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VP Development for NetworkChord
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Daniel Leuck 13 Aug.
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Profile Information
- Occupation:
- Other
- Company:
- NetworkChord
- Areas of Interest (Robotics, Software Architecture, Green Energy, Web 2.0, etc.):
- Collaboration, Knowledge Management, Web 2.0
- Software Language Proficiencies / Interests:
- C, Java, Javascript, JSP, Other
- About Me:
- Having done my rounds in corporate finance, business development, outsourcing, KM...I am now venturing out in what i am super passionate about. Professional Collaboration on the internet.
Creatively underserved area, i.e. I see a huge value gap (technology available vs technology being used by masses). I seek to develop communities where
~ where everyone will have a chance to showcase their life's work to a global audience
~ connects seekers with providers, in a mutually beneficial, serious, non-spam ways
~ subject matter experts are incentivised to contribute
I intend to take the best practices from enterprise KM and tweak the models to suit it for mass internet usage.
If this idea makes you passionate (or inquisitive!), you are a web technology expert and entrepreneurial by nature we should be talking.
- Website:
- http://NetworkChord.com
Iqbal Ashraf's Blog
Ways startups can collaborate?
A few days back, I read this interesting article on Techcrunch about startups in Boulder, CO holding a job fair together. I am inclined to think such collaboration can only increase in future. I have also read about startup CEOs owning stock in each others companies' to hedge risks through diversification. Not sure how much of that is hype. I was wondering what kind of collaboration is exis… Continue
Posted on 29th September 2008 at 1:52pm — 1 Comment
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From your description I think you are an idealist. (Welcome to the club.)
One challenge that's common to every collalborative community is that everyone is neither incentivised nor likely to contribute equally to the success of the community. Some will always look to game the system (hence spam and like behavior.)
If you haven't read it, this article (from long ago) might be helpful. Also there are certain roles that help communities develop, like tech support (how the system works), cybrarians (where to find things), et al. Since you're in stealth mode...
BTW - Love the name "NetworkChord".