New Jumpstarter Crowdfunding portal participation

I am wanting to discuss the new Jumpstarter crowdfunding portal I'm involved to launch.

I meet recently with one of our NPO Trustee's who was meant to be responsible for marketing the Jumpstarter crowdfunding portal. Due to personal issues with his company and intellectual property circumstance, he is needing time to sort his own affairs out.

I have an opportunity for replacing the NPO Trustee with a new person who has a strong online marketing skillset - which can equate into direct involvement with Jumpstarter NPO structure.

Involvement for the right person would be in a different structure - as there would be no immediate remuneration. Things are currently dependant on public interaction and growth with the Jumpstarter platform.

• Do I think there is still value with Jumpstarter?
- Yes - if we get it correctly marketed and moving.
• Do I think I'm onboard with the right team?
- Not yet - as I have been driving 95% of the entire project.
• How do I see a marketing plan / launch strategy unfolding?
- The mentioned NPO Trustee was meant to have been the marketing seed but only 15% effort has happened. I believe bringing the correct new person onboard who has strong marketing skill-set (specifically knowledge of online visibility) with the Jumpstarter offer of inclusion into the NPO, would be good. We have four potential project providers who are interested to make use of Jumpstarter platform.
• How am I measuring the viability of this project?
- Growth of registered users and if/when the first Jumpstarter campaign post will be done.
- As it stands for me, I think the idea is a good, we have a great website platform built which only needs minor refinement. But I think the biggest part of the project startup phase has been neglected - a strategy for a launch. Looking back, I think this piece was underestimated in terms of achieving success without budget, and trying to find budget without having a clear strategy and rollout plan.
- There has been no ongoing cost to any of the Jumpstarter NPO members - apart from me providing hosting and use of The Artery PA (another company I'm involved with) including Jumpstarter Twitter account updates.

Please read through the frequently asked questions page http://jumpstarter.co.za/faq, to understand how Jumpstarter crowdfunding portal is used.

Please let me know if you are interested and would like to continue this discussion.

Alternatively, if you are well connected please recommend a suitable person in the digital space who could fit this role!

Many thanks

Yours faithfully
Derek