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KIKA Software Company -- a community owned, currency agnostic, global web3 company powered by NEO #66

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KIKA

A COMMUNITY OWNED, CURRENCY AGNOSTIC, WEB3 SOFTWARE COMPANY POWERED BY NEO

Introduction

“The problem with bitcoin is it isn’t based on anything” - Warren Buffett

“Never underestimate the power of millions of small transactions” - Charlie Munger

The term KIKA is Sanskrit for “Many gathered together as one”.  KIKA is a community based project that seeks to empower users of all income levels to participate in global value exchange.  Users without any resources (except a cell phone) or even products to sell can use the apps to create value for themselves.  Users will not have to download blockchain wallets, buy cryptocurrency, make nft’s or any other confusing processes the other blockchain projects are offering that are actually a hindrance to the average user.

KIKA (pronounced “kick-ah”) is a COMMUNITY OWNED software company that makes one of a kind apps that empower users to transfer value instantly and globally and return all of the profits to the token holders. KIKA uses its own native token also called KIKA or KIKA Token.  What is unique about KIKA apps is users will not have to download a crypto wallet or own any token to use the apps.  KIKA apps automatically create a blockchain wallet in the backend that allows users to start receiving tokens from any other user world wide.  It offers the easiest user experience of any blockchain application on the market.

KIKA will be the first software company in history that is not tied to any fiat based financial market. The total token value will be the company value and all profits will be returned to the token holders.  The first investors in this will make history in setting  a new path for businesses globally. There will be a lifetime total of  30 million tokens. The value is yet to  be determined.

All apps will have their own unique revenue streams.  All profits from all apps will be paid to token holders.   The users of any KIKA app will have their tokens available on all apps offered in our growing line of software products.  If a user has tokens in one app, they will be available in all of the apps.

All KIKA apps are part of the same ecosystem.  It is important to make it noticeable that they are part of a family of apps to identify their association with the other apps in the KIKA family. This is drastically different from all blockchain and web2 products that offer only one app and token as there are too many tokens and wallets to keep track of. Users of  KIKA apps will know they are using a KIKA token app just by the name and will not need a wallet, just simply LOGIN.

Because the token is transferred instantly by the blockchain smart contract, this will allow for new and unique application and software opportunities that are not currently available on the blockchain or web2 marketplaces. Some of the apps will be as follows:  .

Software we will build

KIK-OFF is a revolutionary web and mobile application similar to web2’s Amazon or Etsy.   What makes it unique is any user can upload an image (not NFT) of a real physical item they would like to sell without first having to own the product.  Another user far away can purchase the product using the app and exchange token value instantly.  The token is held in reserve on the app until the product reaches its destination, shipped by the seller.  When a seller receives notification of a sale on the app, THEN  the seller can physically purchase it and send it.  It is a revolutionary retail arbitrage site for any user globally to interact, ship, and sell products, without any personal upfront investment of the product!.

KIK-ME (180 degree name difference from YOU tube) is a revolutionary web and mobile application that users will find most familiar to web2’s YouTube.  Users can upload content, browse and watch others' content, however they will be able to  instantly buy or sell videos or other digital media instantly exchanging the KIKA Token.    All video apps will have the traditional advertising revenue stream.  In addition, KIK-ME will allow  the user to opt in/out of viewing advertisements.  If a user opts “IN”, they will receive a direct payment from the advertiser as compensation for watching the advertisement.   This will allow users to start to earn some value in their wallet just by watching videos! Users do not need to own KIKA token or have an account in order  to watch and browse content.  Currently no web2 product allows individual users to instantly exchange videos for currency.  This will create a unique, one of a kind global digital marketplace for videos, audio files, pdf,  computer code, and more.

KIK-ADs  is similar to KIK-ME but more along the lines of web2’s TikTok.  Drawing from the same database of content as KIK-ME, users can watch and upload, buy and sell content, and receive a payment from traditional advertisers.  What is unique about it is users who wish to create their own advertisements for any company or product and sell them to any other user, business, marketing team, etc that would like to purchase them for their own social media.  It is marketed toward younger users and is more for  browsing short (less than 1 min) creative content on a mobile phone.  Beta version at https://kikads.app/ (not yet transferred to NEO)

KIK-SEND is a web and mobile application that allows users to easily send KIKA tokens to one another without using KIK-ADS or KIK-ME.  Similar to web2’s CashApp or Paypal,  users can easily search by email or name and send tokens to another person without having to download a wallet or exchange wallet addresses. The transfer takes seconds. New users can simply login to set up an account and a wallet is instantly created for each user allowing them to hold tokens. Every user of any KIKA software product will already have a wallet associated with their account in the database.  KIK-SEND users can easily purchase KIKA token and exchange it for Neo Gas or NEO token on this site. They can swap NEO for bitcoin or any other cryptocurrency on an outside exchange,  or send it to their own personal  off-chain wallet if they choose.  Beta version at https://kik-send.onrender.com

