Crowdfunding Plan - nortonimperiallabs/nortonimperiallabs GitHub Wiki

Essentials

$35k is the minimum possible take-home amount to account for getting a space, and paying for everything up to the first month's rent. That needs to be $35k after the cost of fulfilling rewards, the payment processor's take, and so on.

That $35 just buys us a place, not any buildout, renovations, or gear. It only covers the first month: we need to have a plan in place for the second month before we put down our deposit.

Action Plan

Crowdfunding Campaign

  • Write Description/Story
  • Make Video
  • Open Bank Account
  • Make Reward Tiers
    $1 - logo sticker
    $5 - thank you hand-written card
    $10 - thank you hand-written greeting card
    $50 - logo tee
    $75 - customized (moleskin) sketchbook?
    $100 - 1-week free artwork-display
    $150 /Nest thermostat/Protect - ???
    $300 - 1 free half-day workshop/event hosting
    $500 - 1 free one-day workshop/event hosting
    $3, 000/3D printer - "hall of fame" display :-b

Media channel outreach
establish social media channels - what and when?
increase the public exposure - how?
Medium post - a story of our crowdfunding

  • Set Up Site Design
  • Start Campaign

Successful Kickstarter campaigns: http://makerspacemobile.org/?p=234

Promotional Video

Script ideas:

Possible Rewards

  • Pre-paid memberships
  • Event hosting
  • Workshop or Talk
  • Parties
  • Spray paint art/logo on wall
  • Name on Founding Funders plaque

Tchotchkies:

  • T-shirts
  • Stickers
  • Mugs
  • Shot glasses

Description/Story

  • Testimonials by founders
  • Reasons for starting
  • Personal experience at hackerspaces
  • "Why another hackerspace in SF?"

Software Platform

Crowdtilt

  • Fees Waived (Enrique is an employee)
  • Can be run instantly after
    • Writing Description
    • Shooting Video

CrowdtiltOpen

  • Fees Waived
  • Can use own branding & site
  • Accepts Bitcoin
  • Glorified Rails app
  • Easy for many people to help
  • Can host for us or we can host ourselves if we want.

Firestarter

Free as in speech, beer. Beautiful. We need to host it ourself and set up out own payment processors.

Potential WG Overlap and Necessities

Branding

  • Logos
    a coat of arms with zero ( nil http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nil) in the middle
    need a detailed one with a simplified stylized version of it
  • Tagline
  • Mission Statement
  • Slogans
  • Page Design
  • Color Palette
  • Typeface

Infrastructure

  • Site Integration
  • Bank Account

Space

  • Initial Price Estimate (Ballpark range for looking)

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