I haven’t thought specifically about entrepreneurs and angels, but it sounds like a perfect application. Two groups with very different agendas, cultures and perspectives trying to come together for a common purpose. Sure can see how understanding the big picture of what each other is thinking could be highly beneficial.

I would greatly value your feedback and input. I hope you will try out VisualsSpeak and see what kind of results you get. I agree that all of our IP is evergreen, and I do fully intend to continue to look at ways to leverage it. I am exploring a variety of applications for it, so would welcome any ideas you have.

Always interested in faciltiation and workshops, and I think you’d find my rates to be competetive. Hard to quote anything out of the context of what needs to be done.

Thanks for your continued interest and belief in what I am tying to do.

I have communicated with Tom Crawford exploring the possibiity of extending the VizThink community here in Palo Alto in the form of a VizThink Design Studio – I would be happy to explore how VisualsSpeak could find a place in our work with clients seeking ways to collaborate and innovate more effectively and more rapidly.

Have you thought about the possibility of using VisualsSpeak as a tool for breaking down the barriers between angel investors and startup entrepreneurs – I have used graphic facilitation in these encounters when we had our VentureStream incubator, and I am thinking about restarting the concept in the proposed VizThink Design Studio. ‘

The idea springs from our previous success in getting investors and entrepreneurial teams “on the same page” which we did by designing intensive interviews with investors and entrepreneurs and using live graphic facilitationn to visualize what people were saying to each other, which helped greatly to bridge the culture gaps in these conversations.

I have the sample kit you sent me and the user manual. I will commit some time soon to try it out on my colleagues to see how they react to the process.

It seems to me that your investment in the images and the process could be considered “evergreen’ in the sense that when the economy turns around ( we hope) you could return to the business case again. I would be pleased to help in whatever way I can if and when you do that.

In the meantime, if we have the potential for a paying “gig” to apply VisualsSpeak with some of our clients, are you interested in doing workshops for a fee? And if so, what is your fee schedule.

Best wishes to you and your partner.

Dave Davison