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PLEASE READ BEFORE MAILING!!! [12-02-10 - LATEST NEWS here at the bottom!] I'm here ONLY for one purpose!!! Finding F or M people interested in developing a kink- related business in "Hollywood" (pref. West L.A. or Valley) either as silent or active partners, or as pro-bono contributors and stakeholders. 'Silent' could be M or F, including people owning or with access to suitable buildings), 'active' could be F or M with useful -usually technical- skills, or talent). This is NOT a hooking up account! If you send an email that shows you did not read this, it will most likely be deleted, and that will be it! This is a serious project with all kinksters who can contribute heartily invited, regardless of gender and/or kinks! The general idea is that a first proof-of-concept aspect of the present business concept could be developed along the following lines: I - THEMATIC: 11/ General theme: Documenting the supposed (or actual?) life of a small group of purported wannabe actresses, supposedly trying to make it in the Tinseltown jungle, that is, in 'Hollywood', and us making money right away and developing more ambitious business ideas around that. For example by producing soft to not-so-soft softcore for the cable industry, games, etc. 12/ General Sub Themes: - All our heroins are bi, bi-curious, or not-so-straight once tipsy. - They are all subs or switches, with one or two Domme-to-F/sub-to-M characters thrown in. - They are all secretly or openly attracted to older men (so yeah, you Dom types might want to consider becoming a silent partner -- there might be fringe benefits, such as when we run auditions for new talent... or when we get to the "building a new dungeon" part. Etc, etc... ;) Plus *imagine the impact on the ladies* in bars or at parties, when you tell them what you are involved with...) - At times our girls throw-in or get involved into wild parties. We could easily imagine that attendance to such parties could soon become hot, hot, hot... - There will be some PUA themes thrown-in at times, maybe with star PUAs appearances. [If you don't know what a PUA is, look it up!] 13/ Specialized Sub-Themes: Collecting and testing toys, starting a cheerleader group for an ad-hoc 'educational institution', constructing and testing a dungeon, etc... Many more great ideas we are not going to tell you about, including some that could perhaps make it big... 14/ Creative Blogging and Social Networking: Ever heard of "LonelyGirl15" or the Blair Witch Project? Well, one of the people involved with this little project is a specialist of Applied Memetics, and has done extensive research on LG15 and the BWP and other such things. Just with that, we could quite easily become a quite successful company... ;) If you don't know what these things are, look them up: "LonelyGirl15". "Blair Witch Project", "Applied Memetics" or even, for that matter, "Viral Marketing" ! And we have more great ideas we are not going to tell you about, including some that could make it big... 15/ Dot-com and Gaming type of ideas, to be developed after the core business is in place: Again, we are not going to tell you anything about them, except that perhaps we have such ideas. I could add that I personally think that some could make it real, real big. But of course that's just my opinion. II - MODUS OPERANDI: 21/ First, we will create a Core Unit by offering free room and board to 5-10 suitable good-looking females in the 18-29 range (most probably existing wannabe actresses) with possible forays up to early 40s for exceptionally attractive MILF types) in exchange for a 3 to 10 years exclusive acting contract, that will include promoting them if they so wish to the industry at large as actresses and performers. For this, we obviously need a big house in an OK area of town, preferably with a big garden around it too, or a suitable commercial building that can be adapted to the purpose. This needs to be a stable deal, meaning that the agreement needs to be for at least 18 month upfront. This should be enough for us to make it, with some time to spare. Shorter deals for test runs (at least 3 months) could also be considered in case a/ here. There are three ways to get it: a/ get it contributed for stock by the building's owner or the person who controls it, with the stock deal covering at least 18 months of occupation and preferably more. b/ rent it (for which we need suitable amounts of money, enough to pre-pay the lease at a rock bottom price for at least 18 months - in today's market, 18 months prepaying will get you quite something for less! ;) ) c/ buy it (which might actually be the cheapest option, considering the state of the RE market. But for that, we need a partner with suitable credit AND securing enough money to pay the mortgage for at least 18 months -- but, all things considered, the total of the cash needed for the operation might actually be LESS money than what's needed for b/) III - YOU -- HOW CAN YOU GET INVOLVED? 31/ If you are a sub or switch F who qualifies for this project as one of the contract actresses, and particularly if you are a fresh face who has never been involved in the adult industry, by all means, please say hello! 32/ If you are a M or F interested in becoming a silent partner, please tell us what you have in mind and how you could contribute (including with the building part, and also see 34/ ). 33/ If you are a M or F that is interested in becoming a non-acting active partner, please tell us what you have in mind and how you could contribute (including all video making and editing and website and social networking parts. Just understand that for the first 18 months, you will only be paid in stock or stock options, once these are available, or with quite tangible intangibles, such as being used in the audition process, being invited to the parties, filling a honorary or actual-but-not-really-that-necessary position on the crew, etc, etc... ). 34/ If you are a lawyer, VC person, or have proven executive or organizational skills that could help us make this a reality, you *do* qualify under 33/ ! Particularly if you do *help us purely out of the goodness of your kinky heart*! (Of course, we can't stop if you went on to *dream about the possible fringe benefits...* in terms of your most cherished fantasies... ) It is our intent to see everyone who helps us make this a reality be arbitrarily and capriciously rewarded to the best of our limited abilities! ;) Needless to say there are lot more often pretty creative ideas that have been explored, which haven't been exposed here, and about which we aren't going to tell you much, if anything at all... Logic compels that some or perhaps even several of them could easily prove quite some winners! Maybe even big winners... And if nothing else *just imagine the fun ahead*... which we will all have while trying to make this a reality! Hey, even feel free to *see yourself selling those shares after the IPO... as you congratulate yourself for having been smart and bold enough for having written back right away with your email, messenger and perhaps cell! Right now... as you *think of it all*... doesn't that *feel good*? *It's real exciting* to be on CollarMe and see this and having acted on it right away, isn't it?

