The Mark Cuban Stimulus Plan - Open Source Funding

The Mark Cuban Stimulus Plan - Open Source Funding Avatar Posted by luckycharmer under Raising Capital
From http://blogmaverick.com 1587 days ago
Made Hot by: on February 18, 2009 5:36 pm
Mark Cuban is giving away money! Well, sort of. Here's a snippet from his blog post:

"You must post your business plan here on my blog where I expect other people can and will comment on it. I also expect that other people will steal the idea and use it elsewhere. That is the idea. Call this an open source funding environment.

If its a good idea and worth funding, we want it replicated elsewhere. The idea is not just to help you, but to figure out how to help the economy through hard work and ingenuity. If you come up with the idea and get funding, you have a head start. If you execute better than others, you could possibly make money at it. As you will see from the rules below, these are going to be businesses that are mostly driven by sweat equity.

I will invest money in businesses presented here on this blog. No minimum, no maximum, but a very specific set of rules. Here they are..."



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Written by thesmiths
1574 days ago

I'm thinking Hamster Burial Kits won't be profitable in 90 days. :-)



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