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Need to come up with some analysis on profitability based on revenue stream, number of users, number of events, etc
What should the initial focus be?
Does it need to expand to be more profitable? (eg. bands, general ensemble hiring vs event)

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What problem(s) are you trying to solve?

Hard to find places to host chamber music concerts

Hard to find chamber music ensembles

Who has the problem?

People wanting to host concerts

People wanting hear more chamber music

People wanting to perform chamber music

People wanting to hire chamber music ensemble

How is this person dealing with the problem now?

Word of mouth

Advertising through some communities (eg. church, schools, AUSTA, community orchestras, etc)

Google search?

Directories for specific types of events (eg. wedding directory)

How are you planning to solve the problem?

Why is your solution better?

Value proposition for customers: Easy to use and unified search experience that aggregates lots of chamber music ensembles and concerts and venues in one place, allows comparing them based on their offerings and the number of reviews they’ve received, and makes it easy to book a suitable time slot and pay for it.

Value proposition for ensembles: Easy way to set up their own online presence, more leads, handy tools for managing bookings and invoicing.

Value proposition for venues: Easy way to set up their own online presence, more leads, handy tools for managing bookings and invoicing.

Distribution channel for customers: Since lots of people are already searching for concerts, they find your site through search engines as soon as you get the first position in certain keyword searches. Contact directories and establishments directly.

Distribution channel for ensembles: At first, you build supply by contacting the providers directly and convincing them to join. Later on, growth will come through word of mouth.

Revenue stream from customers: Your site is free to use for customers.

Revenue stream from ensembles: You plan on making money by using the most popular revenue stream for modern marketplaces: charging a commission from each booking from the providers.

Revenue stream from venues: You plan on making money by using the most popular revenue stream for modern marketplaces: charging a commission from each booking from the providers.

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User

Name

Contact Details

Venue

Address

Suburb

Seating capacity

Photos

Piano available

Seats available

Kitchen available

Bathroom available

Disabled access

Host (foreign key to User table)

Musical Ensemble

Type of ensemble

Biography

Photo

Contact details

Members ? (foreign key to User table?)

Venue Availability

Date

Availability

Venue (foreign key to Venue table?)

Concert

Title

Venue

Date (foreign key to VenueAvailability table?)

ConcertEnsembles

Concert (foreign key to Concert table?)

* Ensemble (foreign key to Ensemble table?)

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STEP 5 - Required Functionality Description

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STEP 5 - Required Functionality Description

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Register as a host
Register as a musical ensembles
Register as a concert go-er
Register a concert by musical ensemble X (could have more than one?) at venue Y at date Z, limit number of tickets
Find concerts to go to by location, date, ensemble
Find musical ensembles by location
Find venues by location, dates free, cost
Find when musical ensemble X upcoming concerts
Book a ticket to concert featuring ensemble X at venue Y on date Z
Pay for ticket using credit card or PayPal
Manage concert to see how many tickets are sold
Contact concert go-ers with information about concert
Cancel concert and contact concert go-ers and issue refunds
Concert Go-ers can review and rate concert, ensemble and venue?
Ensembles can review and rate venue?
Venue can review and rate ensembles?

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Ticketek
Ticketmaster
Lasttix
Showbiz
3d Resourcing - http://www.3dresourcing.com.au
Trybooking

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See User Types?

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X chamber music ensembles signed up in the first X months
X venue hosts signed up in the first X months
X events in the first X months
X tickets sold in the first X months

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Connect chamber music lovers and venue hosts with chamber music groups.
Help chamber music lovers find and buy tickets to chamber music concerts.
Is it - chamber music groups wanting to put on a concert and needing a venue and audience?
OR - venue or event host wanting to find a chamber music group to play at their event?

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Common to all:

Login/Signup via email or Facebook

TODO

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Venue hosts
People who want to offer their house/venue for concerts
Probably like to listen to and watch live music
May not possibly be able to play music
Probably more social or like to host parties/concerts/events
Probably have similar friends who like to listen to live music
Probably expect some monetary gain for "renting" out their space
Have space that can host an ensemble as well as audience
Q: What to do about amenities? (food, bathroom, parking, etc)
Q: What to do about cleaning up?

Concert Organizer
People who like to organize concerts
Would we make this the same person as the Venue hosts or Musician?

Musician
Musicians in a group who play music
Like to perform to others
May not have space to host a concert
May not have energy or passion to organize a concert
Probably expect some monetary gain for rehearsing and performing

Audience
General public who want to attend a concert
Like to listen to and watch live music
Will have certain musical tastes
Will live in a certain area
May be travelling to another city or area for business or holiday
May have challenges travelling far
May know a particular musician and want to know when they play next
May have a circle of friends and what to attend concerts they their friends are going to

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1. Self fund

2. Angel Investor - individuals investing their own personal funds, smaller investment amounts (25k-100k), have experience and contacts, may want to have money back within 3-5  years

3. Venture Capitalist - invested by firms or companies that use other people's money, large investments (1-10m), typically require seat on board, much more due diligence, may want to have money back within 3-5  years

4. Private Equity Fund

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Option 1 - Develop ourselves from scratch

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Option 1 - Develop ourselves from scratch

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Need to determine technology stack, eg.

Programming language - Ruby, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3

Application Framework - Ruby on Rails?

JavaScript Framework - React.js?

SQL Data Storage - PostgreSQL?

Hosting - Amazon Web Services

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https://www.quora.com/How-much-does-it-cost-to-build-a-website-like-Airbnb
http://www.rockiesventureclub.org/colorado-capital-conference/how-do-angel-investors-differ-from-venture-capitalists/
http://www.kimhartman.se/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/the-lean-startup-summary.pdf
https://rubygarage.org/blog/how-much-does-it-cost-to-build-website-like-airbnb
https://www.sharetribe.com/academy/how-to-validate-your-marketplace-idea-before-building-the-platform/
https://www.cleveroad.com/blog/how-much-does-it-cost-to-create-an-app-like-airbnb

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1. Develop from scratch

Best to have a technical co-founder

Need to determine technology stack and have technical expertise

PROS - Full control, may be cheapest option

CONS - Slow to build up dev team, hard to find talent

2. Develop using existing platform

Structured Domains (http://structureddomains.com)

Sharetribe (https://www.sharetribe.com)

Wordpress (http://www.wordpress.com)

PROS - Get something out quicker

CONS - Will cost something, still need dev expertise but not as much

3. Use Web Design Company

eg. Intelex - http://www.intelex.ca/marketplace.html

PROS - Get exactly what you want

CONS - Will cost a lot

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1. Products/services definition
2. Marketplace Goal definition
3. Target Audience definition
4. Competitors definition
5. Required functionality description
6. Information architecture
7. User types (roles) description
8. Group of users activity description