1) Oceans are facing serious threats as fish populations have declined and important habitats have been destroyed due to unsustainable practices.
2) Bold, decisive, and innovative action is needed to establish sustainable ocean management policies that incorporate key principles.
3) These include limiting overfishing, protecting essential fish habitats, and accounting for the ecological impacts of fishing and other human activities on ocean ecosystems.
8. THE DAILY NEWSTHE WORLDS FAVOURITE NEWSPAPERwww.dailynews.com- Since 1879Fishes Are Dying!World A generation ago, most people believed that our oceans represented an endless resource. Today, decimated populations of once-abundant marine species and the destruction of important habitats demonstrate that we are taking more from the oceans than the oceans can produce. If we truly are to institute sustainable management for protecting our oceans, we must act boldly, decisively, innovatively, and quickly to incorporate the following principles into our ocean management.
21. Glucial Fund Raising & Use of ProceedsPhase I - $300,000 Seed FundCustomer DiscoveryOfficeHire EngineersPhase II $ 3,000,000 Venture Capital FundingSales & MarketingCommunity BuildingExpand Team
24. MilestoneMar 2011BASES E-Challenge 2nd Round + Start work on prototypeJun 2011Prototype completed. Begin customer discovery.Jan 2011Team Formed
25. MilestoneDec 2011Alpha version completed. Continue customer discovery.Mar 2011BASES E-Challenge 2nd Round + Start work on prototypeJun 2011Prototype completed. Begin customer discovery.Jan 2011Team Formed
26. MilestoneDec 2011Alpha version completed. Continue customer discovery.Mar 2011BASES E-Challenge 2nd Round + Start work on prototypeMar 2012Beta version completed. Begin customer validation.Jun 2011Prototype completed. Begin customer discovery.Jan 2011Team Formed
27. MilestoneDec 2011Alpha version completed. Continue customer discovery.Apr 2012Seed funding.Mar 2011BASES E-Challenge 2nd Round + Start work on prototypeMar 2012Beta version completed. Begin customer validation.Jun 2011Prototype completed. Begin customer discovery.Jan 2011Team Formed
32. Software Engineer, SRECTradeBoard ofAdvisorsTomKosnik, Advisor,Fenwick and West Consulting Professor at Stanford University, School of EngineeringErikaOcampo, Advisor,Customer Operations Lead, SkypeAbhinav Gupta, AdvisorCo-founder and VP Engineering, RocketFuelInc.Ann Kim, AdvisorSenior Associate at SVBQuestions?
Meet Bob. Bob is an ordinary guy, with an ordinary life. But, there is one thing interesting about him, he loves fishing..
----- Meeting Notes (6/5/11 16:40) -----He could spend the whole day fishing.
----- Meeting Notes (6/5/11 16:40) -----And the whole night fishing too.
----- Meeting Notes (6/5/11 16:40) -----And at rare moments when he is not fishing, he's thinking about it.
----- Meeting Notes (6/5/11 16:40) -----Bsides fishing, bob spends time building up his fishing toolbox, making sure that he has all the equipments he needs. He also reads heavily on books related to fishing and he attends fishing conferences. As you will know by now, fishing is his life and passion.
----- Meeting Notes (6/5/11 16:40) -----He's in a dilemma. On one hand, he loves fishing, but on the other hand, he is an environment enthusiast. Information provided from the newspaper are one-sided, and he wished he could have a discussion with someone who knows the subject and have a further understanding of it.
----- Meeting Notes (6/5/11 16:40) -----So, he went on to approach his friends. Not surprising, none of his friends are free to talk to him about fishing, and even if they are free, they don't have the knowledge to hold a meaningful discussion with him. So he went to chat sites. Yes, there are a ton of people there willing to talk to him. But, it is hard to find someone who knows the topic. ah ha! now he found some fishing forums and q&a sites.. yes, people here are really kind to help him and they know the subject well. The only drawback is that it usu takes days to weeks for him to get a decent response.
Product showcase (screenshots) + vision + what we are about
----- Meeting Notes (6/5/11 16:40) -----It is a simple solution, but the creation of it is tricky. It demands 2 important questions to be answered. 1. How can we find the right match that is customized to our user?2. How can we have sufficient user base to provide a decent match?
Distinction not about creating communities globally from scratch. We are about bringing existing online / offline communities together on glucial where they can interact with each other meaningfully.