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Honestly, I read through this a few times and I have no idea what in the hell it does. Maybe I just missed the ball, but I have no idea what your product would do. Buzzwords galore.

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Second above, plus - you are a web developer coding in RoR, you've studied comp sci, you went to a prestigious college and have numerous connections to venture capital, yet you are looking for a more solid CTO? Something just doesn't compute :)

I'm spread a bit too thin to be a technical genius, like some others I've met here and there. Besides, I like the people side of the business and would like to spend more time on that end.

When I've presented this privately I've used a lot of diagrams and often had folks sign non disclosure agreements. I'm not sure I can describe the group dynamics I am hoping to capture without that.

Have you read E.O. Wilson? It is something like how ants come together, except humans. Hence, more complicated.

When I've presented this privately I've used a lot of diagrams

I would find your presentation appealing, then. I like to think about structures of organizations or systems visually.

Send me an email and I can send you some simple diagrams.

Exactly, too many fancy words, not enough action words.

One sentence, WTF do you intend to do?

Build a new usenet with a social networking backend, where each group exists semi-independently and has its own mechanism for data filtration.

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