I’m pretty sure that most of the “regular” investors on Bank to the Future won’t just jump in like some of us here on the forum did. We’ve been acquainted with the project for quite some time and know what MaidSafe stands for and what they can do. Other investors will want to do some more research before they decide to invest, especially if they have large sums of money to invest.
Perhaps the latter is wishful thinking in my part. Let’s see. It’s obvious that the first 100 tot 150k came from long time supporters, and now it’s up to the other investors to be convinced. I think MaidSafe made a good pitch, and it’s now up to the investors to decide whether they think MaidSafe can achieve what they aim to achieve.
I sincerely hope i am wrong and the target is reached, i was just speaking from my experience with these things, and it is no small one. And no, i am not taking into account the MSC crowdsale, it was erroneus from the beginning based on the stats alone.
I would be good to get the landing page updated with the errors noted and the new logo inserted on the youtube video…the old logo demonstrates old video… and this is a new start. Imo the new logo should also be more prominent throughout the pitch.
Very excited about the success of this campaign and want very much to see it succeed.
The errors have now been corrected, although maybe there are others that we are not aware of? We amended the spelling of ‘Marc’ and changed ‘an’ to ‘and’ on the solution pitch image.
This is primarily a MaidSafe (the company) raise and therefore we have kept the MaidSafe logo in the video. [quote=“BIGbtc, post:134, topic:11039”]
Very excited about the success of this campaign and want very much to see it succeed.
Looking at the rate of the money raised Im actually getting a little worried. Looks like its slowing down and speaking with no statististics backing me up, I would imagine that most of the capital is raised the first few days. If we slow down, as it looks like its already happening the minimum will not be raised, which is a real shame. With thousands of active followers and fans of MAID we should be able to easily make the minimum, but I see only 67 backers. We should all do our fair share in helping out - twitter is a good way to get the word out and talking to friends about it.
Do we know if there’s a plan B in case this second funding round does not meet the minimum? Is selling $MAID the only available option left? @nicklambert
We are just 3.5 days into this, and already we have seen 18% of the min funding amount achieved. I think we should not get worried just yet, still long way to go.
Good news, Nick. I wonder if I can prise some more info out of you David mentioned ‘going global’ soon, in a recent podcast. Are you able to elaborate at all, or was it more a turn of phrase?
Hello all, by the way. This is my first post but I’ve lurked for months since my old mate @Jabba brought me into the Maid tribe. This project really ‘thinks big’. Inspiring.
I can’t code my way out of a digitally reproduced paper bag so I am still trying to figure out ways - aside from investment - I can help the cause as a volunteer. I do marcomms/brand management/PR/content in the e-gaming sphere. Perhaps that may come in handy at some point.
I can’t code either, but I think there is one really important way: most people can’t code so they’re like you and me. When the network and safe coin go live talk to the people you know (in as non-proselytizing way as possible - difficult I know) and show them what it can do to protect them from hackers and take back control of their data. I don’t insist when people don’t seem interested, but in my experience most people are very interested and that’s only going to grow along with ID theft.
Yep. It’s been a tricky sell while still a concept, and one with such a broad range of benefits. It’ll be easier when I can give them the headlines, email a referral link and let (hopefully a very intuitive) UX do the rest.
Running the orderbook is far more profitable than long term investing. Part of the issue here is there are no clear indications on when the company will become productive and burn rates are front and center for investors.
What I meant was that a person that heavily invested in MSC should be interested in having the funding succeed, even if it was just to raise/keep the value of their coins.
Just an evil idea: if someone/people with a lot of money and mainly interested in personal gains, waits until the end of the period (12 october) to invest the remaining part to get to the minimal required, he/they could gain by buying cheap Maidsafe (because it seems the minimum won’t be reached) on e.g. 11 october and sell afterwards with profit, because the goal has been reached.
David mentioned ‘going global’ soon, in a recent podcast. Are you able to elaborate at all, or was it more a turn of phrase?