The Start-Up:  BETcafe.com       Contact:  [email protected]   (send CV or short introductory email in English or Greek NOW !)

The Vision:     Create an online community / social network for Greek Sportbetting / OPAP enthusiasts --to start with.  Make lot's of money from online gaming. Become a Global brand.

Seeking a Chief Technician, plus: 

• Seeking experienced and junior developers, designers, committed "Geeks" on .net / Azure / Microsoft platform.
• Individuals who are ready to take a share of the New Company as a co-founding member
• Able and willing to be incubated in the MIC from  1st December 2009  to  31st March 2010 (4 months)

The Application has been short-listed from the Open Fund team to submit a detailed business plan. 

More importantly, the team can add more members at this stage of the process:

" We would also like to let you know that we do allow teams to add or remove members where that makes sense."

                                                                                                                                             The Open Fund Executive Board   (21/10/09)

If you are passionate in wanting to be a co-founding member of a Greek Internet Start-Up within the highly profitable online gaming space, then email  [email protected]  today.

A meeting / recruiting event will be conducted on morning of Sunday, 25th October @ Zappeio Megaron  (10:00 till 17:00)  before, during and after the Microsoft® WebsiteSpark™ @ WebWorldExpo 2009 event.

Selection of team members will be completed at the latest after the 33  dotNETZone community event on Oct. 27th.

Short window of opportunity / expedited process, due to Timetable of The Open Fund process:

- October 27:  Submission deadline for detailed business plans
- November 7:   Interview date
- November 8:   Notification of acceptance for the final presentation phase
- November 21: Start-up day, presentations & announcement of 5 Internet Start-Ups that will be incubated
- December 1: Incubation starts @  MIC  (Microsoft Innovation Center) for 4 months -- until 31st  March  2010

The plan is to raise further serious capital development funds via TA.NEO  funded VC's (more than 200 million EUR available for funding) during 4 month incubation.

The long-term goal is to build a Global Brand with an Acqusition or IPO as far as an EXIT strategy.