====== LATEST NEWS ====== 2/3/2012: Right now we are slowly getting a good feeling about how people react to the idea that such a thing as an ambitious new kink-related dot-com business based in 'Hollywood' is actually possible...
So far, the experience has been interesting, with about zero drivel input (probably because we decided against posting a nice picture of the shapely bottom of one of our bottoms... ;) )
Interesting issues that had not initially come to mind popped-up immediately or fairly soon. And we got a few angel offers too. The first, actually within 3 minutes of posting -- definitely an encouraging sign... ;)
So we are going to refine all this, and next week start talking seriously with the people whose questions or contributions showed either wits, knowledge or potential. This should get us into a shape where we feel we are ready to duplicate the posting with slightly different approaches on different and more massive venues (think, something along the lines of a now revealed shapely bottom bringing it up on POF or OKC, for example... ;) Will the local powers-that-be delete it right away, even if presented the right way? Or will we have to handle hundreds or thousands of inquiries? Time will tell.

And finally, we will replicate the same approach, again adapted, on Angel and/or VC sites... After that, one can imagine things might get real serious... ;)
If nothing else, we are going to have some fun!
Particularly since, as far as we know, everything we are telling about the potential of what we have in mind is the straight truth, as we see it! 2/4/2012 I feel we should most sincerely thank the people who ask pointy questions, particularly the questions which allow us to make this profile and FAQ better! 2/5/2012 It has been most interesting to figure out what we can talk about safely, and what should only be talked about after we implemented it... 2/6/2012 GENERAL GLASNOST PRINCIPLE: In general, we want all this to be as transparent a process as can be. There is nothing to hide really, nor any reason to do so. Except of course on the tech and commercial aspects, which should only be talked about AFTER we implemented them, and, when appropriate, only *after we applied* for whatever patents or process patents, trademarks, (TM) or (SM), that will come to mind. (And yeah, believe it or not, intellectual property also has its (BD?)(SM) aspects... ;) This, of course, is rather a hindrance for the crafting of business plans. In practical terms, this means that such plans will have to be crafted about the more evident, and least interesting or more marginal parts of our overall Project. Doing anything different would in practice come to telling our competition, including the people who actually have funding, or cash flow to spend from an ongoing business, what to do to remain ahead of us. Which does not appear a very wise approach. 2/9/2012 It's been a most interesting two weeks on here. ;) 2/10/2012 We now could use an apparent Mistress Domina, who apparently is just that, but who will faithfully obey in all things, and who in the most secret and intimate settings will show how completely she truly is a slave to her owner...

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1/31/2012 2:21:34 AM

WELCOME TO OUR FETENTREPRENEUR FAQ

[12-02-15 - LATEST ADDITIONS TO THE FAQ are at the bottom!] 

GENERAL QUESTIONS 
Q> What makes YOU THINK YOU CAN SUCCEED?
A>  Well, actually, we are a team, and our team includes some remarkably bright people of both genders. Including some who have researched and analyzed in painstaking details what made the most successful dot-coms of the recent past achieve the success they experienced.
  What made youtube.com become YouTube? And get acquired by Google a mere 16 months after its creation for a paltry $1.6 Billion?  Presumably leaving all initial shareholders and other contributors fairly happy about working hard for less than a year and half total, before hitting it big?
  Well, we think we know the answer. Of course, we might delude ourselves, but we tend to believe, we aren't.
  What made facebook.com become Facebook, or twitter.com, become Twitter? Or, for that matter, make groupon.com become GroupOn? Here too, we believe we know the answers. And some of the answers are actually way more complex than most would think of.
 
