IKOCITI WEEKLY

ISSUE #48

IKOCITI - Empowering The Powerless

NEWSLETTER FOR CURIOUS PEOPLE BUILDING PROGRESS

ISSUE #48

 History had no lessons or rules to offer the student, it could only broaden his understanding and strengthen his critical judgment.  

- Carl von Clausewitz

BUILDING IN PUBLIC

  PROGRESS

  • DISTRICTS. This week I produced an important document about the IkoCiti districts. It is published but it still needs work.

  • BOUNDARLESS. Emanuele has spoken to the Haier Institute about some form of collaboration between them, Haier, and the IkoCiti project. The plan is to write a series of articles featuring the RDHY model. It would be cool if they would do it but - I believe - there is a huge cultural gap between the super corporate Haier and IkoCiti.

  • CURACAO INC. I published article #51 on LinkedIn Curacao Inc. Ball Don’t Lie. The article lays down the groundwork for a small project with co-writers about the organization of poverty reduction on the island. I have no idea if it will be picked up by others. We take our time; no rush.

  • CONVERSATION. I had an interesting call with somebody about IkoCiti. Perhaps he will join the project in a few months.

 SETBACKS

  • NO SETBACKS.

 THINGS TO IMPROVE

  • EVERYTHING TO IMPROVE BUT NOTHING URGENT

#51 - CURACAO INC., BALL DON’T LIE

WEAKER LINKS

I write articles on how I build IkoCiti. I write down one word plus another plus another till I have a sentence, a paragraph, and a story. I create, I sweat, and I bleed – building a digital Citi is a slow and grinding process.

As a child, I was a somewhat talented goal scorer but I never challenged myself to the max. At school, I never challenged myself. I was a happy child. I was destined to enjoy life without going anywhere. But people do change. Now I kinda like to challenge myself to go Big or Broke. I am still happy; not as happy as that boy with a ball dreaming 24/7 about how he would score on Sunday. (How not if!)

N.B. Published first on Linkedin.com

KEY ISSUES

Week 20 - Some Changes

SHORT-TERM

  • TWITTER. Start using Twitter more

  • BOUNDARYLESS. Check out Boundayless materials

  • CURACAO INC. Curacao Inc. Seek Co-writers

MID-TERM

  • SSIR. Join paid SSIR

  • SOFTR. Build a Job Board

  • T.SHIRTS. Start Designing IKOCITI T-Shirts

  • POLYWORK. Be Active on Polywork

  • BABELE. Interact more with impact entrepreneurs on Babele

LONG-TERM

  • PLAN. Define The Business Case

  • TEAM. Recruit Co-founders

  • FUNDING. Raise U$500.000

IKOCITI DISTRICTS

SALES DISTRICT

If nobody knows what IkoCiti is all about, then the platform will never see the light of day. Selling IkoCit to the world is the key challenge. The first investment dollars should be channeled to increase awareness among different groups. The right kinda people need to consider us and eventually the hot prospects need to get on board.

You can build the tech but clear and honest communication and curation is vital in a 99.7% transparent environment in which people from all walks of life come together to collaborate — each with their own experiences and frustrations. What happens in the Sales District affects the producers and buyers directly. Frustrated buyers tend to stop buying. And that is not good.

A MOVIE I LOVE

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CHART OF THE WEEK

SONG OF THE WEEK

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THINK ABOUT IT

WRITTEN WISDOM I APPRECIATE

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

SONGLINGO.COM

Songlingo is a website where you can learn languages through songs. Enter a song or generate a random song in any language, and follow along with the lyrics and translation.

MY DIGITAL WORLD

My digital world is still in development. Probably the most active places are my email and Whatsapp. Anyway, If you want to check me out, this is a way to do it.

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