Potential investors
From espians
Companies we are approaching, providing them with the following menu:
- sponsorship of First 100, WTF 7.1, 24 weeks experience
- licensing of Espra platform code
- shares investment in Espra
Check Business projection...
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Potential Investors
- Nokia - Could offer them an exclusive mobile espra client for a 6-12 month period in addition to other possibilities, if Nokia don't bite, go to Sony Ericsson or HTC. We created on their EMEA CSR extranet.
- Virgin [dermot is contacting operations director]
- Social Enterprise London - Could use espra to network their tenants [allison ogden-newton is not there, and deborah smookler returns on monday...; emailed; deborah can't make it, but suggested colleague robin harris, and husband tim jones from london node; tim jones coming, robin won't on a sunday]
- CIDA [sent email to sandra, trying to hook up with emma derricks]
- Ethical Property Company - Could use espra to network their tenants [Jamie Hartzell... busy; sue ralph can't make it to the first 100, and no recommendations as yet...]
- London Development Agency - Could use espra for enabling the London creative economy [spoke to and emailed chucks golding; chucks responded and is passing it on; emma toon called me and requested formal email invite, and i've asked mamading to write that :]
- UnLtd - Are already trying to leverage Facebook and Bebo, they can get in on the ground floor of something that is almost tailor-made for what they need. [a/m; spoke to moar on sunday night... interesting chat, invitation is there, but she is busy i believe...]
- The RSA - Are trying to engage their members (Fellows) in new ways, and the Fellows are clamouring to do projects. [susan butler, head of com and marketing on thu, spoke to viki; viki can't make it, but she hopes to pass it on to a colleague...]
- The School of Social Entrepreneurs - Better network their alumni, students etc. [contacted ian will check out 24 concepts...]
- The Institute of Directors [spoke to henry at business development and sponsorship... recommends policy unit, but he will have a look...; gotta call from jim norton, head of com, and he said he is interested personally but can not represent iod even though i did not want him to represent anything other than himself... he is interested though]
- The Federation of Small Business [spoke to michelle, passing on info to peter scargill, director of it]
- Book Club Associates [spoke to holly... nope, can't help... not sure what she can't help though...]
- The Royal Society -- network their members... Mark Saul, head of IT [away for hols... ed sutcliffe in funding is checking things out for us...]
- Lush - ethical and loaded (£145m turnover) - not entirely sure what the pitch would be though other than a general 'give us money for something sustainable and interesting' [emailed paul greaves, head of it]
- GoinGreen - G-Wiz electric car people [spoke to rossana, suggested i should speak to sally panter on monday; trying to contact, a/m; spoke to sally panter, she will get back to me...]
- Wedge - are trying to set up a loyalty network for local businesses with wedgecards [john bird n/a, but diana md i think might help; phone has turned into a fax!; emailed john bird wrt his mayor projection...]
- Zopa [general email... can someone get a number...?]
- Hewlett Packard (apparently taking a strong interest in networks, internet 3.0 etc. might think they know it all already though)
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Potential Collaborators
- Institute For Better Execution of Speculative Ideas
- Academy for Sustainable Communities [contact: spoke to secretary, chairman peter roberts not available, contacting executive jill taylor...]
- Access Foundation
- Acorn House
- Ashoka USA
- Ashoka UK [ben metz - 8-10 companies in every country they are in, too many to get involved in... suggests becoming ashoka associate: proven world-changing scalable paradigm, 2 years trading with slick business model]
- Aspiration
- AttentionTrust?
- Benetech
- BlueOrchard?
- Centre for Alternative Technology [n/a]
- Communities and Local Government [passed on to research, received a phone-call back... talked... who knows...; a nice researched called anne phoned back and provided us with a link to abdul rashid abdi who happens to never be in...]
- Community Development Foundation [contact: will call alison tomorrow...wed... missed... director of communications services stephen boyo... both away, email them]
- Demos [contact: a/m; grahame broadbelt n/a, molly can't make it due to prior engagements]
- Electric Embers
- EnviroDaq? [contact: lisa, office admin since gareth jones not back till next monday; messages left...]
- Ethical Investors Group [tracy: check website, and perhaps lee v coates next week when he returns; he returned only to find his office flooded!]
- FAU-IAA
- Friendly Favors
- Global Cool
- Global Generation [spoke to paul who will see who might be available for 29th... jane is possibly coming to the first 100]
- The Independent Media Centre (IMC) UK [emailed]
- Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust [contact: spoke to joanne, stephen is coming back on friday; spoke to di stubbs, emailed geoff tansey, suggested Heather Parker/Mark Hinto]
- London Remade [a/m of elen sherlock]
- Media Development Loan Fund [emailed sasa.vucinic@mdlf.org]
- Ministry of Justice [call ian johnson around 9.30 tomorrow morning; spoken to and invited]
- Nature Publishing Group [spoke to tony hammond... he has already been invited by mamading... asked him to check the website so that if we call again he has some idea of who we are...]
- New Economics Foundation [emailed david boyle]
- New Start Publications [emailed austin macauley]
- Omidyar Network [emailed...]
- Spitalfields Market Community Trust [n/a]
- The CarbonNeutral? Company [spoke to lou bolson since sue welland is only available next week...]
- The Observer
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Potential Others
- british_broadcasting_corporation?
- open_society_institute
- ourmedia?
- peace_not_war?# quidco
- PEOPLink
- ror
- shuttlesworth_foundation
- smartlab
- z magazine/znet
- delib.co.uk
- Arcos Cielos
- Humanitad
- The Venus Project
- Avaaz
- Lovearth
- gatsby_foundation?
- garfield_weston_foundation?
- bridge_house_trust?
- pears_foundation?
- 1society
- mysociety.org
- recent_changes_camp
- Omidyar Network Partners
- Green TV Research
- Open Coop Pioneers
- Eco 4 The World
- Community Wealth
- Xigi