  In any event, Kink is slowly becoming mainstream. But is not yet.  There is a good reason for that: With the Internet, and the ubiquitous collapse of all de facto privacy, people are realizing that their kinks, whatever they might be, far from making them part of a pervert minority, actually make them part of the global majority.
  Think of this:  Few people, nowadays, would even consider homosexuality as "kink". At least not in polite company. It's just a "sexual orientation", deserving all the politically-correct respect in the world. Yet, depending on the state, in most of the Americas and of Europe, and as little as 20 years ago, 20 years of state-paid vacation (including, for that matter, a good dose of *forced* homosexuality) was a common sentence for "sodomy". While today, "gay marriage" is becoming the norm, and discrimination against gay people could very easily land you in jail (where, as a side benefit of sorts, one might get introduced to it at the taxpayers' expenses).
  So sure, there is still a long way to go for kink, but with most presidential candidates being acknowledged "adulterers" and "philanderers", the cause of sexual freedoms and sexual expression seem to have a rather bright future.
  Jumping on the steamrollers of history in the making is bound to be what they call a "ground-floor opportunity". We believe it indeed is.
  We believe there is a YouTube, a Twitter, a FaceBook and even a GroupOn of Kink that will somehow arise soon...
  We believe that we have the knowledge and experience to be instrumental in making that happen. And somewhat benefit from it.
  In fact, we even believe that at some time in a future possibly not so far away, we might find ourselves not so surprised if the value of our stock was somewhere between the value of the stock of Facebook and that of Google's stock.
  Of course, maybe we are just dreamers. But at least, give us that, we dream big.
  And maybe, just maybe, we aren't...
  Think of it!

 

[Added 12-02-05]   Please take note:  We actually didn't make up any of these questions. This FAQ is really made up out of real questions, asked by real people, with the real answers we gave them.  Then, if we felt the question was of general interest, we simply reposted the answer here, often verbatim.

 

 

TALENT-RELATED QUESTIONS
Q>  Hi, I'm [prospective F talent]  I can play [either Domme or sub] and would like to get into fetish modeling. Think I have what it takes?
A>  Please provide us with pics and videoclips if you have any, and a resume' of your experience in adult modeling or film, if any, and a description of your specialties or fetishes.  We will also need a reliable email, a messenger screen name and a cell or other phone number.

Q>  Hi, I'm [prospective M talent]  I can play [either Dom or sub] and would like to get into fetish modeling. Think I have what it takes?
A>  Perhaps!  But we are not at the stage of looking for talent, and particularly not male talent. Females, of course are always good to snatch up whenever one can.
  Please allow us to quickly go over some legal considerations here:  This is a business project. By definition, business projects are risky, and prone to failure.
  Right now, what would be useful to us would be any pro-bono suggestions anyone might contribute about how to further motivate in-kind or in-work pro-bono contributions from kinksters, possibly arbitrarily and capriciously rewarded with things such as side benefits of unique interest to them.
  Of course in many cases, we believe it is not completely unreasonable to think that participation itself might be considered as reward enough... ;)
  Also, we will kindly receive any pro-bono suggestions about how to secure proper funding quickly, efficiently, and at favorable conditions, considering that right now we are quite limited at that level.
  We believe that our first priority should be to create some proof-of-concept actual material and corresponding organization. Should our project not succeed commercially, which remains a distinct possibility at all times, we hope at least some of it can remain as a contribution for the common good of the community.

In any event, what is your email, messenger screen name and cell?  We will add you to the list of people to contact as we move forward.  Soon enough, *we will need talent*!

 

