
> the 5% transaction fee for successfully funded projects can be shared among 
> hosts. As a not-for-profit, we have a larger objective than 
> profit-per-transaction, and this app is a way of deploying that mission.
> 
> Love to get your feedback on these ideas in relation to your original 
> post... or any other.
> 
> Devon
> 
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> On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 1:39 AM, Johannes Ernst 
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> Blogged here: 
> http://upon2020.com/blog/2013/03/productsiwant-a-vrm-experiment/
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