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Saturday, January 13, 2007

13-1-2006 讀報
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《香港，醒醒！》 創出未來 2007-01-13, 香港經濟日報, B02, 投資, 經濟與投資, 石鏡泉
惠州做大夢 2007-01-13, 新報, AA04, 觀點‧角度, 解碼神州, 劉勇
香港電影明日又天涯 2007-01-13, 信報財經新聞, P06, 特稿, 管理新思維
電話補習新招涉騙逾百人　登門套學童資料 再訛稱受學校委託 2007-01-13, 香港經濟日報, A20, 教育, 蘇曼詩、米俊樺
惠理基金擬季尾上市 籌16億 2007-01-13, 香港經濟日報, A04, 金融要聞, 新股追擊
港大生巴士露械輕判 2007-01-13, 新報, A06, 港聞 ←超低能！
電腦節掃貨潮 高清TV抵; 5千元手提電腦 2007-01-13,香港經濟日報, A12，工商, 陳倩敏、黃靖玢
Vista: Upgrade--or Trade Up? 15 January 2007, BusinessWeek, Volume 4017, Technology & You
The problem with Made in China - Manufacturing in Asia 13 January 2007, The Economist, ECN, 382, SB
JUST ADD INSPIRATION Fast Company. Boston: Dec 2006/Jan 2007. p. 100, Chuck Salter ←really innovative inventions, esp. water shrinkable film
A MORE POWERFUL PATH - 2007 Social Capitalist Awards Fast Company. Boston: Dec 2006/Jan 2007. p. 68, Cheryl Dahle ←Changing the world!
SYNERGY WITH THE DEVIL The New Yorker. New York: Jan 8, 2007. Vol. 82, Iss. 44; p. 26, James Surowiecki

Actualized idea:
For idea 16, at 26 Nov, Harness energy from gym mechines.
Sustainable Dance Club - This is the youtube film for the idea, sponsored by Toyota. It make use of mechanical energy from the dance floor, for electricity.

An idea a day:
47. Like sellaband.com, offer shares/ microloans to movie producers/ directors, by crowd-funding.
Movie producers/ directors in HK always moaning for $$, compainting the gov not supporting them. But have they use every ways for fund raising?
The model of sellaband is simple, artists give samples to believers, if the believers like their musics, they can invest at least $US10, to buy shares, in total, maxmium of $US50000 can be raised. Then sellaband.com use the money to help the artist make a record. All the profit made are divided by shares.
This platform, for sure, is not for the big blockbusters, but it is good breeding ground for bootstraper producers. As all the tools and studio can be provided by the company, using the $$ raised as a rent, shared among all the bootstrapers.

In the course of research for this matter, I found A Swarm Of Angels, which have similar model, but all the things, not only $$, but also crews and plot are co-created by donors! The collaborative project aims to attract 50,000 individual subscribers (the "Swarm of Angels"), each contributing £25 to the production.

Comments:

Sellaband is an excellent idea. But can this really apply in movie industry?

Everyone know the capital/tool/crew requirement for a movie is much much higher than that of music.

In addition, how could the producers find investors, by wisdom of crowds?
posted by Anonymous Anonymous @ Saturday, January 13, 2007 at 11:38:00 AM GMT+8
For sellaband, artists send their music samples, 1-2 songs as per request.

For this platform, the producer/director can produce movie clips, upload to youtube, give a brief plot to believers.

If people find the plot is interesting, and the sample they saw is ok, then they may pay to enourage for a real run.

Phenomenal case like <<Made in HK>>, use only HKD500k and 5 crews members.

For more sophicated and successful case like <<Saw>>, it used US$1.2 million, and earned over $55 million at the box office.
posted by Blogger Tim @ Saturday, January 13, 2007 at 3:55:00 PM GMT+8
Yes, I would be quite a hugh/risky amount, if you want to find one to invest, but if the whole amount is shared among 100/1000 people?
posted by Blogger Tim @ Saturday, January 13, 2007 at 3:58:00 PM GMT+8
The crowd-funding model is v. funny!
posted by Anonymous Anonymous @ Sunday, January 14, 2007 at 9:22:00 AM GMT+8

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