Community Feedback - Motivation/Culture/Goals

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This is part of essential feedback sought from our community members and will serve as vital inputs towards review/redesign of current platform to better serve the needs of our growing community.

This is NOT a feedback on functionality/features but a slightly higher-level one that would like to ascertain from the Members - What motivates us to come to ValuePickr, what kind of culture or community spirit do we want to encourage, and what kind of goals do we want to set for ourselves?

Please participate freely and discuss freely. Include exemplify with specifics if you want to. This is our Community. We have attained a certain size where it makes sense to harness the community intelligence - for furthering/charting our own course forward!

The next posts will elaborate on each of these aspects.

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What motivates ValuePickr community members?

â1. New stock ideas/New insights into existing ideas

â2. Quality discussions and in-depth info/analysis/research

â3. Better track common stock/company developments with fellow investors

â4. Discussion/Q&A with Pros

â5. Opportunity to Network/Meet face to face/Shorten the learning Curve

â6. Management Q&A, Stock Story, Industry Insights, other structured products

Why do you keep visiting ValuePickr? What among above resonates with you most? Please rate above in order of importance. Please feel free to include any other aspects/factors that you think are(should be) important characteristics for a community like ours. Be as elaborate, or as specific as you want to:)

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What type of a community do we want to encourage?

â1. Promote a culture of generosity (sharing openly)

â2. Promote a culture of adding value to community and to each other â active collaboration

â3. Promote a culture of excellence in content quality/in-depth discussions

â4. Promote a culture of caring/nurturing/mentoring - juniors can seek out seniors of good standing for advise and guidance

What community spirit will help us evolve best?What among above resonates with you most? Please rate above in order of importance. Please feel free to include any other aspects/factors that you think are(should be) important characteristics for a community like ours. Be as elaborate, or as specific as you want to

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As a community our job is perhaps NOT to make everyone top quality analysts. BUT its certainly our job perhaps to point everyone to top-quality Performers and top-quality Content or Contribution!

What set?

â1.Identify/Nurture âQualityâ Go-to-Guys in the community

)- hardworkers, data diggers, research collaborators/specialists, industry pros

â2.Encourage & promote industry/business local scuttlebutt

â3.Identify & highlight top-quality Content/contribution in the site

â4.Attract & promote high-quality Bloggers/Investors/Sites from larger investment community

â5.Acknowledge Top Quality Contributors/Performers in the community

Where do we want to see us headed?What among above resonates with you most? Please rate above in order of importance. Please feel free to include any other aspects/factors that you think are(should be) important characteristics for a community like ours. Be as elaborate, or as specific as you want to;)

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Your enthusiastic participation will help us determine/scope the contours of a re-designed Platform that may serve us well for the next few years.

Over to Members!

(Don’t get your hopes soaring though. Initiatives like these take their time and we have had our share of false starts). Hope we can re-start and invigorate the process.

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Personally, I use ValuePickr for the following-

  1. Contribute to discussions and avoid being blindsided. Its a sounding board to actively seek opposing views from other members. Investing is a mine field and one should seek out opposing views.

  2. Identify new companies and develop the communities’ knowledge. Help fellow members make the right investment decision and keep our behavioral biases in check.

cheers,

subbu

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Dear Admin,

There might be 1 or more options which a member would like to uphold. Would not a rating of 1-10 for every component help identify what makes us jump out of bed every morning to share ideas and read the latest views and analysis. Learning is definitely why every member is here but broadly speaking every other point carries more or less truth.

Thanks

Supratik

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Supratik/Others,

This is attempted as a free-flowing exercise.

Within the 3 broad structures - motivation, culture, goals. please feel free to add weights, rate in order of preference, strike out what is non-applicable or add new aspects/factors that you think are/should be important.

But do start providing your inputs. This will also get others motivated to contribute to this important exercise.

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Hi,

Wouldn’t it be easier to use “survey monkey” for ease of rating and analysis?

For qualitative discussions we can continue with this thread.

I agree with Supratik, I would rate most of the aspects up there with a 10/10. Especially on motivation all the reasons you have listed are equally important.

Cheers

Vinod

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my priorities as below

â1.

â2.

â4.Discussion/Q&A with Pros

â6.Management Q&A, Stock Story, Industry Insights, other structured products

â3.

â5.

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Here are my rankings

What motivates ValuePickr community members?

