轉寄︰ Welcome to the new BiD Network website!

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"When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world." George Washington Carver

What is Social Entrepreneurship?

Statement of Faith
You can find other "Market with Meaning" but you definitely want to see "Profit with Purpose".
I personally "Believe in Kingdom Transformation" because I know there is only ONE "Life for Significant".

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傳送日期︰ 2012年03月6日 (週二) 9:04 PM
主題︰ Welcome to the new BiD Network website!

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Este correo está también disponible en español  Ce courriel est aussi disponible en français Dear members of BiD Network, The new BiD Network website has been available for a few days now. New design, new tools, and more services to start, grow and finance businesses in emerging countries in a more connected way.  Please note that our platform is new and innovative, some parts need to be fine-tuned in the next weeks. We are also still developing important functionalities and creating new content. Thanks in advance for your understanding!  What’s new? In 2012, the website will undergo two major updates. The first version has better functionalities and features for entrepreneurs and coaches. * An easy to fill in online business plan * Speed up the time to write a business plan * Fast rating of business plans * Step-by-step guidance through the financial plan * A business plan competition module * Clearer coach registration, matching and support * Investors can register and get alerts on best plans * Fast performance and member support More to come! Version 2 will offer better tools to support service providers and investors.  * Create your own entrepreneurship community in your own brand and language in a few steps * Work on the business plan module online and offline * Online investor-business matchmaking * Connect with communities and experts globally * Download your business plans in handy .pdf, .xls and .doc form * Rating of unstructured text documents * Rating of coaches and investors * Revenues for subscribers via ads and fees. The web platform aims to facilitate local connections across all emerging markets. Our ambition is to get 5 new businesses growing every day by 2020. Get started For all existing members of BiD Network, we’ve transferred your profile and the data of your former online business plan.  *To log in, just click here, using your usual BiD Network account details. *Once you’ve logged in, we recommend you review and complete your new profile. Although we did our best to transfer it, we need your help in making sure it is relevant and updated.   *More importantly, make sure the fact sheet of your new online business plan is up-to-date. With the new online rating system, the more you complete your fact sheet, better are your score and your chances to be eligible for a coach and the ‘Finance Ready’ stage. Finance Ready plans are the most visible to investors. Please follow the instructions of the 'How to update your fact sheet' tutorial for more details. To entrepreneurs that used our latest business plan excel template, please send it to info@bidnetwork.org and we will upload it to your profile. Note that your CV and images will be migrated and attached to your profile in a few days. Help & Contacts We have written many clear, short and colorful explanations that will make your first introduction to the new platform an enjoyable one. For guidance about the new website, please read the Q&As and the tutorials. If your question is not answered there, contact us at info@bidnetwork.org Your feedback is important to us! We would highly appreciate your feedback about your experience with the platform. Feel free to use the feedback button in the footer. Due to maintenance and critical developments, the website will be unavailable for a few hours in the coming weeks. We do our utmost to minimize any inconvenience. Thanks for your patience. We hope you enjoy using the new www.bidnetwork.org and looking forward to your thoughts. The BiD Network team

www.bidnetwork.org is operated by a new web-services company BiDx B.V. which is a joint venture between BiD Network Foundation and Sampoerna-Mekar of Indonesia.     bidnetwork.org prepares emerging market entrepreneurs for investors. It offers tools, contacts and coaching to the best entrepreneurs, paving the way for them to access finance and start their business. We focus on high growth businesses based in developing countries with a financing need of US$ 10,000 to $5,000,000. We provide professional services to entrepreneurs, coaches, investors, business angels and SME service providers. BiD Network operates an international network of partners in 16 countries makes this possible. Contact: info@bidnetwork.org All rights reserved © BiDx 2011 subscribe | mail-a-friend | unsubscribe