[FM Discuss] the booki vision so far

[adam hyde]

hey

hey Chris,

Thanks for the comments.

On Fri, 2009-09-11 at 14:09 -0700, Chris Bryant wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-09-11 at 17:34 +0200, adam hyde wrote:
> 
> > I am actively pursuing more leads for funding for the Booki development.
> > Below is a text describing the vision. I want to trim this down to a
> > short doc so I can easily ship it off to anyone interested. So, the
> > below is source material, any comments welcomed.
> 
> I have a couple comments and questions, in general, to start with.
> 
> Who are the intended targets?  You may need to provide a couple
> different versions to send to different readers.  In my experience,
> there are often different types of monetary contributors, but no matter
> what the project is they are investing in, they expect it to somehow
> offer a return on that investment.  The text you have will excite
> developers and writers, but it doesn't tell an invester why they should
> invest, what they will gain.

I dont really want to be involved with investors that want a monetary
return. I am much happier being involved with sponsorship from orgs that
will want to use the software. So, from that point of view, why should
they invest? In my mind its because they have a need for the software, a
need that is not being fulfilled anywhere else.


> 
> I would recommend a format closer to a formal proposal, though this will
> not be as long as that type of document.  This is a sales pitch, true,
> but it should also be a technical datasheet.  Invoke similar projects
> out there, if any, that have made money for their investors.  Identify
> specific technologies that are gaining visibility you can compete with
> (Lulu, Bookemon).  What are your standards?  What APIs will you be
> working with?  If any are familiar terms (XML, AJAX, Wiki) then use them
> for the recognition.

i have a larger doc which i trimmed down for this post. I want to rework
the rest before posting, so I was interested in the tone of these
opening paragraphs...i'll work on the rest and post it...thanks heaps
for the comments :)

adam



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