Business Questions

[ysabetwordsmith]

This is an opportunity for folks to discuss the business aspects of crowdfunding. What would you like to know about cyberfunded creativity and how it works? Do you want advice on a current or planned project? Ask your questions in a comment on this post.

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[ailelie]

Is there a wiki or anything with an explanation of terms? For example, you mention giraffe calls in places, but I have no idea what those are. Is it a personal name the person doing them decided upon, or is it a more general term referring to something specific with how she does it. Etc. Same with your fishbowls--is that a term for just you, or is it a general description of how you do it?

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[ysabetwordsmith]

>>Is there a wiki or anything with an explanation of terms?<<

Not yet, but a crowdfunding glossary is on the list of resources I'd like to create. I'm not skilled enough to use a wiki so it'll just be a simple list.

>>For example, you mention giraffe calls in places, but I have no idea what those are. Is it a personal name the person doing them decided upon, or is it a more general term referring to something specific with how she does it.<<

That one is personal. I suggested it for aldersprig partly based on her fundraising for a giraffe-patterned carpet, and partly from the Hollywood term "cattle call" for actor tryouts.

>>Same with your fishbowls--is that a term for just you, or is it a general description of how you do it?<<

That one is general, as mentioned in the project description. A fishbowl is an exercise where someone writes while other people watch, often giving ideas.