Friday, July 29, 2011
nano donation concept: one floor elevator pitch.
gary responds
From:Gary Hoover
Subject:RE: round up for good.
Date:July 28, 2011 12:24:12 PM CDT
To:donell griotmedia
Hi Donell
Thanks for the note.
Microdonations is a good idea.
I thought there was already a company doing that, and I thought maybe they were in austin.
i expected a more enthusiastic response from him...but given that he doesnt know me from adam - i should be glad he even bothered to respond.
Gary
woke up brain ablaze.
Subject: Fwd: round up for good.
Date: July 29, 2011 3:21:32 AM CDT
To: Troy Nalls
aw shit man.
you can be a witness on this one to see what god gone do!
so now i have a name for the concept - micro donations. this guy is doing it - but nowhere near what im thinking:
https://www.changeroundup.com
my spin on the concept:
- a platform that allows anyone accepting e-commerce to allow their customers to round up their purchases (from amazon.com on down to anyone taking paypal)
- a platform that gives all credit/debit card issuers the ability for their customers to opt in for purchase round up
- an off line system that allows brick and mortar stores to give their customers the option to round up their purchases
im not gone run off down the trail half cocked and super hyped like we normally do. i woke up about an hour ago and ideas and inspiration have been bombarding me.
#pumpmybrakes.
spareadime.com is available for $2,000. ive talked to god and ive said - if this is for me to do - then im going to need you to super-naturally provide me with an unequivocal lump sum of $2,001 dollars as a divine co-sign.
stay tuned.
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and so it begins
From: donell griotmedia
Subject: round up for good.
Date: July 28, 2011 7:26:00 AM CDT
To: Gary Hoover
good morning gary -
first i wanted to say that i deeply appreciate how much you support the bootstrap community with your info and advice.
i had an inspired business idea this morning and i wanted to see if you think its a viable concept. godaddy has a program where you can click a button to round up your purchases to the nearest dollar with the extra going to a charity they support.
brilliant and simple.
so i wondered if you think theres a sustainable business model in terms of being a facilitator between non-profits and businesses to make it seamless for any business to set up a system like that...for both ecommerce and brick and mortar purchases. it would basically be like putting the give-a-penny take-a-penny concept on steroids.
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donell creech - principal
m 512 731 1300
griotmedia - telling your story
design . marketing . pr . event management
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give. love. serve. more.
an email sent to gary hoover on thursday july 29 at at 7:26 am. the idea for spare a dime came to after seeing the round up option go-daddy.com. at the time - im currently at the tx center for infectious disease - which is a whole other separate blog!