rpietila seems to be the one who might know the most about what you are up to. You may have to humble yourself, approach him again, and offer better terms and more details that he can check out among his own network. [Of course I have no idea what your relationship proposals were like before.]
If you get ONE rich & smart guy on-board, you will find others. But, you will have to share the gains, and let them run at least some things should they choose. You land the money (via a good Business Plan, etc.), you will find programmers, even there in The Philippines. You are the one seeking money, you are the one who has to convince the CAPITALISTS to pony up... Prove you have something and that other participants would understand what you are doing and would share the gains, you could probably raise $100,000 + before long.
If you get ONE rich & smart guy on-board, you will find others. But, you will have to share the gains, and let them run at least some things should they choose. You land the money (via a good Business Plan, etc.), you will find programmers, even there in The Philippines. You are the one seeking money, you are the one who has to convince the CAPITALISTS to pony up... Prove you have something and that other participants would understand what you are doing and would share the gains, you could probably raise $100,000 + before long.
Yes. I volunteered to be the funding coordinator, to buy the investor seed round in full and slice it for the others, making a cut in the process. So that the dev would be shielded from the seed round making part, and only needed to make deals with me in this regard. The investors would be able to buy whatever sized slice of the pie they choose. I have been organizing private placements when WTC was still standing..
He said that since I have a Mac and cannot establish a secure connection, there would be no deal. In my understanding if all I am giving is money, there is no need to divulge secret information. What I was interested in hearing is plans about the project, the organization and the governance. These matters I can evaluate, not cryptography. Also these are not top secret.
I am still interested in proceeding along these lines which I consider very levelheaded and supportive for the project. Let everyone do what they excel in.