My uncle, the owner of my business, has had this scheme for the past 10 months about wanting to compete with facebook, or at least trying to make a quick dollar off of something like it. Well, he knows I refuse to participate with anything like this, so he's just come up with a plan to do it, but tell me he's not. In any case, he still believes he can do this, and has insisted I post this email to all of my "Internet junkie friends" to see what they think...
The email is as follows:
If anyone is interested, contact me via PM with your email address and I'll shoot it over to him.
The email is as follows:
If you are intrigued by the following, email me back and just say…. “Count Me In.” And then, be sure to let your best friends know of this opportunity.
And as you read this, remember too, we are NOT trying to compete with any other social network site. This is a quasi unique product with its own objective.
What I am doing is reaching out to folks who already participate on some sort of social network site in order to gauge their interest in the launch of a new social network site. While all social network sites pretty much do the same thing value is a direct function of activity and perception.
The reality is that, for this new site to be successful, the daily hits and activity must be instant and exponential. People behave in a “Herd Mentality” which is to say, most are followers. But my “Launch Team” must possess a passion for social networking and be willing to promote the site to their peers, colleagues, family, friends, workplace, etc. And as the site grows in activity, it will certainly grow in value. And my way of saying “Thank You” to the launch team is to insure they get a piece of the action should the site achieve “Value Status.”
My goal is to have a launch team ready and eager to make it happen. My design team is working on the Beta and I should have it ready for your review and comments soon. I estimate that my “launch team” will be limited to 10,000 people. Seems like a big number until you break it down. And we have all done the doubling exercise…. Take a penny and double it every day an see what the number is after 30 days. Staggering.
The premise of this new site focuses on a combination of the following:
1. The simple social network itself. Friends connecting with friends.
2. The ability to find an old friend based on a chance meeting of years ago
3. The ability to further your career or endevour based on a member in your networks willingness to make an introduction to a decision maker
4. Assisting our service men and women who are attempting to find employment in the private sector post deployment (a patriotic feature)
5. Establishing a foundation to help those who can’t help themselves (Giving back is the greatest reward)
So here is the skinny. I don’t need your money. I merely need your enthusiasm, passion and drive. Together we can create something of which we can all be proud. (and in short order, we can look at the valuation and success of our product and say… “That’s my company.” And…. Valuation is a function of demand, demand generates advertising revenues, revenues ultimately are distributed to the owners and…….. need I say more? (one quick note… There is no shortage of VC money once they see the product and the assembled and poised team)
So, if you know someone now that would like to be a part of the “launch team” have them send me an email. No information will be shared or distributed. Everyone will get an opportunity to comment on the beta so that when we do launch this….. It’s got the perfect look and feel.
I will email you weekly to let you know the progress on the beta and to also let you know the membership count of the launch team.
And we are now into the 2nd day of just 2 small LinkedIn posts and I have received 10+ “Count me in’s.” By next week I expect the count to over 100. I expect the beta to be ready for review in 1-2 weeks, tops. Launch in the Spring.
And I can tell you. This is exciting!!!
Thanks again for wanting to be a part of this,
Tom
And as you read this, remember too, we are NOT trying to compete with any other social network site. This is a quasi unique product with its own objective.
What I am doing is reaching out to folks who already participate on some sort of social network site in order to gauge their interest in the launch of a new social network site. While all social network sites pretty much do the same thing value is a direct function of activity and perception.
The reality is that, for this new site to be successful, the daily hits and activity must be instant and exponential. People behave in a “Herd Mentality” which is to say, most are followers. But my “Launch Team” must possess a passion for social networking and be willing to promote the site to their peers, colleagues, family, friends, workplace, etc. And as the site grows in activity, it will certainly grow in value. And my way of saying “Thank You” to the launch team is to insure they get a piece of the action should the site achieve “Value Status.”
My goal is to have a launch team ready and eager to make it happen. My design team is working on the Beta and I should have it ready for your review and comments soon. I estimate that my “launch team” will be limited to 10,000 people. Seems like a big number until you break it down. And we have all done the doubling exercise…. Take a penny and double it every day an see what the number is after 30 days. Staggering.
The premise of this new site focuses on a combination of the following:
1. The simple social network itself. Friends connecting with friends.
2. The ability to find an old friend based on a chance meeting of years ago
3. The ability to further your career or endevour based on a member in your networks willingness to make an introduction to a decision maker
4. Assisting our service men and women who are attempting to find employment in the private sector post deployment (a patriotic feature)
5. Establishing a foundation to help those who can’t help themselves (Giving back is the greatest reward)
So here is the skinny. I don’t need your money. I merely need your enthusiasm, passion and drive. Together we can create something of which we can all be proud. (and in short order, we can look at the valuation and success of our product and say… “That’s my company.” And…. Valuation is a function of demand, demand generates advertising revenues, revenues ultimately are distributed to the owners and…….. need I say more? (one quick note… There is no shortage of VC money once they see the product and the assembled and poised team)
So, if you know someone now that would like to be a part of the “launch team” have them send me an email. No information will be shared or distributed. Everyone will get an opportunity to comment on the beta so that when we do launch this….. It’s got the perfect look and feel.
I will email you weekly to let you know the progress on the beta and to also let you know the membership count of the launch team.
And we are now into the 2nd day of just 2 small LinkedIn posts and I have received 10+ “Count me in’s.” By next week I expect the count to over 100. I expect the beta to be ready for review in 1-2 weeks, tops. Launch in the Spring.
And I can tell you. This is exciting!!!
Thanks again for wanting to be a part of this,
Tom