â1. Quality discussions and in-depth info/analysis/research

â2. New stock ideas/New insights into existing ideas

â3. Management Q&A, Stock Story, Industry Insights, other structured products

â4. Better track common stock/company developments with fellow investors

â5. Discussion/Q&A with Pros

â6. Opportunity to Network/Meet face to face/Shorten the learning Curve

What type of a community do we want to encourage?

â1. Promote a culture of adding value to community and to each other â active collaboration

â2. Promote a culture of excellence in content quality/in-depth discussions

â3. Promote a culture of generosity (sharing openly)

â4. Promote a culture of caring/nurturing/mentoring - juniors can seek out seniors of good standing for advise and guidance

What kind of goals do we want to set?

â1. Identify & highlight top-quality Content/contribution in the site

â2. Encourage & promote industry/business local scuttlebutt

â3. Identify/Nurture âQualityâ Go-to-Guys in the community

)- hardworkers, data diggers, research collaborators/specialists, industry pros

â4. Acknowledge Top Quality Contributors/Performers in the community

â5. Attract & promote high-quality Bloggers/Investors/Sites from larger investment community

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Vinod MS,

Thanks. Good Idea to collect, analyse and present the findings. Only limitation the basic plan covers only 100 free responses.

So Guys, please take 5 mins to complete the survey. Be among the first 100 to respond to the

**ValuePickr Community Feedback Survey**

and have your say in future scheme of things.

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PAGE 1: ValuePickr Community Feedback

1. What motivates ValuePickr community members? Why do you keep visiting ValuePickr? What resonates with you most? Please rate answers, as below. You may also use the Text field below to add other choices/or comments to clarify your choices/ratings

  • Answered: 22
  • Skipped: 0
Zero Value
Some Value
Indifferent
High Value
Highest Value
N/A
Total
Average Rating
â New stock ideas/New insights into existing ideas
0%
0
4.55%
1
0%
0
59.09%
13
36.36%
8
0%
0
22
4.27
â Quality discussions and in-depth info/analysis/research
0%
0
0%
0
4.55%
1
31.82%
7
59.09%
13
4.55%
1
22
4.57
â Better track common stock/company developments with fellow investors
0%
0
4.55%
1
4.55%
1
68.18%
15
22.73%
5
0%
0
22
4.09
â Discussion/Q&A opportunity with Pros
0%
0
0%
0
9.09%
2
45.45%
10
45.45%
10
0%
0
22
4.36
â Opportunity to Network/Meet face to face/Shorten the learning Curve
4.55%
1
13.64%
3
13.64%
3
45.45%
10
18.18%
4
4.55%
1
22
3.62
â Management Q&A, Stock Story, Industry Insights, other structured products
0%
0
0%
0
9.09%
2
27.27%
6
63.64%
14
0%
0
22
4.55
(2) Comments

Value pickr gives us the opportunity to know what to look for in any company before investing

7/16/2013 4:46 PM

Better to put location wise meetings(bangalore, pune etc ) and discuss about stocks and update the content in web site .It will helpful to members a lot.

7/16/2013 4:07 PM
2.What type of a community do we want to encourage? What community spirit will help us evolve best? What resonates with you most? Please rate answers, as below. You may also use the Text field below to add other choices/or comments to clarify your choices/ratings
  • Answered: 22
  • Skipped: 0
Strongly Against
Against
Neutral
Recommend
Strongly Recommend
N/A
Total
Average Rating
âPromote a culture of generosity (sharing openly)
0%
0
0%
0
0%
0
27.27%
6
72.73%
16
0%
0
22
4.73
âPromote a culture of adding value to community and to each other â active collaboration
0%
0
0%
0
0%
0
31.82%
7
68.18%
15
0%
0
22
4.68
âPromote a culture of excellence in content quality/in-depth discussions
0%
0
0%
0
0%
0
28.57%
6
71.43%
15
0%
0
21
4.71
âPromote a culture of caring/nurturing/mentoring - juniors can seek out seniors of good standing for advise and guidance
0%
0
0%
0
4.55%
1
36.36%
8
59.09%
13
0%
0
22
4.55

(2)Comments

No one to one arguments

7/16/2013 4:46 PM

Promote stock idea ownership to juniors with a senior mentor assigned for guidance/course correction

7/16/2013 2:58 PM

3.What kind of goals do we want to set? Where do we want to see us headed? Please rate answers, as below. You may also use the Text field below to add other choices/or comments to clarify your choices/ratings

