Sunday, August 9, 2009
twitterfeed.com
Testing out twitterfeed.com-- if you found our blog using twitter, leave us a comment below...
Monday, July 27, 2009
Green a book raffle
Everyone who balances out one of their books (listed on neigh*borrow) by planting trees on Eco-Libris website (1 Book = 1 Tree = $1) will be entered into a contest to win one of the books listed below. Each purchase, no matter how many books you balance out (the minimum on the website is 5 books per purchase), will receive one entry to the random drawing scheduled for September 1st. (we reserve the right to extend the drawing until December 31st, 2009).
To participate in the raffle you just need to have the book listed on neigh*borrow and when you balance it out on Eco-Libris, add on the comments box in the PayPal payment page the magic word "neigh*borrow" or send an email to info@ecolibris.net following the purchase with the subject "neigh*borrow".
VIEW PRIZES HERE http://fromreadtogreen.com
BALANCE BOOKS HERE http://www.ecolibris.net/
LIST BOOKS HERE http://www.neighborrow.com
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
New in the neigh*borrow-hood!
Hello fellow neigh*borrow-ers! My name is Dave Tomback and I am a co-founder of neigh*borrow. I recently came on board full-time and will be dedicating my time and effort to growing neigh*borrow.
I firmly believe that the website can play a significant role in helping us all save money, conserve our planet's precious resources, strengthen our communities and create new, lasting friendships with our neighbors.
I hope this blog will be a useful tool for letting everyone know about new developments in the neigh*borrow-hood and for communicating with our growing community of neigh*borrow-ers. See you around the block...I mean blog!
I firmly believe that the website can play a significant role in helping us all save money, conserve our planet's precious resources, strengthen our communities and create new, lasting friendships with our neighbors.
I hope this blog will be a useful tool for letting everyone know about new developments in the neigh*borrow-hood and for communicating with our growing community of neigh*borrow-ers. See you around the block...I mean blog!
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
neighBORROW a winner in spigit contest
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
neighBORROW NAMED A WINNER OF THE ENTREPRENEUR CHALLENGE
Won Awards in “Top Idea” and “Most Popular” Categories in spigit.com’s Contest for Innovative Start-Ups,
Seeks “Mayors” to Help Fuel Expansion
New York, NY -- March 12, 2008 --
neighBORROW (www.neighborrow.com), a free, web-based platform uniting neighbors and online communities looking to borrow and lend personal belongings, was voted a winner of spigit.com's Entrepreneur Challenge for innovative start-ups. neighBORROW has been awarded the opportunity to be flown to the offices of Keiretsu Forums in Southern California to present to private equity and venture capital investors. Additionally, neighBORROW will be granted a $1,000 marketing consulting package. “This award validates our core concept of unifying neighbors interested in efficiently and safely lending to and borrowing from others in their community, and endorses the underlying value proposition of our site. We have been impressed with spigit's application since it launched and feel truly honored to have been recognized,” says neighBORROW founder Adam Berk.
neighBORROW enables members to save time, money, and the environment by pooling resources in a concentrated area, reducing the need for ‘unnecessary’ purchases, “neighBORROW is a resourceful model that allows members to get more out of items they own and spend less for items they want, all while reducing the negative environmental impact of inefficient consumption. Listing and lending opens the door to free borrowing and responsible borrowing keeps the door open," says neighBORROW Chief Technology Officer, Phuc Quang.
Since neighBORROW does not supply the goods that are lent and borrowed and is presently in its beta testing stage, the site currently relies on “Mayors” to populate the website with both new members and inventory. “Any active member can become a Mayor by creating a new network, or ‘neighBORROW-hood,’ in their community and we are currently rewarding successful Mayors for their efforts in growing neighBORROW-hoods during our beta test,” adds Berk. One way neighBORROW is rewarding select Mayors is by sharing the local advertising revenue generated by each community.
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About neighBORROW:
neighBORROW, founded in 2005 and located in New York City, is a "green" web-based start-up that facilitates the borrowing and lending of personal items among neighbors or other groups. The website, currently in beta, uses accountability metrics such as deposits, user reputations and borrowing history as well as customizable privacy settings to help ensure the safety of its members’ property. Users have the flexibility to decide what and with whom they are willing to share by participating in both private (invitation only) and public networks. These networks, or “neighBORROW-hoods,” have been created in apartment buildings, dormitories, offices, and other natural localities, and have been used to pool and catalog extensive online inventories of CDs, DVDs, video games, books, tools, sporting equipment, baby items and many other durable goods.
