Editor’s note: This article was first published in February 2012 as a news item; the platform’s age, its 20,000+ users in 150 countries, its 90+ active projects and the $700,000 funding round all refer to that date. The Rock The Post site no longer works, so the platform appears to have closed.
Rock The Post is a social network launched in November 2011. The idea behind it is to make it easier for startups to obtain the funding, collaboration and/or raw materials they need to develop the entrepreneur’s business idea.
Rock The Post was created by Tanya Privé on 22 November 2011. The platform now has more than 20,000 users from 150 different countries. Tanya says the platform has more than 90 active projects, and today they announced the positive result of their first funding round, in which they raised $700,000 from Spanish, American and Canadian investors.
How Rock The Post works
The way this business network works is simple. First, you sign up in the usual way; then users who wish to can present a project in the relevant category, specifying the kind of contribution or collaboration they are looking for, whether through donations or through an investment of time, money or raw materials.
Once the project is published on the platform, thousands of users can see it and decide whether they want to take part. In other words, interaction between users begins, and they set the terms and conditions for how, when and where to take part or collaborate.
Website: Rockthepost.com
Featured image: Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