Q>  [ Added 12-02-06] TYPE OF TALENT WE SEEK
A>  As we see it, there is two types of talent, and we have a broader view of "talent" than most:
1/ Talent in front of the cam, and  
2/ Talent elsewhere.
    TALENT in the classical sense, that is, anyone who at some time is going to act as an actor or actress, has its own requirements. Most evidently, talent, particularly in our field, needs to *look good*. And usually, *young* too. (Someone said that "When it comes to kink, the ideal girl just turned 18 yesterday, has a dirty mind going on 38, yet still with the body of her underfed little sister, and is the Lead Cheerleader at her school.")
  Sure! ;)  But this is not all.  And not by far! Sure, all that helps. But there is a little bit more to it.
  For example, being naturally submissive is a great, actually, fantastic plus for talent. And "girl-next-door" or MILF look is actually perfectly fine, as long as it is supplemented with some brains, and a good attitude.
  But at any rate, looking good *is* a requirement. If you want to play with us as "talent" in the classical sense, you need to *Just Look Good*!  Somewhere between just good, in a "real cute girl next door* sense, and *drop dead gorgeous" good -- you know, 9+, 10, and even 10.5+ good.  We are sorry about that, and we know it's not very PC, but it's just how it is.
    What *is* very PC, on the other hand, is that, truly, Black, Latin, Middle-Eastern, Asian good is exactly as good as blonde and blue eyes good. If you have any doubts or fears about that, feel free to *drop them right away!*
  This truly is not an area that's "equal opportunity" cuz, you know, you have to be. It's equal opp' because it truly is. Period. 'Exotic' looks, even Blackest of the Black, might actually very well be a "competitive advantage".
  And there is no glass ceiling because you were born on the wrong side of the tracks either. This is the perfect area for what historians or sociologists would call "hypergamy by the women". Except that in today's terms, we'd say something like "breaking the glass ceiling".
  For all practical purposes, and as long as you have a good manager (we will get you one, if needs to be), genuinely good-looking talent could be in the true bimbo class, or even borderline retard -- sorry, we meant "intellectually challenged", of course. So don't worry if you know you look pretty OK, but feel a bit insecure about your current level of intellectual accomplishments. It's OK!
    "Elsewhere Talent" can be of any ages and any looks.
  By 'elsewhere' we mean behind the cam people, as well as other type of creative function such as writer, storyline creator, graphic artist, etc. And, most importantly, coders, hackers (in the original sense), geeks. We *love* geeks, nerds and even dorks! Positively!
  This even applies to Internet Marketing people, creative business thinkers and/or admin types. For us, this is *TALENT*. As valuable as any chick with a 24" waist and a cute face.
    So, if you *see yourself as *TALENT*, of any persuasion, we want to hear from you!
  Now, be aware that even if you actually *do something for us* upfront, it might be a while before  *you will get compensated*, one way or another.  Just be assured that we are definitely big believers in the win/win philosophy that has always been an integral part of the really great successes of the past.
                                 So... TALENT IS WELCOME, here! 
  And you can trust us on one thing: This is a true, genuine, bona fide "ground floor opportunity" for all.  Well worth your attention. And well worth your time.

 

POTENTIAL BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP OR OTHER BUSINESS CONTRIBUTIONS:

Q> As your ideas are the cornerstone for OUR potential success, so too are my ideas the cornerstone for MY success.  Thus, if you are offering stock, even a very small percentage of stock, knowing that at some point that stock could become quite valuable, then naturally I would be willing to share some of my ideas with you.
A> WHAT WE DO NOT SEEK: At the present time, we wish to emphasize that we do NOT seek any creative ideas of any type, for any reason and in any way, shape or form.  Moreover, anyone submitting any idea or concept of any nature would by the very act of submission represent and agree that such ideas or concepts are submitted pro bono, considered by them as being in the public domain, and in particular, that they do not claim any copyright or other rights of any nature, nor believe that anyone is in a position to make any such claims.
  Any acknowledgement of any nature for the action of sharing any such or other pro bono contribution could only happen on a totally arbitrary and capricious nature, rarely and not to be expected. This is why we emphasize hereby that we are not seeking contribution of this or any other nature, although we will not refuse any pro bono / public domain input.
  WHAT WE *DO* SEEK:  What we *do* seek, at the present time, is donations or angels interested in developing one or another aspect of our global project, or any given sub-project, because of their own interests, or as a contribution for the public good of the community.
  At some time in the future, on a timely one by one basis, we intend to possibly enter into binding contracts with suitable individuals or entities, for work, goods or services, or any other suitable considerations, to be compensated with stocks in different classes, or stock options.
  Each such agreement will be in writing, and no verbal or other representations are to be of any value at any time, except as set forth in such a binding contract, properly entered into and signed by an authorized officer.
  No individual or entity is authorized to make any representation of any sort at any time on behalf of our company, principals, or associates, except as set forth in written proposals, leading to contractual agreements. This statement is absolute, and we hereby disclaim any other different representation or claim for all times, past, present and future. Such representations or claims would be and are null and void, of no value of any kind.
  At some time in the future, we may, or may not, make some private placement offerings as set forth in SEC D504, D505 and D506 and related state legislations, to suitable people who might be interested in such.  This is not an offer to buy or sell any security.

