KookyPlan: the wiki for entrepreneurs:  

 

 

 

KookyPlan is like a "wikipedia" for entrepreneurs (that anyone can edit).  The goal with this site is to create a resource for startups to use when researching new opportunities.   In here you will find a wealth of information on management skills, strategy theories, and practical financial applications.   In addition, we review many business models, and discuss what makes them tick, all the while trying to simplify the essence of how they make money, what are the risks, etc.  This site is designed to be an open resource for entrepreneurs (with global potential), and for the people who finance them (venture capital, private equity, and angel investors).  

 

KookyPlan is a community-generated guide for starting up innovative companies.  Inside of the KookyPlan wiki, you can find a wealth of resources and information for entrepreneurs, such as: 

 

 

Tools for Social Entrepreneurs:

• Collaboration Resources for Social Entrepreneurs from Christina Jordan at #i4c
• Start-up Guide and Crowd-sourced Top 400 #SocEnt on Twitter from Martin Montero
• Global Social Investment Exchange from Tamzin Ractliffe at GreaterGood
• Social Entrepreneur API from Peter Deitz, Christine Egger, and David Peery
• Open Toolkit for Social Entrepreneurship from Charles Tsai of Global Youth Fund
• Human Centric Design Kit from Tatyana Mamut at IDEO
• Child Protection Policy from Ann Cotton at Camfed
• Creative Commons CC0 (CC zero) from Commons CEO Joi Ito
• Measurement tools and systems PULSE and IRIS from GIIN, Acumen, and others
• Real World Meet-ups - Net Tuesdays from NetSquared and TechSoup

find more from Social Edge

 

 

KookyPlan wiki Contents: 

1. Startup Guide:
   • Business Plan
   • Review business models and Industry Analysis
   • Website design
   • Location
   • Management Team Building 
   • Legal services for startups
   • intellectual property (patents, copyrights, etc)
   • more...
2. Funding
   • Raising capital - ideas for the entrepreneur
   • Investing
   • Venture Capital
   • Project Finance: capital budgeting
3. Valuations
   • Venture Capital Method of Valuation
   • business valuation
   • Financial modeling
   • Valuations and internet companies
4. Strategy
   • Positioning
   • Marketing
   • Competitive Advantage
   • Value proposition
   • Strategy, mission, vision statements
   • International strategy
5. Running your company
   • Accounting
   • Advertising
   • Finance
   • Negotiations
   • Operations management
   • Outsourcing
6. Human Talent
   • Human Resources
   • non-disclosure agreement
   • job search
   • management team
7. Innovation & entrepreneurship
   • Innovation
   • product development
   • entrepreneurship
   • crowd sourcing
   • Clean-tech
8. Market / Competition Research
   • Business Model Analysis
   • Industry Analysis
9. International
   • market entry
   • troubles going global (examples of what NOT to do)
   • international trade
   • international marketing
   • Country guides
   • Currency & foreign exchange trading
10. Social Entrepreneurship
    • Investing in socially good projects
    • Sustainable development
    • funding for the social entrepreneur
    • social entrepreneur
    • peer-to-peer lending
    • Microfinance

 

 

 

Search KookyPlan (all 1450 pages and counting): 

 

 

 

Tech Trends to watch... 

Clean-tech Cloud Computing computing becomes a utility Crowd-Sourcing :  Using the power of groups Blogging as a business online video  Software as service semantic web Mobile Web making technology affordable VoIP IPV6: Convergence of Internet and television Ultra Mobile PC's custom fabrication  Developer Platforms (for social networking companies) Peer to peer Data Portability Information overload  Putting computing technology in everything RFID into everything Cookies Search (human-style) Personalization of the web Taking the internet "off line" Patent "trolling" Genetics - genome mapping Local Search - Local Reviews Old-media and New-media partnerships Targeting the Hispanic Market Outsourcing popular in tech startup community Consumer Electronics trends Media Disruption Web browser wars: Domain name speculation Forums Email & Chat - making them better with video & voice? Globalization of technology HD DVD vs. Blueray life sciences Early-Stage Technology:

 

                                                                   

 

 

Clean-Tech review 

• clean tech - kookyplan portal to all clean tech topics, including...
• carbon offets 
• carbon trading 
• Cap and trade systems
• Electric cars
• energy industry 
• Ethanol

• Renewable and alternative energy 

• solar energy
• wind energy

 

 

 

Telecom review

• telecom trends
• Telecom Industry
• telecom innovations and business plans
• Telecom in Latin America 
• US fixed line telecommunications industry review
• bridging the digital divide 
• Mesh Wi-Fi network for the Northeast of Brazil
• Skype 
• VoIP 
• WiFi 
• WiMAX 

 

