BootStrapCamp - The Mega Launch
Event Info
Description
BootStrap Camp is a community and online service built and supported
by a network of entrepreneurs active in the digital sector in the UK.
BootStrap
Camp has been set up to allow early-stage entrepreneurs & startups
to connect with each other in order to help each other boot strap their
businesses.
This is achieved with an online service (bootstrapcamp.org & @bootstrapcamp) and events across the UK.
In
simple terms the service enables entrepreneurs to list their needs
(what they need to grow their business - eg: development) and their
offers (what they can offer fellow members in terms of services - eg:
design).
The service helps members locate other members whose
offers match their needs and provides a simple but effective mechanism
to enable members to help each other and in exchange earn BootStrap
Credits which can then be used to purchase services from other members.
The
concept of BootStrap Credits provides an effective solution to the
problem that in most cases any two members are unlikely to having
reciporicaly matching offers and needs.
The initial version of
bootstrapcamp.org will be available to the community on the 30th July
and you are invited to join your fellow BootStrappers at a a BootStrap
Camp event in London for an evening of networking and specifically
discussion on how to improve the service for the benefit of all.
To
mark the ‘launch’ of BootStrap Camp we have teamed up with
Tribewanted.com who are offering up to 25 weeks on Vorovoro (the
Tribewanted Island in Fiji, South Pacific) in exchange for development,
design and deployment services from BootStrap Camp members.
Members
of BootStrap Camp who have BootStrap Credits (either by providing
services for Tribewanted or other members) can exchange these at any
time for weeks on the island. Ie: BootStrap Credits can be used to
purchase a unique holiday/travel experience as well as purchase
services from other members.
TRIBEWANTED FOR BOOTSTRAP CAMP LAUNCH
Tribewanted has spent the last three years building a cross-cultural community on the Fijian Island of Vorovoro.
1000 'tribe members' have participated in the project and thousands more have been involved with the story online.
Through
the publicity the project has gained (BBC doc, book, national
geographic cover story) people from all corners of the world have
proposed that Tribewanted launch new projects on their land and in
their communities.
The challenge is to develop the Tribewanted
digital platform so that it can turn one island community into a global
network of like-minded tribes and changemakers.
Develop for the tribe and go to Fiji:
Tribewanted Offers: 25 weeks on Vorovoro (25 credits)
Tribewanted
is banking £5000 worth of island time at Bootstrap - that's 25 weeks on
the beach or time on future Tribewanted projects - in exchange for help
with developing Tribewanted online.
Developers wanted to turn Tribewanted.com (ruby) social network into platform to launch multiple tribes.
Key requirements to include:
1. Develop a system for new Tribewanted projects to apply, compete and be selected by the members
2. Develop a system of Tribewanted credits that can be earnt, bought and exchanged in return for time on Tribewanted projects
3. Develop a mobile application for sharing Tribewanted content and credits
Developers will be working directly with Ben Keene, founder of Tribewanted. See you on the beach!
ABOUT http://www.tribewanted.com/about
BBC series: Paradise or Bust http://www.tribewanted.com/page/paradise_or_bust
Design & development July-October 2009.
Testing/beta November/December.
Launch Jan 2010
