Since this is a democratic model of governing a company, is there a way to create a coalition to slowly overthrow the governing members and take over the treasury and ownership of the project? How would this then affect the actual ownership of BetterMeans - are all current members also equal shareholders?
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#102Earlier quoted context omitted.
I wouldn't worry about that. "Most popular plan" is marketing-speak for "we think that's the plan most people want". Even if you have 0 users, I wouldn't be shocked. Do not try to be 100% technically accurate. That leads to long, unreadable text. It's ok to rely on your reader's imagination to convey a message.
I guess that's why I'm not in marketing... ;-) I would prefer a statement that conveys that it's an opinion and not empirical fact.
They have 1 customer, themselves. They prefer that plan, so it's the most popular.
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#103Looks like a awesome webapp that I'm probably going to try out when it's ready!
Note that the images on the sales page are HORRIBLY compressed. Drop JPG for illustrative images and screenshots, start using PNG instead.
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#105There's typo on http://rm.bettermeans.com/front/features.html "Get things done together, don't just doument"
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#106Your features page should be very well done and professional because it's how people will decide whether or not to sign up. Here are a couple issues:
spelling error:
The home screen of your project is the first page your will see. It shows an overview of your team’s work with:
"Your" should be "you"
Also use PNG instead of JPEG for the screenshots. It's a big deal.
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#107Your features page should be very well done and professional because it's how people will decide whether or not to sign up. Here are a couple issues: spelling error: The home screen of your project is the first page your will see. It shows an overview of your team’s work with: "Your" should be "you" Also use PNG instead of JPEG for the screenshots. It's a big deal.
Thank you Andy.
I'm ignorant about why PNG is better. Can you teach me?
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#108Since this is a democratic model of governing a company, is there a way to create a coalition to slowly overthrow the governing members and take over the treasury and ownership of the project? How would this then affect the actual ownership of BetterMeans - are all current members also equal shareholders?
This video explains exactly how the governance works:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdcAxGGRafc
Yes. It would be totally possible to overtthrow the governing members of bettermeans.
However, shares are not tied to your membership. Ownership is based on contribution, and cannot be taken away from you. Just wether or not your votes are binding.
This video explains our model in detail: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdcAxGGRafc
As does this doc: http://bettermeans.org/front/?page_id=312
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#109There's typo on http://rm.bettermeans.com/front/features.html "Get things done together, don't just doument"
Thanks. Fixed.
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#110Your features page should be very well done and professional because it's how people will decide whether or not to sign up. Here are a couple issues: spelling error: The home screen of your project is the first page your will see. It shows an overview of your team’s work with: "Your" should be "you" Also use PNG instead of JPEG for the screenshots. It's a big deal.
Thank you Andy. I'm ignorant about why PNG is better. Can you teach me?
PNG is lossless compression so you won't get the artifacts you do with JPEG. (e.g the noise around the text at the top of your first screenshot)
EDIT Better explanation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Network_Graphics#Compa...