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1. Why would I want to participate in the Fortnight
Network?
2. Do I have enough time to participate?
3. Are the financial rewards sufficient to compensate for my
time & efforts?
4. Do I have sufficient expertise to address the Requests? I
haven't seen many pertinent to my expertise.
5. I think I know a company that can provide a solution, but
I'm certain that that company won't sell it.
6. I submitted a Lead which has been selected for an In-Depth
study, but don't have enough time to pursue it any further.
- 1. Why would I want to participate in the
Fortnight Network?
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Anytime Fortnight presents your
Lead to a client, you earn substantial income from your knowledge. If
the client chooses to pursue your lead in greater depth, additional
opportunities for much larger compensation arise. Moreover, Fortnight
provides you with the opportunity to make a real difference in numerous
industries. See also here.
Consultants can use this opportunity to explore future projects
specific to their skills. Many individuals (engineers, especially) are driven
by the desire to see ideas come to full fruition. Perhaps they worked on a
project that can be enhanced by working with the client. Many scientists enjoy
the feeling of participating in bringing new ideas to market, or they may want
to find new markets for their (or their associates') existing ideas. Or perhaps
individual
Experts participate just to read state-of-the-art applications as a
catalyst for new ideas. The full list of reasons is continually growing.
Corporate Experts - those who participate on behalf of their employer -
most certainly are looking for new sources of revenue. In many cases this may
be realized by direct application of the products or services they currently
offer (perhaps with some small modifications). In other cases, they may be able
to achieve revenue from underutilized intellectual capital, or even from
closely held trade secrets. An advantage of the Fortnight
approach is that the corporation is able to select to which
Requests they respond (and may opt to not disclose a particular trade
secret to a particular client).
- 2. Do I have enough time to participate?
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Yes! The
Request process developed by Fortnight allows
each
Expert to determine how much time he or she can spend responding to
each Request. Moreover, providing a
Lead in response to a Request may require only a short amount of time —
as little as 5 minutes. We understand that our Experts probably maintain
employment at a third party, and that family and other demands on each Expert's
schedule may restrict the amount of time you can dedicate to Fortnight.
Fortnight was designed to function with this in mind.
For some example interactions, click here.
- 3. Are the financial rewards sufficient to compensate
for my time & efforts?
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Only the most promising (typically the best six)
Leads to each
Request are presented to the client, and thus are rewarded typically
around $250 (exact amount will be specified in the Request). If, as you read a
Request, you think of a good source that can offer a solution, submitting a
Lead is simple and easy to do and may take little time. Checking with your
friends and contacts to see if they have a likely lead can also be a quick
method to find a Lead to submit. If the client decides to pursue your Lead
In-Depth, you may spend more time on the solution, but you also receive
significantly greater compensation (approximately ten times the compensation
for the initial Lead).
- 4. Do I have sufficient expertise to address the
Requests? I haven't seen many pertinent to my expertise.
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An important advantage Fortnight has over more
traditional search firms is the breadth of its expert base. Even if you cannot
respond directly to many of the
Requests, you may know someone or some company that can. Just that
information (who you think has a solution) may be an ideal
Lead
- 5. I think I know a company that can provide a
solution, but I'm certain that that company won't sell it.
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This may indeed be the case, but Fortnight wants to
know about the
Solution Provider anyway. Our client may have sufficient resources to
make licensing quite desirable or otherwise be able to change the mind of the
Solution Provider.
- 6. I submitted a Lead which has been selected for an
In-Depth study, but don't have enough time to pursue it any further.
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The Fortnight
Associate working with the client will contact you to find out how to
work within your busy schedule. Depending on the situation, Fortnight
can also find a different
Expert who has the time and expertise to continue the pursuit.
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