 

broadband

• broadband
• data centers
• internet TV
• media entertainment industry
• online advertising

 

 

Internet

• internet industry
• Internet-based business models 
• Valuations and internet companies
• Internet business plans dont matter (how to value internet companies)
• internet TV 
• internet bubble 
• internet cables 
• internet country codes
• internet users
• China internet industry 
• Internet around the world 
• Data Portability
• open source software
• tech trends to watch

 

Internet-based Business Models

1. Advertising - supported Internet business models
   1. Types of Ad-based strategies
2. Affiliate Business Models
3. Brokerage Models
4. Community Business Models
5. Click per discussion
6. Infomediary Business Models
7. The Freemium model
8. mashups
9. Merchant Business Models
10. Manufacturer Direct Models
11. Pay for contribution Business Models
12. Subscription Business Models
13. Utility Business Models
14. Pyramid schemes
15. More Internet-based business models

 

 

 

Social Responsible enterprise:

 

 

• making technology affordable
• opportunities with consumers of low income 

• social entrepreneur
• social responsibility as strategy

• bridging the digital divide
• JNJ Innovation Challenge: How to make health care info available to disadvantaged 
• Health care industry ......
• Innovation ......
• list of charity ideas 
• personal health records 
• using sports to promote social change

• Non Profit fund raiser
• non-profit organization
• Charity

 

Sustainable concepts

companies:

• Aravind Eye Hospital
• Patrimonio Hoy

concepts:

• Sustainable development
• Investing in socially good projects
• saving the Amazon rain forest
• Competitive Advantage
• international development
• strategy
• environment and economic development
• Economic Development
• recycling
• product life cycle
• fair trade
• funding for the social entrepreneur
• demographic trends
• economic populism (example of not sustainable policies)
• International organizations play a large role in dealing with environmental problems

• Development issues

 

Bottom of Pyramid marketing concepts

• Asustek

Launching a Social venture

• Choosing which venture capital firm to send your plan
• Investing in socially good projects 
• Social Entrepreneurship organizations 
• Social Networking 
• funding for the social entrepreneur

 

How to value a social venture? 

 

• Angel investor valuation method  
• Venture Capital Method of Valuation 

 

 

 

Trend Watching:

1. What direction is our economy heading?
2. Mega Trends
3. Tech trends
4. Finance & startup capital trends
5. New Developments:
6. Travel Trends 
7. Emerging market trends
8. Consumer Trends
9. Geographical Specific trends

 

 

Industry Analysis:

1. Advertising
2. Agriculture
3. Airplane Manufacturing
4. Automobile Manufacturing
5. Beer
6. Books
7. Black Market
8. Consumer Products
9. Charity / Social Giving
10. Consulting
11. Defense Industry
12. Education
13. Energy
14. Environment
15. Fashion
16. Financial Services
17. Food & Drinks
18. Furniture
19. Gaming Industry
20. Health Care
21. Internet
22. Insurance
23. Information / Directories
24. Import Export
25. Kitchen industry
26. Language Business
27. Leather Industry
28. Luxury Goods
29. Media & Entertainment
30. Music Industry
31. Manufacturing
32. Packaging Industry
33. Printing Industry
34. Retail
35. Real Estate
36. Religion
37. Raw Materials
38. Services
39. Sex industry
40. Shoe Industry
41. Shipping Industry (Sea - Maritime)
42. Transportation Industry
43. Television
44. Travel & Leisure
45. Telecom Industry
46. Wine Industry
47. More companies Reviewed

 

 

Country Analysis:

1. Where to Invest in 2009?
2. North America 
3. Caribbean 
4. Latin American
5. Asia
6. Europe
7. Middle East & Arab States
8. Africa
9. Emerging Markets

 

 

 

Who uses KookyPlan?

 

KookyPlan is for entrepreneurs, trail-blazers, and for un-conventional thinkers who dare to venture into uncharted waters and dream of changing the world with their new innovations. 

 

 

 

 

Contribute to KookyPlan:  

My goal with the site is to create a community where entrepreneurs and influential tech bloggers can collaborate in creating a guide... discussing trends in technology (as well as other trends) that effect investors in new technologies.   Bloggers and entrepreneurs gain reputation by contributing content, and leading discussions, and they gain exposure to the community of peers, as well as investors in new technologies.   The reputation of leading a discussion on a particular topic should help entrepreneurs (bloggers and consultants) to find financing, find new jobs, or find new business partners,etc... more information here about why / how to contribute...

 

 

 

Learn more about KookyPlan...

 

 

 

 

Folders of content (grouped by theme):

 

• clean tech and renewable energy
• innovation
• international expansion: going global
• management training center
• mobile technology
• raising capital
• social enterprise
• start-up company resources
• strategy and marketing