KIK-BAK is a web and mobile application very similar to web2’s AirBnb.   Users of this application can easily book travel, hotels, and stay at any other user's property and transfer KIKA tokens for the payment.   The benefit to using KIKA products over AirBnb is that 100%  of profits from ALL of the apps is returned to the token holders.   If one simply owns the token or transacts in it they will be an owner and recipient of profits from the network of all apps in the KIKA family.

KIK-IT or KIK I.T. is a web infrastructure framework that allows users to profit from the Kika software products while browsing the web.   Based on Google Chrome browser  it will allow users to contribute to the KIKA suite of software products providing data to developers.   Users will be compensated for their data through the KIKA token as 100% of all profits are returned to token holders.  Future development of email, cloud storage, and productivity software is possible.

Future software and apps will continue to be added.

Business  Model

The KIKA Software company will use the  revolutionary “Tokenized Software Business Model”. It allows all stakeholders to benefit from the productivity, user interactions, data, and overall success of the company.  It encourages collaboration and network effect to build and grow the company.  The overall business strategy is not based or held on one app, rather the growth of multiple apps, contributing to a growing user base.

The business model is unique and very important to the overall business operation.  There will not be a CEO or shareholders, but will have a “Troika” of three representatives that make the final decisions of the business direction. One will represent the developer teams, one will represent the users, and one will represent the investors.

All revenue and expenses will be handled by an outside accounting firm and made publicly available at all times on the company website.  Because KIKA will not be regulated by any financial market it is important to disclose all financial statements and accounting publicly and offer 100% transparency to the public.

Business Operations and Token Distribution

Total Tokens Minted  30,000,000

Blockchain smart contract will be on NEO  https://neo.org/

Founding team will consist of representatives from each division.  Each will have a vote in company decisions.  Each will be compensated 1,000,000 tokens as ownership of the company.

Seed investors, Series A, B, C will be able to buy the remaining 9,000,000 from the investment pool

Marketing team will use the 9,000,000 from the Users pool to incentivize the early adopters of each new app.

Developer teams will also be owners of the company as will receive the profits of the development pool.   Those tokens can be used as a reserve for future teams.

Financial management will be handled by an outside accounting firm to be determined.

Revenue

Each app will receive revenue in different ways.   Video apps can charge advertisers to run ads during the videos. Each sale will charge a small percentage (3%) paid by the seller to cover the blockchain transaction fees, and return a small revenue to the company.

Other apps like KIK-BAK can charge a larger percentage of the transaction to generate more revenue.   The revenue streams will be similar to the web2 equivalent, however every effort will be made to ensure that the users do not have to have any upfront payment or subscription to generate a sale.  We feel this will give a competitive advantage to any other product on the market.

Team

Fundraising and Community Development

Nathan Sloss, BA in Community Development, Professional Cert Devops and Software Engineering

Marketing

Eric Sloss,(Advisor) MA Marketing, Carnegie Mellon University

Noah Miller,  BA in Marketing, University of Kansa

Tech

Shana Cosgrove, (Advisor) CEO Nyla Technologies, MS Software Engineering

Amy Middleton Couponer, BS Software Engineering,  Professional Software Engineer.

Not yet determined,  possible companies to include in product management and partial ownership include:

Nyla Technologies

Active Logic

Triscension

Financial and Accounting

Not yet determined,  outside accounting firms will handle and publish all financial records.  Possible firms could include:

Deloitte

Emerick & Co

Thank you for reading this proposal. We are always interested in discussion. Please feel free to contact me at natesloss@gmail.com or my linked in https://www.linkedin.com/in/n8slo/

Yours truly,

Nathan Sloss, community organizer KIKA

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deanragnarok commented 1 year ago

Hi @n8slo88

Thanks for the proposal. I admire your ambition and believe you to be sincere in your enthusiasm for your project.

Although I only speak for myself, I believe other GS members would agree with me in saying your proposal is much too broad and too expensive for consideration in its current form. You're basically describing an attempt to compete with half a dozen major platforms at the same time.

