IKOCITI WEEKLY

ISSUE #43

April 23, 2023

IKOCITI - Empowering The Powerless

NEWSLETTER FOR THE CURIOUS PEOPLE WHO LIKE TO BUILD PROGRESS

ISSUE #43

The difference between very successful people and successful people is that very successful people say No more. 

- William Hazlitt

BUILDING IN PUBLIC

  PROGRESS

  • SOFTR.IO. Softr turns your spreadsheets (Airtable or Google Sheets) into customer portals, internal tools, and any other custom app. I started to create a Job Board with Softr and publish all the jobs that we need. Of course, it is another learning curve to use the app but it is worthwhile.

  • POLYWORK. Polywork is a collaboration network that allows me to discover opportunities to collaborate with other professionals. Ploywork seems like a good alternative - next to Linkedin - to find like-minded people.  

  • HAIER MODEL INSITUTE. .Joshua from the Haier Model Institute contacted me and we will talk next week. I expect we can exchange some ideas on Rendanheyi.

 SETBACKS

  • WRITING. This week I was struggling a lot with the one article I published on LinkedIn this week. It took too much time. 85% of the articles flow like a Biggie song but some feel like running a Marathon backward. I took the wrong perspective of the story and had to rewrite it a lot. During the rewrite things became clearer for me - that is pure progress. My writing is my thinking.

 THINGS TO IMPROVE

  • NEWSLETTER REACH. LinkedIn, Facebook, Substack, Medium, and email I have between 200-250 followers but it is all a one-way street. That is fine for the moment because the strategy is to build up content inventory - that is building up some Authority around IkoCiti and GenPoverty. Still, we need to increase the Reach and find ways to deepen the relationship with subscribers. No urgency right now but something we need to start paying more attention to.

#45 - A HERO SOLUTION?

SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL AWARENESS

In the last posts, we explored various alternatives for our organizational structure. What became clear is that the structure must fit the leadership style which in turn must fit the Mavericks’ culture based on the PI principles. Not surprisingly, we concluded that our leaders should possess high social and emotional intelligence.

You start with leadership and then you spread it around. Social/emotional intelligence must be a critical factor throughout the platform. Even as a selection criterion for the WiserCrowds Ecosystem of affiliated innovators/entrepreneurs offering services to the Mavericks and the Barrio.

N.B. Published first on Linkedin.com

KEY ISSUES

WEEK 16 - No Changes Made

SHORT-TERM  

  • Which online communities (groups) deal predominantly with poverty solutions?

  • How do I free up time to spend more interacting online with impact people?

  • How do I get more effective with Twitter?

MID-TERM  

  • How do we build an emotional connection with our audience?

  • How do we visualize IkoCiti?

  • Which tools do we need to produce awareness videos for IkoCiti?

  • How do we start selling IKOCITI T-shirts?

  • How do we market an over-priced newsletter?

LONG-TERM  

  • What is the best way to formulate the business case?

  • How do we recruit a core unit of 3-4 co-founders?

  • How do we raise our first U$500.000?

IKOCITI ARCHITECTURE

CIRCLE

The Circles are collaboration initiatives between different districts (expertise domains).  

A MOVIE I LOVE

You might also visit the MOVIES SECTION on robertoroberto.co

CHART OF THE WEEK

Animated Chart: The S&P 500 in 2023 So Far

Track the S&P 500’s performance in 2023, including all 500 companies, and the sectors they belong to, in this animated video.

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/cp/visualizing-the-sp-500s-performance-in-2023-so-far/

SONG OF THE WEEK

You might also visit the MUSIC SECTION on robertoroberto.co

THINK ABOUT IT

MARKETPLACES ARE A BIG THING

The a16z Marketplace 100 | Andreessen Horowitz

The Marketplace 100 ranks the 100 largest consumer-facing marketplace startups and private companies. Check out breakout categories and key consumer trends.

https://a16z.com/marketplace-100/

A FASCINATING TOPIC 

You might also visit the CRITICAL THINKING section on robertoroberto.co

A PICTURE

You might also visit the My Life section on robertoroberto.co

A GREAT APP

FRY MY DECK

Get ready to face off against the top VCs in a simulated Q&A session! Battle top VCs by uploading your deck or get random Qs and answer them in less than 60s. Oh, we've also included the actual voices of the VCs so it feels as real as possible ;)

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     MORE INFORMATION AVAILABLE

 WEBSITES

 SOCIAL NETWORKS

       PUBLICATIONS

 PITCH PRESENTATIONS

Work In Progress

        OTHER

  • Notion.com: TribeQa Cockpit

 PEOPLES' IMPACT, THE FINAL REVOLUTION

Work In Progess

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