Blogs that are educational Articles

As a service and to draw interest, I'm going to start writing educational articles in my blogs. I would like people to know that I am really all about education and enjoy teaching. So far it seems like I've been talking to a wall. I write and create and no one out there is listening. Either I just haven't been able to get it in front of the people or no one really cares. I know that it's a great idea and will be a great app but does anyone else know that?

3SG Kickstarter Canceled

I canceled our 3 Second Genius campaign and there are several reasons why. First of all, I haven't gotten the responses necessary to make a successful run and at this point, reaching the goal would be unlikely. I have google ads ready to run in the event I wanted to go that direction. However, I found and contacted a California company called IdeaPros. I pitched my idea to them and they like it.

It's been a while since I've posted but my project is still moving forward. Ideapros has been working and doing their part. They have been working on doing surveys and all the Pre-work that is needed to help make a company successful before it even launches.

While they do this, it takes about a year from this point, I will be gathering a following by providing free pages, ebooks and other information that helps those that would like to purchase this product. I will be collecting emails and sending email updates about this product.

Getting the word out is tough

I've been trying to get the word out so people can see what I'm doing and have the opportunity to help and boy it is tough because of email filters and all that stuff that blocks my work. I'm not trying to scam anyone, just get the word out so I can make this project go and help a lot of people.

Just today, for example, I was talking to a student that told me in a very honest and sincere way that she hates math. I happen to know because I'm her teacher that she does not have her basic facts memorized and it takes her a while to pull them up and what she does get is wrong about half the time. Because she struggles in her facts, it takes so long, and she gets it wrong so often she has an honest dislike for the subject. Who wouldn't? She then just gives up and really just stops trying. It's a downward spiral. I asked her, "If you knew your facts by heart, how would your life be different?" She responded, "I probably wouldn't hate math and if I was actually good at something I'd probably feel better about myself."

This is not an isolated incident.
This nation and the world need this app. They just don't know about it yet.

Please help me get the word out.

Today I received an email from a crowdfunding PR agency called Space. I've reached out to them on email to gather more info to see if they might be helpful at the right price. We'll see what happens. I think that there is a great story here that could be newsworthy that could catch fire.

Catch you later,
Jim Werner

Never Expected That

Today I Sent out my first emails announcing my project. First I tried to send it to the whole district. It came back undeliverable because I would have to be on a special list to do so. I asked our Administrative Assistant about it and she suggested that I send it to smaller units like elementary, middle school, and High School. I did so and it sent that time.

A couple of people responded and a few coworkers donated. Some people were not sure if it was a phishing email. When I got home I received a call from my principal saying that he had been contacted by someone from the district saying that I may have violated an email policy and asked me to shut it all down. I don't feel that doing that totally is a wise idea but I did disable the links to the Surveys and PayPal. I hadn't activated Kickstarter yet.

I'm now more nervous about starting up Kickstarter since I only get 45 days and its got a rough start. I will be meeting with my principal and talking to the district person over the phone tomorrow morning. Tonight I spent most of my time typing up my perspective about the possible violations. If it's not one thing it's another.

In my response, I explained again that all money donated to this cause will be used for this cause and nothing else. Whereas others are donating money, I'm donating hundreds of hours of time to make this work and now I'm having to spend my time worrying about and respond to this.

Well, another day.

Kickstarter is interesting

Ok, new update.
5/2/19
This is really A LOT OF WORK. I spend many evenings working away on details, videos, audio and yes even this blog that I only get to once and a while. I put together a video for the Kickstarter and uploaded it or at least thought I had and then hit the button that said submit. Well, I guess that was a bit of a mistake. It turns out that the video hadn't uploaded, and my proposal was obviously missing things that needed to be there so it came back immediately as rejected. The page explained that I could make changes and resubmit it just once. I've done that now and am now awaiting their response in 2-3 days. Nerve racking? you bet.

I've already started building the project on Indiegogo in case it doesn't pass but I'm holding off a little in hopes that Kickstarter accepts they resubmitted project.

5/3/19
YAHOO!!!! Kickstarter approved my project! Wow, the internal drama and stress of this project is amazing, talk about a roller coaster ride!

Update

Ok, so I'm still trying to get this posting thing down and its been a while. Since the last time, I have been in contact with Techahead and they have quoted me a price and I have been working in the video for Kickstarter and working on that. I finished the video and showed it to my brothers and family. They had some good criticisms about the video that I should fix and they know a guy that does video production for a job. I had him look at it and he said it wasn't bad and was actually good enough for a Kickstarter video. Yet he would have liked the voice over to be a bit cleaner. So I'm going to work on that and add in a little bit more info suggested by my family, I might re-record parts with me in it so I don't look so stressed and the beginning doesn't look so freaky. The picture above right is what I'm talking about. The hardest part about posting this stuff is that I know that no one is reading this yet.