About spigit:
spigit is a platform that provides professionals the ability to showcase new ideas and innovations and in the process build their professional network. Companies and Entrepreneurs can obtain feedback-contributions-ratings from employees, partners and customers. Through our proprietary simulation they can build and refine an idea, find the right resources to contribute, create buzz, and calculate a multitude of targeted metrics to provide insight into viability and simulate the likelihood of success.
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For more information about neighBORROW, please visit http://www.neighborrow.com. To schedule an interview, please contact Adam Berk by email at info@neighborrow.com or by phone at (516) 554-4255.
neighBORROW NAMED A WINNER OF THE ENTREPRENEUR CHALLENGE
Won Awards in “Top Idea” and “Most Popular” Categories in spigit.com’s Contest for Innovative Start-Ups,
Seeks “Mayors” to Help Fuel Expansion
New York, NY -- March 12, 2008 --
neighBORROW (www.neighborrow.com), a free, web-based platform uniting neighbors and online communities looking to borrow and lend personal belongings, was voted a winner of spigit.com's Entrepreneur Challenge for innovative start-ups. neighBORROW has been awarded the opportunity to be flown to the offices of Keiretsu Forums in Southern California to present to private equity and venture capital investors. Additionally, neighBORROW will be granted a $1,000 marketing consulting package. “This award validates our core concept of unifying neighbors interested in efficiently and safely lending to and borrowing from others in their community, and endorses the underlying value proposition of our site. We have been impressed with spigit's application since it launched and feel truly honored to have been recognized,” says neighBORROW founder Adam Berk.
neighBORROW enables members to save time, money, and the environment by pooling resources in a concentrated area, reducing the need for ‘unnecessary’ purchases, “neighBORROW is a resourceful model that allows members to get more out of items they own and spend less for items they want, all while reducing the negative environmental impact of inefficient consumption. Listing and lending opens the door to free borrowing and responsible borrowing keeps the door open," says neighBORROW Chief Technology Officer, Phuc Quang.
Since neighBORROW does not supply the goods that are lent and borrowed and is presently in its beta testing stage, the site currently relies on “Mayors” to populate the website with both new members and inventory. “Any active member can become a Mayor by creating a new network, or ‘neighBORROW-hood,’ in their community and we are currently rewarding successful Mayors for their efforts in growing neighBORROW-hoods during our beta test,” adds Berk. One way neighBORROW is rewarding select Mayors is by sharing the local advertising revenue generated by each community.
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About neighBORROW:
neighBORROW, founded in 2005 and located in New York City, is a "green" web-based start-up that facilitates the borrowing and lending of personal items among neighbors or other groups. The website, currently in beta, uses accountability metrics such as deposits, user reputations and borrowing history as well as customizable privacy settings to help ensure the safety of its members’ property. Users have the flexibility to decide what and with whom they are willing to share by participating in both private (invitation only) and public networks. These networks, or “neighBORROW-hoods,” have been created in apartment buildings, dormitories, offices, and other natural localities, and have been used to pool and catalog extensive online inventories of CDs, DVDs, video games, books, tools, sporting equipment, baby items and many other durable goods.
About spigit:
spigit is a platform that provides professionals the ability to showcase new ideas and innovations and in the process build their professional network. Companies and Entrepreneurs can obtain feedback-contributions-ratings from employees, partners and customers. Through our proprietary simulation they can build and refine an idea, find the right resources to contribute, create buzz, and calculate a multitude of targeted metrics to provide insight into viability and simulate the likelihood of success.
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For more information about neighBORROW, please visit http://www.neighborrow.com. To schedule an interview, please contact Adam Berk by email at info@neighborrow.com or by phone at (516) 554-4255.
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Costanza should neighBORROW
JERRY: So forget about the books. Did you read them?
GEORGE: Well, yeah.
JERRY: What do you need them for?
GEORGE: I don't know. They're books.
JERRY: What is this obsession people have with books? They put them in their houses - like they're trophies. What do you need it for after you read it?
GEORGE: They're MY books.
JERRY: So you want me to get those books? Is that it?
(Scene ends)
[Setting: Coffee Shop]
(Jerry and Marlene are sitting, a pile of books are on the table.)
GEORGE: Well, yeah.
JERRY: What do you need them for?
GEORGE: I don't know. They're books.
JERRY: What is this obsession people have with books? They put them in their houses - like they're trophies. What do you need it for after you read it?
GEORGE: They're MY books.
JERRY: So you want me to get those books? Is that it?
(Scene ends)
[Setting: Coffee Shop]
(Jerry and Marlene are sitting, a pile of books are on the table.)
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