Fwd: Which company or individual can sponsor me on a summer trip to Europe?

[Shlomi Fish]

Silly spam stuff.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Shlomi Fish <shlomif at shlomifish.org>
Date: Sun, Jul 6, 2014 at 11:30 PM
Subject: Re: Which company or individual can sponsor me on a summer trip to
Europe?
To: Ori Idan <ori at helicontech.co.il>
Cc: Shlomi Fish <shlomif at gmail.com>, Linux-IL <linux-il at cs.huji.ac.il>


Hi Ori,

On Sun, 6 Jul 2014 06:49:06 +0300
Ori Idan <ori at helicontech.co.il> wrote:

> Ok, I'll jump on this wagon,
> I also want sponsorship, I ask for half the amount that Shlomi is asking.
> I will use the money to buy a sailing yacht and sail around the world, Ok
> maybe not around the world but at least in the Mediterranean.
> In return to this generous sponsorship I will put the name of the company
> on the sails of the yacht.
> Note that sail areas is around 30 sqr. meters so there is a huge area for
a
> big add.
> Any takers?
>
> N.B. regard this message a humor (although I would not resist to really
get
> such donation)

It was kinda funny, in the same way that my Chuck Norris/etc. factoids (see
http://www.shlomifish.org/humour/fortunes/shlomif-factoids.html ) parody a
lot
of logical or philosophical truisms. And I gently parody Chuck Norris
factoids
themselves, with Summer Glau factoids.

> I already have my own company, however this company's
> earnings at this point allow me to sponsor  a little more then Falafel
dish
> at a Kiosk stand, it still does not allow me to sponsor neither my own
> yacht nor Shlomi's trip.
>

I wouldn't mind an invitation for a meal or a drink (with a chat - see:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/shlomif/14354321309/ ), but perhaps you should
rethink your strategy. A good action hero (a.k.a a "hacker") knows how to
change
direction, perhaps understanding that many beliefs held in the past for
years
or decades are wrong now.

Here are some business models which i believe are sustainable:

1. Collect donations or ask for money for public appearances in advance -
see
https://plus.google.com/+ShlomiFish/posts/GUpTuA6641x .

2. The Flickr model - charge people for a premium model.

3. The Bandcamp/Humble-Bundle model - pay what you want (people can be very
generous).

4. The cloud model - pay for hosting or a MMORPG account
(World-of-Warcraft/etc.) or whatever.

5. Pay to liberate - collect money to make a CC-by-nc-sa work CC-by/etc.

Regards,

-- Shlomi Fish


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