Collaboration and entrepreneurship: a mutual guarantee fund - please contribute $25

[Marc Dangeard]

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

- 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

[Samuel Rose]

Hi Marc!

On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 2:25 PM, Marc Dangeard <mdan...@gmail.com> 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
>

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