Q>  [BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS and UNSOLICITED INPUT]  As a business person, or entity, I am sure you are all too aware of the necessity to protect yourself, and any business contacts, me included, with a formal written agreement, before any exchange of value takes place.
  I do look forward to working with you, and hope we really can make this live and breathe...
A> Actually, you are totally right, and we have a Non-Disclosure, Non-Competition, and Non-Circumvention Agreement in the making, which will cover these issues in details. In will be made available to you and any other interested parties on a timely basis, before we enter into substantial discussions.
  We want to emphasize that this is a business project. By definition, business projects are risky, and prone to failure. Any time passed investigating the present one and/or what your possible contribution to it might be, or any actual contribution of any nature, might prove a total waste of your time, energy, money or any such values or considerations. This is a risk you much bear at all times and for which we can not indemnify you in any manner, form or shape.
  Right now, what would be most useful to us would be any pro-bono suggestions anyone might contribute about how to further motivate in-kind or in-work pro-bono contributions from kinksters, possibly arbitrarily and capriciously rewarded with things such as side benefits of unique interest to them.
  Of course in many cases, we believe it is not completely unreasonable to think that participation itself might be considered as reward enough... ;)
  Also, we will kindly receive any pro-bono suggestions about how to secure proper funding quickly, efficiently, and at favorable conditions, considering that right now we are quite limited at that level.  The same goes about the existence of any legitimate scheme we might not yet be aware of, which could allow us to further develop the present project, such as grants and awards, etc.
  A set of business plans is in the making, but this will of course take some time... particularly in view of the fact that we feel elaborate plans to be premature at the present time, when all we need is a couple of pro-bono donators or angels, interested in one or another of our sub-projects.
  We indeed believe that our first priority should be to create some proof-of-concept actual material and corresponding organization. Should our project not succeed commercially, which remains a distinct possibility at all times, we hope at least some of it can remain as a contribution for the common good of the community.
  We look forward to explore with you how we could possibly cooperate in making this a commercial success, of benefit to all stakeholders.
  Within the foregoing constraints, we look forward to explore with all interested parties how to best cooperate together for our common benefit, and the common good of all stakeholders as well as of the community at large.
  Please tell us how you imagine to make this happen.

 

[Many more questions and answers will be posted here from time to time...]

 

LATEST ADDITIONS:

 

Q>  [HOW DO THIS COMPARE WITH KINK.COM?]  Kink.com pretty much has a lock on this business because they have the best payment processing infrastructure connected directly to the Fed clearing system. Unless you are prepared to replicate this, you will not be able to compete, either in cost or customer convenience/security. You're looking at millions of dollars.

A>  You have a very good point.  However, we do not believe it's the main issue.
  Years ago, one of the members of our team had an interesting conversation with Bill Gates. Gates was truly convinced that some people could come up with something that could make Microsoft obsolete within a year. And this was a totally private conversation, in a context that precluded any politicking or being coy. It was his genuine concern.
  If *Gates* with his de facto monopoly could believe such a thing, couldn't it be reasonable to *imagine* that the same might apply to anyone else?
  We have no idea how kink.com payment system works, and what truly makes it different from the what the next guy could organize by partnering with the right outfits. Or even better, what I know is that unless kink.com or the controlling interests there directly own and thus have full control of something called a bank, anyone can create an even better payment system just by doing so.
  Not that such a thing would be easy, or that we have such ambitions at the time. This is obviously way, way over our head. And perhaps over theirs as well. ;)  It's too juicy a business for anyone to be allowed in.
  At any rate, our belief is that payment systems, or, for that matter, even customer convenience, aren't the issue.  What's is the issue the ability to define and ride the very top, the true cutting edges of waves to come. Which, if history is to be a lesson, particularly in the dot-com area, is very hard for any big, fat and ponderous animal to do, but is a lot easier for any warm-blooded lean and hungry little thing... ;) Otherwise, all of it would still be owned by IBM.
  We have looked at what exists, and kink.com is obviously in that class. As far as we can tell, no one has come up with some ideas we are toying with.  Truly thinking outside the box and coming up with what could be defined as 'system-disruptive' concepts is not an easy task. Otherwise IBM would own Microsoft. And in turn Microsoft would own Yahoo. Yahoo would own Google. And Google would own Facebook and Twitter. Right?
 Yet, the real world is slightly different...
 So the only issue is will we get together the funding to implement this or that idea, without letting too much info out. Or preferably, any at all. That's all.
  And this is a very simple and basic issue. In the end, the only one that counts.  Beating the big things at their game, as long as the game is played fairly, or rather, replacing the old game by new games, that's the easy part.  In truth, how could the big guys possibly compete??
  But at any rate, yes, unfortunately, in the end, we are looking at millions of dollars.
  So the issue becomes, is there a way to make millions out of a few dollars, and then savagely reinvest every penny that comes in, one way or another, and parlay that into *real* play?
  The answer to that is that yes, at the theoretical level, ways to accomplish that *do* exist...

