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*[http://www.challenge.bfi.org/ The Buckminster Fuller Challenge] | *[http://www.challenge.bfi.org/ The Buckminster Fuller Challenge] | ||
*[http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/grants/transparency-and-new-technologies-initiative Open Society Foundations Transparency and New Technologies Initiative] | *[http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/grants/transparency-and-new-technologies-initiative Open Society Foundations Transparency and New Technologies Initiative] | ||
*[https://impactchallenge.withgoogle.com/bayarea2014/ Google Impact] - 500K grant to social change nonprofits in the Bay Area. | |||
=Crowdfunding= | =Crowdfunding= | ||
Revision as of 22:59, 13 March 2014
Grants
- Awesome Foundation - Knowledge Chapter
- Awesome Foundation - Open Web
- Awesome Without Borders
- Awesome Foundation - SF
- The Pollination Project
- Open Tech Fund
- NL Net Foundation
- Internet Society's Community Grants
- The Buckminster Fuller Challenge
- Open Society Foundations Transparency and New Technologies Initiative
- Google Impact - 500K grant to social change nonprofits in the Bay Area.
Crowdfunding
For our initial batch of crowdfunded hardware, we ran a 60-day campaign on WePay. See this page for details on that campaign, purchases and standing funds.
Sustainable Business Models
Preliminary Notes/Brainstorm
- cost
- buying routers
- people adopt routers
- people buy routers
- couple of full time real employees
- mounting routers/antennae
- managing of network
- bandwidth
- electricity
- advertising on splash page
- name the wifi network as the web address
- sell service to business districts
- digital bulletin boards
- skill share board
- begging for cash model
- OLPC model: people pay 2x for themselves and someone else
- ISPs ToS don’t allow you to share bandwidth
- get local ISPs to contribute
- monkeybrains?
- competing with Unwired, and their radio frequency
- legal advisers???