inkosib&b, indawo yentengiso yexesha elifutshane enikezelwe kuluntu lwe-Gay, iqalise iphulo le-Wefunder ukunika iindwendwe, ababuki zindwendwe, kunye noluntu ithuba lokutyala imali kwinkampani ukunceda ukuqalisa ukwandiswa kweehotele.
Ubufanasini akukho mthethweni kwisinye kwisithathu sehlabathi, kwaye kumazwe asi-8, sisohlwayo sokufa. E-US, izehlo zolwaphulo-mthetho lwentiyo zonyuke nge-17% ukusuka ngo-2016 ukuya ku-2017, njengoko ingxelo ye-FBI yonyaka "Izibalo zolwaphulo-mthetho” ingxelo, kunye ne-20.6% ngenxa yokuxhatshazwa ngokwesondo - ukwanda okukhulu ukususela ngo-9/11.
Ukungazi ukuba umamkeli-zindwendwe uyakwamkelwa na kwenza “ukuhamba ngelixa gay” emadodeni, abasetyhini, kunye nabantu abangahambelaniyo nesini kwihlabathi jikelele abayingozi – kwaye abanokubeka ubomi esichengeni.
Kwiihotele, abahambi abahambahambayo behlabathi baye bakhatywa okanye banyanzelwa ukuba babhukishe amagumbi ahlukeneyo. Ekuphela kwezisombululo ezifumanekayo kubo ngumntu wesithathu, uphononongo olungangqinwanga, olwenziwe ngumsebenzisi.
i-misterb&b yenzelwe ukunika uluntu lwayo inkululeko yokubhukisha ikhaya lilonke okanye irente igumbi labucala kwikhaya le-gay okanye i-gay-friendly host, kunye nabaninzi abahlala kwiindawo ezihlala abantu abathandana namafanasini.
Ngoku, emva kokuqinisekisa ishishini lerenti lexesha elifutshane, i-misterb&b ifuna ukwakha ukulingana kuqoqosho lokwabelana kwaye ibuyisele kuluntu obelukade lungahoywanga ngokwembali yezoqoqosho, ngokubonelela uluntu lwe-misterb&b ngamandla obunini benkampani.
Imali, ephakanyiswe nge-Wefunder, efikelele kwisiqingatha sesigidi seedola ngeentsuku nje ze-7, iya kusetyenziselwa ukubonelela ngamagumbi ehotele angama-gay kunye nama-gay-friendly eqongeni.
Olu nikezelo lutsha luxabisa i-gay-friendly kunye neehotele ezamkelekileyo ezikhethwe ngesandla liqela labahleli benkampani, ezinomgangatho ophezulu, okhethekileyo, kunye nophononongo oluqinisekisiweyo oluvela kubahambi be-LGBTQ. Ngaphezu koko, abahambi be-misterb&b baya kukwazi ukufumanisa kwaye banxibelelane nabanye abasuka kwi-misterb&b yokuhlala ehotele yabo, kwaye bajonge isixeko kunye - ngakumbi kuba kukho ukhuseleko lokwenene ngamanani.
I-Crowdfunding ibonelela ngendlela kubo bonke abantu (nkqu nabatyali-mali abangavunywanga) ukuba bathathe inxaxheba kumathuba otyalo-mali kwaye bavune izibonelelo.
U-Matthieu Jost akazange afune ukuhamba ngendlela yemveli yokutyalomali kulo mjikelo kuba wayefuna ukwandisa ithuba kuqala kuluntu lwe-misterb & b, uninzi lwabo olunokuthi lungabi ngabatyali-mali abavunyiweyo.
“Eli lithuba elikhethekileyo lokuba nenxalenye ye-misterb&b kwaye usincede senze ilizwe elamkeleke ngakumbi. Sifikelela kwabona bantu banomdla eluntwini: ababuki zindwendwe bethu kunye neendwendwe zethu, kunye namahlakani eLGBTQ,” utshilo uMatthieu Jost, umseki we-misterb&b. “Sifuna ukunika ithuba lokuxhamla ngokwasezimalini kwimpumelelo yethu – ukubuyisela kuluntu obelukade lungahoywanga ngokwembali yezoqoqosho.”
Ngelixa uqoqosho lokwabelana ngerenti yexesha elifutshane luye lwanda, kube nzima kubabuki zindwendwe kunye nabahambi ukuba bazive bekhuselekile kwaye bamkelekile. I-misterb&b yimpendulo kwimfuno emandla yokhenketho olunentsebenziswano kwindawo ehamba phambili yokhenketho lwehlabathi lobufanasini, imakethi eyi-$100B. Imarike ye-gay nayo iyingxenye ye-premium, ehamba ngokuphindwe kabini kunabanye abahambi.
“Ishishini lokuhamba nge-Intanethi sele livelisa amashishini amakhulu kwihlabathi liphela kwaye ukuveliswa kwezinto kuyaqhubeka ukuchuma kweli candelo,” utshilo uJean Bourcereau, iqabane elilawulayo eVentech, ilungu lebhodi yabalawuli bemisterb&b. "Ukurhweba kwangaphambili kwe-misterb&b kunye nokukhula okumangalisayo kule minyaka mibini idlulileyo kubonakalise ixabiso elikhulu lonikezelo lwabo olwahlukileyo kubo bobabini ababuki zindwendwe kunye neendwendwe."
u-misterb & b uphumelele kwi-500 Startups kwaye ukhulise i-US $ 13.5M kubatyali-mali bamaziko afana neProjekthi A kunye neVentech, kunye neengelosi ezifana noJoel Simkhai (umsunguli weGrindr, uthengiswa nge-$ 300M USD.). Indawo yokuthengisa ineenginginya ezingama-310,000 kumazwe angaphezu kwe-135.
“Sinomdla kwiinkampani ezikhula ngamandla kunye nengeniso. Ayiphelelanga nje ekubeni i-misterb&b inazo zombini, kodwa baneqela elibalaseleyo,” utshilo uChristine Tsai osuka kuma-500 aqalayo.
Ngolwazi oluthe kratya kunye notyalo-mali, ababuki zindwendwe abanomdla, iindwendwe kunye namahlakani banokundwendwela wefunder.com/misterbandb.
