Monday, March 14, 2011

Met with key investor... created new term: ethosolution

Spent Saturday talking with a key investor about the financials of the project - his comment was "hugely successful if you complete it but too risky because there can be no guarantee that you will complete it." In which case the value of the property would be less because, in a worst case scenario (that investors look at), we'd build parts of pods but not finished them and they then have to be removed.

His suggestion: find funding without limits. Tap into the most cutting edge companies out there and then market to oil companies, etc. as part of their R and D and positive publicity budget. Look for government grants. Tackle the following industries (and we listed about 10). 

So that is what we are going to do. Christine is looking into grants, I'm going to talk to Bill and get his take on the Oil Industry, and we continue to really focus on increasing exposure. 

I'd have loved for him to say "looks good, how do I get involved" but was expecting this to be a critique meeting anyway. The timing couldn't be better for what I've got planned in the way of marketing and meeting new people so "onward and upward."

Coined a new term to define what we are creating since the "evomimicry" people seem bogged down in administrative discussions: ethosolution. "Ethos" - essentially "character" or the ideals and principles that characterize an organization, community, or ideology and the world "solution" creating the following definition:
Any idea, organization, or cause founded upon guiding principles and ideals universally accepted as creating a better world: integrity, honesty, love, compassion, cooperation, sustainability, kindness, philanthropy, etc. Anything generally accepted as being a solution to common problems of our day and having a positive effect on humanity as a whole.

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