  • Answered: 22
  • Skipped: 0
Zero Value
Some Value
Indifferent
High Value
Highest Value
N/A
Total
Average Rating
â Identify/Nurture âQualityâ Go-to-Guys in the community - hardworkers, data diggers, research collaborators, specialists, industry pros
0%
0
0%
0
0%
0
31.82%
7
68.18%
15
0%
0
22
4.68
â Encourage & promote industry/business local scuttlebutt
0%
0
0%
0
0%
0
40.91%
9
59.09%
13
0%
0
22
4.59
â Identify & highlight top-quality Content/contribution in the site
0%
0
0%
0
0%
0
50%
11
50%
11
0%
0
22
4.50
â Attract & promote high-quality Bloggers/Investors/Sites from larger investment community
4.55%
1
13.64%
3
0%
0
40.91%
9
40.91%
9
0%
0
22
4.00
â Acknowledge Top Quality Contributors/Performers in the community

(0)Comments
0%
0
4.55%
1
0%
0
31.82%
7
63.64%
14
0%
0
22
4.55
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Thanks to the first 22 to have completed the Survey.

The responses are on predictable lines:). One was expecting some surprises, come on!

We also may need new ideas. Please comment freely in the Survey Text Box space or directly here in this thread!

Time for the next 78 to put their hands up!

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What motivates ValuePickr community members?

â1.New stock ideas/New insights into existing ideas rank 1

â2.Quality discussions and in-depth info/analysis/research rank 3

â3.Better track common stock/company developments with fellow investors rank 2

â4.Discussion/Q&A with Prosrank 4

â5.Opportunity to Network/Meet face to face/Shorten the learning Curve rank 6

â6.Management Q&A, Stock Story, Industry Insights, other structured products rank 5

What type of a community

** encourage?

â1.Promote a culture of generosity (sharing openly) rank 1

â2.Promote a culture of adding value to community and to each other â active collaboration rank 4

â3.Promote a culture of excellence in content quality/in-depth discussionsrank 2

â4.Promote a culture of caring/nurturing/mentoring - juniors can seek out seniors of good standing for advise and guidance rank 3

here i think colloboration can be better if most of the guys participating are well versed and hence point 4 ranks ahead of point 2.

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set?

â1.Identify/Nurture âQualityâ Go-to-Guys in the community

)- hardworkers, data diggers, research collaborators/specialists, industry pros rank2

â2.Encourage & promote industry/business local scuttlebutt rank 3

â3.Identify & highlight top-quality Content/contribution in the site rank 1

â4.Attract & promote high-quality Bloggers/Investors/Sites from larger investment community rank 4

â5.Acknowledge Top Quality Contributors/Performers in the community rank 5…

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Though a difficult exercise 'coz each point seems very relevant for keep visiting valuepickr, here is my priority breakup

->New stock ideas/New insights into existing ideas rank 4

â2.Quality discussions and in-depth info/analysis/research rank 2

â3.Better track common stock/company developments with fellow investorsrank 6

â4.Discussion/Q&A with Prosrank 3

â5.Opportunity to Network/Meet face to face/Shorten the learning Curve rank 1

â6.Management Q&A, Stock Story, Industry Insights, other structured productsrank 5

What type of a community

** encourage?

â1.Promote a culture of generosity (sharing openly) rank 1

â2.Promote a culture of adding value to community and to each other â active collaboration rank 4

â3.Promote a culture of excellence in content quality/in-depth discussionsrank 2

â4.Promote a culture of caring/nurturing/mentoring - juniors can seek out seniors of good standing for advise and guidance rank 3

here i think colloboration can be better if most of the guys participating are well versed and hence point 4 ranks ahead of point 2.

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set?

â1.Identify/Nurture âQualityâ Go-to-Guys in the community

)- hardworkers, data diggers, research collaborators/specialists, industry prosrank1

â2.Encourage & promote industry/business local scuttlebuttrank 3

â3.Identify & highlight top-quality Content/contribution in the site rank 2

â4.Attract & promote high-quality Bloggers/Investors/Sites from larger investment communityrank 4

â5.Acknowledge Top Quality Contributors/Performers in the communityrank 5…

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Hitesh & Atul,

Thanks for the added inputs.Not sure if you have participated in the online Survey.

Here’s the link again. This is a more structured way of collating the feedback

ValuePickr Community Feedback Survey

Please click on the link above. You will be directed to the survey page, which you can complete within 5 mins.

Thanks.

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ValuePickr Community Feedback Survey Link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/8C7Z6CT

Please mins.

Thanks.

DONE… agreed its very easy to submit the survey…

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Done (yesterday)

)- HG

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Donald,

As always the ease of doing the survey was astounding. Hope more read this survey and reply. This will go a long way in improving our performance.

Tony