[Server-sky] Recent Changes, O3B

[Jonathan "Duke" Leto]

Howdy,

I am going to ask for money first and figure out all the details
later. I need pretty pictures and big ideas.

Keith, we are on the same page! Can you put me in touch with these
awesome engineer students in India?

Duke

On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 12:57 PM, Keith Lofstrom <keithl at gate.kl-ic.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 11:20:27AM -0700, Jonathan Duke Leto wrote:
>> Howdy,
>>
>> I would be interested in helping get funding for Server Sky by going
>> to talk to various companies and seeing if we can get some donations
>> of cash money and other things.
>>
>> Keith, perhaps you can deck me out with some Server Sky flair and
>> promo material?
>>
>> Duke
>
> That is an interesting avenue to explore.  Let's think about where
> we hope to end up in the medium term - customers, businesses serving
> those customers, who pays who and for what.  Then we can work
> backwards to the paths that get us there, and the kinds of
> attention and money we want to attract.
>
> Look at the 8 page paper at http://server-sky.com/IEEESustech2013
> http://tinyurl.com/ssieee
>
> Way too much information, but focus on the "rural internet for India"
> ideas.  I presented this aspect at the International Space Development
> Conference a few weeks ago.  About 50 students from India came over
> for the conference, and they were enthusiastic about Server Sky.
> Meanwhile, the Indus Entrepreneurs (TIE) is an international
> entrepreneur's organization with many chapters in the US, including
> one in Portland, an exciting group of people to hang out with.
> They do a lot of entrepreneur's workshops; they run two incubators
> in the Portland area.
>
> Rather than fight for a position at the US internet feeding trough,
> we can create and own a new market in India for four times as many
> customers, /then/ conquer the rest of the net.
>
> Business folks want to hear about business prospects, and focus on
> a capable and committed core team.  The kickstarter crowd wants to
> hear different things.  The young engineers in India and elsewhere
> who will help design and build and launch server sky have modern
> nations to build.  If we can tie these threads together into an
> irresistable core surrounded by compelling stories, we can do more
> than promote an idea, we can help people discover their own dreams.
>
> There is plenty of raw material on the website.  I'm good at
> technical extrapolation, not so good at compelling stories.
> Let's write some stories of the future together!
>
> Keith
>
> --
> Keith Lofstrom          keithl at keithl.com         Voice (503)-520-1993



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