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If it's not VC and it's not loans, what is the answer for funding growth at post-revenue companies that don't fit the hyperscaling model?
A gay, foreign media magnate known for publishing lurid expose (in addition to a lot of excellent and funny reporting [1]) was never likely to receive sympathetic treatment from a jury of people from Hulk Hogan's hometown.
Let's see how things go on appeal.
[1] http://gawker.com/heres-what-gawker-media-does-1779858799
(Total US->UK ~$55bn, about 4% of total US exports, top categories: aircraft, oil, cars, machinery, electronics.)
I believe anti-choice specifically was brought into the party platform during the Ford years. Outright homophobia was pretty mainstream until well into the 90s, and wasn't much of a differentiator between the parties. Democrats just soft-pedaled their position while the Republicans, specifically the fundamentalists who had grown in power since the 80s, made AIDS and gay marriage boogeyman issues in the "culture wars" [2].
For the record, both parties are coalitions and involve this kind of compromise between different constituencies (see Dems and organized labor, et al.)
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_war#1990s
Loopt received the at that time unheard of privilege of running an always-on location service on some phones, and failed as a business.
Separately, being inclined to believe someone in a matter of fact/law based on their track record in another realm is an example of the appeal to authority fallacy. The subject also has personal and institutional conflicts of interest in this instance.
Now if we're talking polo shirt styling...
Litany of crippling systemic factors: http://streetfightmag.com/2013/08/23/why-your-hyperlocal-con...
I'd argue that despite feeling apathetic about the individuals in your community, one could be motivated use Placewire. Because person-to-person connections/follower counts are not a core part of the product (today), there's a lesser ambient sense of social haves and have nots. I also think an ambivalent person could use Placewire for both practical reasons (I learned that there's a new Cambodian restaurant opening on Smith Street), or because you enjoy being a person who has information. Think about Matt Drudge, a news hound and apparently somewhat of a hermit.
Instagram with a hashtag is fine if you 1. aren't bothered by sending the majority of your followers content that is irrelevant to them, and 2. believe that non-followers will discover your content by surfing your chosen hashtag. Algorithmic feed could change some of this - we'll see!
I think Facebook groups are typically used at micro-local (eg. a city block) scale and it's perfect for sharing information in that context. I'm not sure how that maps to a neighborhood. Do you have any firsthand experience?
I also plan to circulate content in a less geographically siloed way than these quite private platforms.
2) A native ad product (sponsored photo/link) which local businesses understand, because they're already creating the content for existing social media.
3) A content model based on a form of media which people enjoy both consuming and creating, rather than zoning board recaps and the crime blotter. I'm not denigrating either of those - I enjoy both - but like a lot journalism they are costly to produce relative to their travel.
$41? $43? Sky's really the limit here.
"Co-Prosperity Cloud 2: the Trickle-Down"
I have no inside information; I can't say whether it was or it wasn't. But dropping a link like this and running is tantamount to writing "9/11 was an inside job".
Pardon me if I'm not dying to hear the insights this experience triggered for you.
TLDR: Lead with a real offer at a price that the owner cannot dismiss out of hand, gently imply that your offer has an expiration date, don't act attached to the name, negotiate from there.