Fundraising Strategy
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Funding Sources
- USA Foundations (most probable)
- European Foundations (less probable)
- Other Foundations
- Government, in the USA. (less probable)
- Individuals
OSE Work
- local manufacturing
- sustainable agriculture
- ecological housing
- local renewable energy production
- open source hardware and software
- long-term sustainable solutions
- social enterprise
Tasks
- Finding external help or advice for tasks.
- Finding people for the Fundraising Team from USA and Europe.
- Find who is funding good/famous (OS) sustainable projects.
- Unsolicited -> ask what the foundation is funding? and after that share what we are doing and if they have some interest they will ask more.
- Writing grant proposals.
- Answer to: What value are we creating by open sourcing a specific machine?
for Marcin
- How the money are spent? A plan for prototyping and documentation, which machines starts when.
Other Business Models
- End-User Supported Funding
- Create and grow the network of people, organizations and communities which need a specific machine and want to support its development by funding or other resources.