IDEAME.COM Launches In Latin America to Promote Creativity Through Crowdfunding

Buenos Aires, Argentina (PRWEB) July 08, 2011

During the biennial 2011 Endeavor Entrepreneur Summit, the landmark event hosted by the global nonprofit organization that transforms emerging countries by support high-impact entrepreneurs, the official launch of IDEAME.com was announced as well as the successful completion of its first round of financing.

The fundamental goal of IDEAME.com is to provide financial support for creative and artistic Latin American talent in all their expressions turning their ideas into reality on a global stage. Through innovative social networking and value-added technological services, IDEAME.com will allow creatives and artists to share their ideas with an online community, providing those members with the opportunity to take an active role in the development and execution of various projects and initiatives all on one platform.

IDEAME.com will serve as the conduit for projects by local talent, which often fail to come to fruition due to lack of financing, to be shared and allow the public to participate in creative endeavors of interest and worthy of development, thus capitalizing on the spirit of community and stimulating local economies.

According to Sebastian Uchitel, general manager of IDEAME.com, The collective financing model, also known as crowdfunding, has grown exponentially in recent years thanks to social networking. Uchitel highlights that our platform seeks to secure financing for creative projects in Latin America in a variety of areas, including music, cinema, visual arts, design, fashion, innovation and technology. In the United States, sites like http://www.kickstarter.com and http://www.quirky.com, and international sites like http://www.verkami.com and http://www.pozible.com.au are already helping creative talent by raising millions of dollars in financing in exchange for gifts and other rewards. We are adapting those successful models on a global level to meet the needs of artists and creative talent in Latin America.

The company has secured the support of a group of investors of notable prestige with a solid track record in online and creative throughout the region. Among the investors are Eduardo Costantini Jr. (who served as executive director of the MALBA Museum for five years, cofounder of MUBI and president of Costa Films), Boris Hirmas Said (vice chairman of Yellow Pepper and a member of the Latin American Committee of the Tate Museum in London) and Wenceslao Casares (founder of Patagon and Bling Nation), just to name a few of the most prominent investors, added Mariano Suarez Battan, the renowned entrepreneur who sold his company Three Melons to Playdom/Disney in 2010 and one of the cofounders of IDEAME.com.

There is an extraordinary pool of creative and innovative talent in Latin America which faces obstacles to find funding. IDEAME.com will fill that void by providing the necessary resources for those artists to turn their dreams into reality, and we think its a great initiative, said Eduardo Costantini Jr., who will serve as chairman of the companys board of directors.

The company plans to launch the platform in August 2011. The market rollout will initiate in Argentina and Chile and later on expand to other Latin American markets, including Mexico, Colombia and Brazil.

About IDEAME.com

IDEAME.com is an online community that helps talented Latin American creative professionals brings their ideas to life and has international reach via crowdfunding, social networking and value-added services. For more information, please visit http://www.ideame.com or send an e-mail to contacto@ideame.com.

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Jackie Fame Joins Forces with The Weinstein Company to Promote the Movie Bully

CHARLOTTE, N.C. and LOS ANGELES, Calif., (PRWEB) April 13, 2012

Jackie Fame, Inc. (FAME), the leading kid/teen social network http://www.JFame.com, is joining forces with The Weinstein Company to promote the movie Bully. After much debate over the rating, the PG-13 version of the anti-bullying documentary will open in 115 theaters.

FAME and the AMC Cinema chain will sponsor several Bully Movie Events across the country, with selected theaters offering free admission to a one-night Bully awareness event with the continued goal of involving parents, students, educators, and advocates in the movement to ending bullying.

In addition, with every Bully ticket purchased through MovieTickets.com (http://www.MovieTickets.com), FAME will provide a free download of its book Kid2Kid, Keepin it Safe Online (ISBN: 978-0-675-50025-6) made available for the NOOK and Kindle eBook formats. Kid2Kid includes great advice for young people about staying safe online, and includes a chapter about preventing bullying in cyberspace and in everyday life.

We are happy to join The Weinstein Companys Bully campaign to help raise awareness about the serious effects of bullying. We hope to help inspire kids from around the world to stand up to bullying, said Zachary Swauger 13, FAME co-founder.

This has always been a mission of the Jackie Fame network, added Joshua Swauger 11, FAME co-founder. In 2011, we launched We Have the Power at http://www.WeHaveThePower.net – a grass roots awareness movement about the terrible effects of bullying on school-aged kids. We recorded an original song, produced by DJ Boom and Hip-Hop recording artist G-Money. We wrote the lyrics to express how deeply concerned we are about bullying and its effect on our peers.

The FAME co-founders hope all school-aged kids and their parents will see Bully and join together in the fight to stop all forms of bullying.

About Bully:

Directed by Sundance and Emmy-award winning filmmaker, Lee Hirsch, Bully is a beautifully cinematic, character-driven documentary. At its heart are those with huge stakes in this issue whose stories each represent a different facet of Americas bullying crisis. Bully follows five kids and families over the course of a school year. Stories include two families who have lost children to suicide and a mother awaiting the fate of her 14-year-old daughter who has been incarcerated after bringing a gun on her school bus.

With an intimate glimpse into homes, classrooms, cafeterias and principals offices, the film offers insight into the often cruel world of the lives of bullied children. As teachers, administrators, kids and parents struggle to find answers, Bully examines the dire consequences of bullying through the testimony of strong and courageous youth. Through the power of their stories, the film aims to be a catalyst for change in the way we deal with bullying as parents, teachers, children and society as a whole.

About The Weinstein Company:

The Weinstein Company (TWC) is a multimedia production and distribution company launched in October 2005 by Bob and Harvey Weinstein, the brothers who founded Miramax Films in 1979. TWC also encompasses Dimension Films, the genre label founded in 1993 by Bob Weinstein, which has released such popular franchises as Scream, Spy Kids and Scary Movie. Together TWC and Dimension Films have released a broad range of mainstream, genre and specialty films that have been commercial and critical successes.

TWC releases took home eight 2012 Academy Awards

Jackie Fame Joins Forces with The Weinstein Company to Promote the Movie Bully