Q> [REAL NATURE OF THE PROJECT: IS IT ABOUT KINK? OR IS IT A DOT-COM?]  Is this a kink project, or a neo-dotcom project? Because reading all you say, it sounds awfully like you guys are really more nerds than kinksters...
A>  Most excellent question! ;)
  The short answer being that of course we are both.   Gentlemen don't kiss and tell, and even less so, ladies.  So we won't tell you about our kink experience here, but let's talk about the nerd factor, here. ;)
  Nerds and geeks?  Yes, very much so! Some of the older guys involved with this project have a most impressive personal history relating to the Net. Or, for that matter, other tech and non-tech aspects germane to our endeavor.
  For example, one of them was instrumental in creating the first commercial videostream on the Net ever. Using the first available Xing videostreamer delivered to Xing's first paying customer. It was followed by the first videolog ever, and later, by the first TV on the Internet (a stock ticker, nothing too arousing). That was right here in Santa Monica, in 1994-95. And that example is just the tip of the iceberg.
  So yes of course we are nerds. But nerds are human too, right? And for that matter, nerds have always made the best kinksters too, considering that the first and foremost sex organ is not what you may think, but the brain...
    You sure heard of that old idea that if fun becomes work, work becomes fun, etc. And who minds having fun all the time? Even 80 or 90 hours of straight fun a week?
  In fact, you can be sure that, when it will come to the point we actually are able to pay them, no doubt we are going to get the most brilliant geeks, nerds and dorks in the nation and on the planet. Populating long waiting lists to get a chance to have fun for us... or if you prefer, 'work' for us.
    For that matter, once we have physical locations to host them, we will have mile long lists of people trying to sign up just for our unpaid internships.  In fact. we already have people begging for such positions, before we even said a word about the fact that things like internships are going to be in the picture someday... Now, *imagine* an internship where your 'job' consists of (very scientifically) there is a total of about 130,000 of them), after persuading the Jobtrack people that no, it's not a joke, and yes, we are a very serious outfit, how many hundreds or thousands of applicants per month or even week do you think we are going to have? Particularly if it just happened that interns would have to work with a few really cute girls... perhaps even semi-celebs of sorts... ;)  I let you ponder that one!
  The problem is not getting candidates for both paid and unpaid positions, and selecting the brightest of the brightest to play for us. The problem is going to have the infrastructure in place to handle such masses of people, even just at the applicant level.
    Kink, at least in its more moderate forms, is poised to get mainstream at a fast pace during the present decade. We just think that marrying cutting-edge tech and kink, starting with the most mainstream-acceptable kink, and adding what we usually call Applied Memetics to the brew, is poised to virtually guarantee the most explosive of growth.
    Plus, we have very simple, and essentially no cost ideas for specific strategic alliances.
  Some of us personally know the people who own and run the businesses we have in mind for our first joint-ventures. There is absolutely no question agreements with them is just a matter of telling them what we have in mind. Depending on personalities, it will take between 15 seconds and a couple hours to get a resounding "Yes, let's do it!" from them.  Some of these people are local, known for years, at the cutting-edge of specific aspects of technology or marketing, and all have mailing lists that go from the low six figures to the mid seven figures.

 

