Comments on: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

By: Five Arizona Companies That Got Some Funding | Derek Neighbors

Five Arizona Companies That Got Some Funding | Derek Neighbors — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:06:20 +0000

[...] other day I lamenting about “Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is” and this week I noticed that the Phoenix Business Journal a list of entrepreneurs that found [...]

By: Nick Hammond

Nick Hammond — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:18:32 +0000

Great work on the funding progress already, that is incredible.

By: Justin McHood

Justin McHood — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:53:46 +0000

My opinion only —

There are quite a few VC’s that have yet to “learn” about @Gangplank.

Once they take the time to come visit — the $/funding will follow.

Lots of it.

By: Jose Gonzalez

Jose Gonzalez — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:45:56 +0000

I don’t know much about about startup investment, venture capital, or angel funding (I hope to learn more …), but that is really awesome how the community is turning to supporting and funding itself.

In the big picture, I know this isn’t as important and that it wasn’t the main thrust of this blog, but it’s the thing that drives me nutty: If there was a misprint in a program or as things were denoted online, why didn’t they take the time to correct it.

Theater companies print simple program inserts for any corrections or past-print-date info that needs to be passed on. Or, they could have simple addressed the error at the beginning of the panel.

It seems careless and not respectful of people’s time and energy to not do so.

By: Paul Kenjora

Paul Kenjora — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:22:05 +0000

I’ll be coming by Hack Night tonight at 5:30. I’m with Derek on this one, Arkayne received enough funding for a 2 year runway. We did it locally and we did it through angels.

If you want to know more about how we did this and how you can do the same, I’ll be there tonight at 5:30.

By: Brandon Franklin

Brandon Franklin — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:17:55 +0000

So, a couple of questions/ideas spring to mind when thinking about Gangplank’s investments into local startups.

1) What about letting individuals, who might not otherwise be considered “accredited investors”, participate in the funding pool, and reap some of the financial wins/losses alongside Gangplank itself?

2) Could Gangplank start a Credit Union, based entirely upon pooling money from/related to, and investing in local startup companies?

Has that been done elsewhere? Is it even legal? Would it be awesome, or shitty?

By: Tyler Hurst

Tyler Hurst — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:15:25 +0000

I don’t think most of us even understand how angel funding even works and I assume it’s because most investors don’t want them to.

Isn’t it a highly subjective process?