Today 3/8/19

Now that I've started this it pretty much takes all my time. I spend hours each evening working on the web sites and blogs and business Plans and videos and everything else and my wife feels neglected.  I've really got to take a break and enjoy for a while. I think the real answer is to schedule her in and plan better. I think it would go a long way for her to know that she is important enough to me that she is a crucially important part of my plan. My wife explained it best. You don't own a business, it owns you. Tonight I got home early and made copycat Panda Express fried rice and orange chicken both turned out very good.

I Checked my email and found that I had received an email from the TechAhead app development company and they forecast that the app will cost about $57K U.S. to build to launch. That is almost a tenth of what I thought it might so I'm a bit excited. However, on Tuesday I'll be talking to another group to see what they can do if they want to try.

Find the App Builders

One in Four

So, I did some online searching for an app-building company and sent out four invitations on Thursday evening 2/28/19. By the next day, TechAhead contacted me showing interest. Surge told me they don't do business with you unless you have at least 10 employees. IntellectSoft wrote saying they would like to business but only if the budget were above $125K. I wrote explaining it would be but they haven't returned anything as of yet (3/4/19) Monday. Lastly, a company called December Labs never responded. Ok, December Labs is redeemed they responded with an invitation to meet during spring break. 
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Starting My Business Plan

Starting My Business Plan

Getting Started

So, I've started working on my business plan. I've looked up a bunch of samples and examples. At this point, I'm filling in one that I downloaded into Word from Bplan.com. I haven't spent the money yet to do their paid version but eventually, I probably will. So far it has been going well. The more I write and explain what I want this business to do the more excited I get. Now I've gotten to the part where I need to start putting in numbers. This is the part where I'm stumped. Where do I get the data to put in numbers that really make sense and tell a story? I think that my next step is to get some quotes from several (3-5) app and website developers. At least then I will have a target amount of money to raise to start the building.

Making Learning Real

In my classroom, I moved my 6th graders into new teams and instead of having them choose team names like normal I had them choose company names, make a log and choose a type of business that they would be, then they were to write a Mission Statement and Vision Statement. So, of course, I had to share what mine would be for my company.

My Vision Statement.

A vision statement is to where we want to be or be doing in the future. Strangely enough, I think that I do some of my best thinking while teaching. here is what I came up with: "Ditson Intellectual Training will be the world leader in teaching pertinent and factual information to students of all ages around the world while creating more intelligent, confident, and healthier citizens for a brighter future." Or in a shorter format, "DitsonIT will grow a smarter future."

My Mission Statement

A mission statement explains how we make the vision statement happen. It's the purpose we serve, it's the function, and a description of the organization. Its a roadmap for the vision statement and clarifies the what, who and why the company exists. Our mission is to use technology to teach people in the 21st century the information they need to be successful in life while improving brain function and building social interactions. We will continue to study and do research to help us know how to best transfer information and sound reasoning to the human population allowing them to be successful in ways that bring the most joy, happiness, and contentment to the most people.

To accomplish this we will develop technologies and programs that will be catered to the individual person and be able to provide to them what they need, how they need it and when they need it. We will use technology to rebuild and strengthen the mind rather than replace it while giving the people what they want and need so they will truly enjoy the learning process.

I Love This Statement

"Sell them what they want and give them what they need." This is the essence of how I want all of my businesses to run.

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What am I doing?

What am I doing? The road I've started on is a crazy big and scary one. I'm starting this post to chronicle my experience of building what I hope and expect to be a multimillion or billion dollar enterprise. It's a crazy thought but I've got ideas that have been buzzing around in my head for years and know that they would be helpful to millions or billions of people out there and to just sit on them because I'm too scared or lazy seems almost criminal. So, for my first post, I'm simply expressing my thoughts and feels about this project. It scares me to death. To produce the products that I've envisioned will take millions of dollars to build but would likely have an income of billions of dollars. Failure scares me but so does success. I want to help people. that is my main drive in life. I've come to a realization that I can't do it alone. To help the world I'm going to need the world's help. This is why I've started this blog. To invite you, and everyone else to join me in this wonderful, crazy, scary, adventure. I'm starting the process of building this business that I believe will change the world for the better in an unbelievable way. I want you to be able to share and travel with me on my road and just maybe become a real part of a global phenomenon.
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Please bare with me as I will likely mis-spell words and sound awkward at times. I know that I'll have to get better at this but we all start small and I need to be headed to bed. I wonder if anyone will ever read this?
DitsonIT.com Note: This was reposted as I've moved it over from my other site.