Q>  [START-UP COSTS & TECHNOLOGY] What do you figure your start up costs will?
  Have you determined the correct technologies for promoting and running your business?
A> Good questions.
  Let's answer them first at the level of our proof of concept endeavors, which are truly all that counts.
  And it's all that counts, really, because once we have something tangible running, getting VC interested, and even all hot and bothered, is a complete no-brainer.
  We wouldn't even be surprised if we ended being in a position to actually *auction off* to the highest bidder participation in subsequent funding rounds, or in the funding of specific aspects of the overall project.
  Reason for that is simply that we are going to end being *way too sexy*, and, in this case, in more ways than just one, to encounter much resistance. ;)  To make a rl analogy, if the Lead Cheerleader wants something, it's quite rare if even the school principal is going to resist much... I am sure you will agree. ;)
  VC might very well end going to beg us, rather than us begging them.  Hey! Why not?  We will see.  And it doesn't matter really, except to point out that once we will be ready for VC, there will be VC available aplenty.
    As to 1/ it depends what aspect of the overall project we develop first.
  To take the example of the approach that was initially described in this profile here, which is probably one of the best one anyway, assuming the location costs are zero in cash terms (because provided for in exchange of stock, or because costs are covered by some external outfit needing content, that we'd endeavor to provide them), the rest of our financial needs, on a shoestring budget, could be covered with as little as $25K for the first year, as we do have a core group willing to work for stock or stock options.
  If we had to factor in the cost of a really suitable location, add maybe another $50K or so.  But it seems a clumsy way to go at it, unless there is enough money available upfront.  Although it really just depends on how dear or easy cash will end being for us. Here too, we will see.
    As to 2/, yes, of course, we have explored the technological aspects in quite some details.  Tech is really our forte anyway, you know. But this is a quite wide question, leading to complex answers.
  Different aspects of the project will require different technologies. And as we all know, tech always evolves at very high speed, when it comes to the Net in general. And this is even more so with anything having to do with kink -- it's certainly no secret that the 'adult' world has always been at the forefront of the early adopters.
  And there is still extremely exciting stuff ahead. Think, for example, totally credible and immersive "virtual girlfriends". Or boyfriends, for that matter. Just an example.
      Let's give more immediately practical illustrations about what we have in mind here.
    For example, any content delivery means reliable hosting, right? Now, for the hosting aspect of things, right now, we are looking at a sub-location in Louisiana.
  Why so? Simply because there, we can in practice get any bandwidth we need at basically $1.1 per 1 Mb/s per month -- and solid, 100% reliable REAL bandwidth. NOT thrice oversold stuff. And completely scalable too, 50 Mb/s at a time, with *totally reliable* providers (hey, to tell you a secret, our provider will in fact be the local *government*.
  Bandwidth paradise, rock solid undemanding and totally reliable providers, who are (for now at least, but most probably for the 5-10 years to come as well) completely ready to get out of their way to make sure we are 100% happy with them.
  That's quite different a picture of what any normal business or person can even dream of here in California, right?
  Now this very simple thing, cheap and reliable bandwidth by people whom you know for sure are never going to try pulling a quick one on you when you get *too successful*; and who are never going to be competing for asshole of the month either, that might not appear like much to write home about, or even that much to ask for, maybe.
  But we can assure you that anyone with a bit of practical experience in the matter of delivering content in a steady, reliable and consumer-friendly manner could tell you that this is actually totally priceless. If they know what they are talking about, and are honest with you, that is.
  Well, bandwidth like that is something we have access to, and for peanuts. As soon as we need it.
    Or to take another example, let's just say that an other aspect of this project would highly benefit if we had an installed user base of let's say 10,000 very specific type of computers...
  Say, something like 10,000 interconnectable and constantly interconnected laptops with 1 to 4 Tflops of processing power each
  Now, if we finalized design and ordered say 5,000 or 10,000 of these little marvels at once, we could probably get these systems built (and subsequently sold at cost to what we could imagine would become a very eager potential user base) for perhaps as little as about $500 a piece. For a 1TFlop machine. To give you an idea of what this means, when in '97 or '98 the U.S. government got the first teraflop machine that ever existed built, it cost them $33 Million. And that's just a mere 14-15 years ago.
  At our level, the whole thing is a no-brainer operation. It is truly near impossible to think that such super laptops basically sold at manufacturer's costs would not sell like buttered hot cakes in African famine country. That is, people lining up for a chance to get one...
  But as much of a no-brainer as this might be, 10,000 times $500 is still $5 Million, right?  Sure, in theory, all this can be done with lines of credit, and what not. And sure, as soon as we really won't need much money anymore, bankers will be more than happy to loan it to us.  In between, that very specific sub-project would work much better if we had the cash at hand, ready to spend.
  Now as for *why* we'd want to sell cutting-edge hardware at costs, well, *that* we will let you *imagine* on your own, and that's about as much as we will tell about it, until we have done it. ;)
    On the other hand, if for this specific operation, it would be nice to have $5 Million at hand, there are some quite substantial things which can probably be accomplished with little cash. Or even with zero cash. Particularly on the "promoting the business" front.
  For example: Nowadays, online marketing, in its more advanced implementations, could almost be described as hard science.  There are people out there, some of them we know quite well, and for quite a long time (and who, btw, have nothing to do with kink whatsoever), who have very substantial mailing lists.  Some of them are always ready to make a deal with someone who speaks their language, and who comes up with a win/win proposal.
  And fact is, there are many things that could be done to develop certain aspects of this project that would not cost a dime to do. And moreover, which would bring in good cold cash from the very first minute of doing them, and which can be done as soon as the infrastructure to handle the impact of such joint-ventures is in place.
    Hope this little overview  gives you a better idea of how we address or intend to address the issues covered by your question. ;)

 

Q> How would this compare to The Lair? [ Added on 12-02-05.  For the uninitiated: The Lair De Sade is a BDSM private members club, located in North Hollywood, CA  It has three different dungeon areas accessible from a main outdoor area connecting to the main entrance. The place hosts numerous events on an on-going basis, and is widely considered as one of the more successful BDSM clubs in 'Hollywood'.]
A> Well, the Lair is a nice and quality place for kinksters to play, and, as things stand for the moment, in no way are we going to even try to compete with them. Not because we couldn't, that would be easy, but simply because this is really a dot-com project of a vastly more substantial scope.
  The question (which has also been asked) is more, how will this compare with kink.com... We will go through our replies to that, and consolidate the answer to that question with the answer to this question, and make it part of the FAQ.
  Once we have proper financing, we know we might consider buying up places like The Lair, assuming they are willing to sell, since there is no need to reinvent the wheel, if you can just go and buy an already built set for a reasonable price.
  This being said, if someone comes around, who has the money for it, and wants us to create a super-Lair, because, hey, they want their own kingdom  where to play in optimal conditions, we are certainly ready to look at the issue, and see how a venture of that kind could integrate to our overall Project.  It certainly would be fun to do, and we sure have quite a few ideas about how this could be done.