My advice if you want to pursue GS funding is to revisit your proposal and come back with a focus on one dapp that you wish to pursue. Within that proposal, included a detailed description of that product, a clear roadmap and timeline with milestones, verifiable deliverables, what makes Neo a good fit, how you plan to approach technically, etc. You should also consider using the "Request for Funding" template that GrantShares dApp suggests. I think if you do this, we can at least start a more constructive conversation with you.

n8slo88 commented 1 year ago

Hi. Thank you for reading my proposal and your reply! Brevity or small thinking are not my strengths 😁 I like NEO for many reasons. I've been following its development for several years and is very powerful technology.

I do not feel it would not be appropriate to reapply and describe KIKA as one app. Currently it is a small software development company looking for funding, consisting of a few people and a dream along a steady progressive growth plan by building one app at a time. (Much like NEO at one time I'm sure!)

I would love to have the NEO communities support but realize we are doing things a bit differently than other web3 projects, no nft's (yet), no millions of wallet downloads, no big run on Neo token price. Just a community based business model that will gain users one app at a time and return all profits( probably in Neo gas) to the users. In my opinion it would help introduce NEO to new users and eventually help all dapps in the NEO community.

It is commonly held belief that diversity is a healthy thing for communities, even tech. However, It seems nft developers believe only in nft's and external wallet developers believe only in external wallets. Venture capital and web2 companies are on board with that and any project that proposes anything different is immediately wrong. (Seemingly)

But I want to offer the average user something different. I want to empower people, with a very simple user experience, easy access to tokens, and a chance to easily put a few in their pocket without having money or crypto or millions of followers or pay subscription or install wallets, or play mindless video games.

I understand if you are afraid of its scope or have loyalty to other competing project ideas. I get it. It is a nonconformist project. I have the same issue filling out typeform pitch for venture capital. However not every idea fits into a pre-written format (sorry developers🙏), but there needs to be more options for other businesses models and ideas. That is what I love about web3! The possibilities are endless! Why not try them all?

The world is constantly changing and the future is not yet written!😁

The blockchain community seems to have made up its mind on how web3 will go. That's okay. But please consider that there are many poor and young people ( billions ) without any financial assets worldwide who won't be able to buy NEO token, or ethereum, or bitcoin in order to get started on a dapp. Ever! KIKA offers them a way to earn some token through our apps without anything but a smart phone. That is who I'm building for.

I'm sure there are thousands of ways to go about it, but I feel Kika is groundbreaking in that it is not one app, returns profits to the users, and empowers the world's poor to participate in global value exchange.

The grant would go a long way in development of secure mobile and web versions of our first apps, cloud hosting, and security and monitoring. I'm just an average coder at best so I need to hire some help. But the world isn't changed by one person, it's changed by a community. Some are good at coding, some at vision, some at marketing, some at finance but each contribute to steady incremental change. That is how the world is changed. TOGETHER AS ONE.

Finally, I feel if a user needs to buy crypto just to use a dapp, the development team has already failed. Ex. OpenSea . Or If you are only proposing one app, the vision is too small and you are more of a dreamer than me - in the sense that building only one app will make a difference in the universe. That is very web2 type thinking. Web3 builders must think globally with long term and massive growth as their horizon if they are going to be successful.

Also, yes I do plan on putting every major web2 fiat based company out of business one app at a time and get the entire world using web3 and would like your support, I cant do it alone, but WE CAN. 😊👍 We just need some courage.

Thanks again for your time. If you have specific questions I'm happy to answer them. God bless you.

Sincerely, Nathan Sloss Http://Nathan-sloss.herokuapp.com

On Mon, Mar 20, 2023, 1:27 PM deanragnarok @.***> wrote:

Hi @n8slo88 https://github.com/n8slo88

Thanks for the proposal. I admire your ambition and believe you to be sincere in your enthusiasm for your project.

Although I only speak for myself, I believe other GS members would agree with me in saying your proposal is much too broad and too expensive for consideration in its current form. You're basically describing an attempt to compete with half a dozen major platforms at the same time.

My advice if you want to pursue GS funding is to revisit your proposal and come back with a focus on one dapp that you wish to pursue. Within that proposal, included a detailed description of that product, a clear roadmap and timeline with milestones, verifiable deliverables, what makes Neo a good fit, how you plan to approach technically, etc. You should also consider using the "Request for Funding" template that GrantShares dApp suggests. I think if you do this, we can at least start a more constructive conversation with you.

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gsmachado commented 1 year ago

@n8slo88 thanks for sharing your dream!

And I agree 💯 with @deanragnarok.

I would really encourage you to edit your proposal. You might not know it, but you can edit a submitted proposal by following these steps:

Let us know if you need any assistance.

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grantshares-dapp[bot] commented 1 year ago

🚫 This proposal was cancelled (closed discussion) on request of the proposal's owner.