Kickstarting A ‘Going Green’ Electric Motorcycle Project
Dan Patino's Kickstarter page for his Going Green project.
One of the more entrepreneurial people I know is Dan Patino, and Dan is back now with his latest project. Working through the crowd-funding website Kickstarter.com, Dan is seeking to raise money to do a documentary film about going green on an electric motorcycle.
As Dan’s page on Kickstarter tells it, this is to be “An Electric Motorcycle, HD POV Cameras, Social Media, The Wild West, and 7 Months of Filming. Discovering innovative and creative ways to be, “Going Green.”
This Documentary Film is a creative and innovative Project. With the goal of documenting and discovering that being, “Green” can be fun! While filming this documentary, I will be on a 100% Electric Motorcycle. Sharing with the public how fun, practical, and rewarding riding an electric motorcycle can be. We will be traveling to the latest innovative “Green” programs being implemented today. Seeing what is being done about reducing carbon emissions. As I travel along, I will be documenting the public’s views on carbon emissions, and the greater issue of Global Warming.
Join me in the beautiful Western US in making this film. Filming begins on Earth Day April 22, 2013 and ending Nov 1, 2013. The Film will be produced and release on Earth Day, 2014.
In case you’re not familiar with how crowd-funding via Kickstarter.com works, the person seeking the funding puts up their proposal with a set amount needed to get going. If that amount is not pledged within the specific time allotted, nobody hands over a penny. In return for their money, presuming the project does get funded, the fundee commits to specific rewards or product or whatever to those who pledge, and usually the more you pledge the more stuff you get.
In Dan’s case, this ranges from a $10 donor receiving a thank-you note and a signed photo (electronic) all the way up to a $10,000 donor who would get everything smaller donors receive plus an invitation to come to the filming and be in the film, as well as being listed as “Executive Director” in the credits.
Dan figures that he will need to raise $49,777 to carry out this project and he has until March 11 to raise the money. So far he has two backers who have pledged a total of $110. So he has a ways to go and just a month to get there.
I certainly wish Dan the best in this latest venture, and I told him that if he gets it going I want a chance to ride the electric bike. I’ve ridden Zeros but have never ridden a Brammo, and I presume from the photos he posted that he plans to use a Brammo.
But as of this moment, the clock is ticking. Gonna be interesting to see if he can make this work.
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