 

Q>  [QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR BUSINESS PLANS, added on 12-02-06 ]

A>  Ah!  Business plans.  Don't worry, we are going to have the cutest super-duper business plans soon enough!  Not that we particularly believe in them, btw.  In fact, O abysses of political uncorrectness! some of us actually strongly believe that, when it comes to high-tech companies, such plans are an exercise in futility. Of course, we will mind our manners, and endeavor to never admit to such sins in polite company!
  So, we are going to have the nicest BP anyway. If nothing else, once they are around, just because we need to be able to have something to give to do to all these interns getting ready for their JD or MBA. One never knows, a good idea or two might come from these academic exercises.
  Thinking of it, we might even have a Business Plan Commission, With its own Chairman, and a Vice-Chair or two as well (vice chairs seeming particularly appropriate to a kink-centered company, let admit it!), and a President too. It will look real good on the kids resumes, and, for us, it's not that it's going to eat any bread, as the French are fond to say.  So, definitely a win/win endeavor!
  Plus, after all, sometimes, albeit rarely, a well-crafted business plan can actually be useful, allowing management to get a better idea of how one stands, compared to where one was supposed to be.
  We will admit to it, as long as we don't have to write it.  For now, there is a lot of real work that needs to be done.
  In addition, we are well aware that once we will be ready for private placements and such, our lawyer people are going to be happy to have a definite place where they can tell everyone that, all things considered, any business endeavor is a real risky risky thing, and people, us included, are more likely to fail than to succeed, etc, etc. Even if (forward looking statements allowing) what we are actually doing is reaching for the moon, which we hope and perhaps expect to see getting served to us on a silver platter.
  So, we know how the game is played, and you can rest assured that you will be in good hands, should you wish to join us in our noble endeavors... :)
  In practical terms, we won't have a business plan, until we have MBA and law student interns, who will churn such things by the bushel.
  On the other hand, it is a well established fact that Nature abhors vacuum, and if some of you absolutely want to create plans for these aspects of our overall Project, we are willing to talk about, and promises not to get too frustrated when told "we are not going to talk about that" or "...give any details about that", we might let them do something in that area ahead of time.
  At any rate, we will have some type of business plan(s) available at some time in 2012. This or these document(s) may or may not address the most interesting parts of the overall project.

  For these, it will be interesting to see if and how something can be crafted that can satisfy the business planning aspect without really telling much of anything about what it is about.

 

Q>  [WHY DON'T YOU HAVE A WEBSITE?  Added on 12-02-10]
A>  If I'd be daring, I'd risk to say, probably because our principals just don't want one, right now. Perhaps because there is no reason to have one.
  In fact, some of us have been building commercial online sites in the U.S. since 1989 (Yes! There was no Web at that time. An interactive commercial online presence was called a "Bulletin Board Service", at that time), and professional websites since 1994.
  Look at those years, and *think*! To give you a point of reference, in 1989, the Web did not exist at all. The first publicly accessible forms of it were created in Europe in 1992. The Net as such did exist, but it wasn't yet accessible to 'normal' people. And most average female talent had yet to be born. ;)
  We can tell you that nowadays a blog that looks like a serious website can be built in 3 minutes flat. And, using templates, pretty professional looking websites can be done in 3 hours, max. So, rest assured that if we wanted to have a website right now, we could and would have one.
  In fact if *you* want a website, we will be most happy to build you one at very reasonable costs. For as little as $90 for a simple blog on a public blogging platform (You'd be paying for our time, not for the blog -- the blog is free, you can create one yourself in a very short time, by going there: blogger.com  or there: wordpress.com).
  And it goes from $90 to $900 for something better, to $9K for even better, up to as much as $90 Million -- if what you wanted is something that's going to be bigger than kink.com before the end of the year.  And yes we can do it for you!
  And we could fo it for us as well -- all we lack is the $90 M. ;)

 

Q>  [How goes the business venture?  Added on 12-02-15]
A>  Right on track right now.  Evaluating this and that.
  We should be ready to start talking to interested parties within a matter of days...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


1/28/2012 11:54:11 PM

Hey you all CM kinksters!  This is a serious business project, NOT a hook-up account!  So please read my full profile before emailing.  You could have lots of fun if *you want to help me make this a reality!*

Please don't try to use the chat function with me:

1/ It does not work for me.  This must be some sort of lousy free Java app'.   2/ Even if it did, and it doesn't, I'd be unlikely to have the time to idly socialize...  Thanks!

On the other hand, people seriously interested in the project are more than welcome to provide us with a Yahoo or MSN/Hotmail Messenger screen name.  Thanks in advance!


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