Donald Trump to launch crowdfunding site
Source: Crains New York Business
Like other properties associated with Mr. Trump, FundAnything uses "the Donald's" brand to promote Mr. Trump as much as it does the product itself.
"I'm giving away MONEY!" reads the banner beneath a photograph of Mr. Trump dressed in a black suit and gold tie.
A company spokeswoman said Mr. Trump is a financial partner but not a founder of the site, which lists as its creators Learning Annex founder Bill Zanker, and entrepreneurs Scott Tilson and Jeno Torocsik. Mr. Trump is a longtime featured lecturer at The Learning Annex, an adult education company.
Read more: http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20130507/TECHNOLOGY/130509901
If I were a cynical person, I would raise money to investigate the President's Birth Certificate, take the cash and head for Hawaii...to retire.
Canuckistanian
(42,290 posts)He loses everything he gets him grubby paws on.
DCKit
(18,541 posts)The Donald won't take a dump without being paid for it. I've seen his show.
brooklynite
(94,302 posts)rocktivity
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I had just finished re-attaching my head after laughing it off about this compensation plan!
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angstlessk
(11,862 posts)rocktivity
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...to Ponzi!
If you're wondering where all the bonus money would come from, it will be the result of "powering up" from being a "fan" to being a "player" via a "license" -- more commonly known as "not finding out until the last minute that you're expected to buy your way in."
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angstlessk
(11,862 posts)Ash_F
(5,861 posts)rocktivity
(44,571 posts)but only because they're being told that getting the mobile app is free -- they're not being told up front that they'll have to "buy into" a license if they want to make any money.
It's called Rippln, and one of its creators helped create Facebook. This is their way of distributing their mobile app without going through iTunes or Google Play.
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angstlessk
(11,862 posts)I would NEVER go for such a thing..even if it told me I would be a millionaire in a day..sounds too Nigerian to me.
cosmicone
(11,014 posts)JimDandy
(7,318 posts)to fund this scheme.