ubaba&b, indawo yemakethe eqashisayo yesikhashana enikezelwe umphakathi wezitabane, yethule umkhankaso we-Wefundr ukunikeza izivakashi, ababungazi, kanye nomphakathi ithuba lokutshala imali enkampanini ukuze isize yethule ukunwetshwa kwamahhotela.
Ubungqingili abukho emthethweni engxenyeni yesithathu yomhlaba, futhi emazweni ayi-8, kugwetshwa ukufa. E-US, izigameko zobugebengu obunenzondo zikhuphuke ngo-17% kusukela ngo-2016 kuya ku-2017, njengoba kubikwa yi-FBI minyaka yonke "Izibalo Zobugebengu Zokuzonda” umbiko, ngo-20.6% ngenxa yokuthambekela kwezocansi — ukwanda okukhulu kakhulu kusukela ngo-9/11.
Ukungazi noma umsingathi uzokwamukela yini kwenza “ukuhamba ngenkathi gay” kwabesilisa, abesifazane, kanye nabantu abangavumelani nobulili emhlabeni jikelele abayingozi - futhi abangase babeke impilo engcupheni.
Emahhotela, izihambi zomhlaba eziyizitabane zenqatshiwe noma ziphoqelelwe ukuthi zibhukhe amagumbi ahlukene. Okuwukuphela kwezixazululo ezitholakala kubo ukubuyekezwa okuvela eceleni, okungaqinisekisiwe, okukhiqizwe umsebenzisi.
I-misterb&b yadalelwa ukunikeza umphakathi wayo inkululeko yokubhukha indlu yonke noma ukuqasha igumbi eliyimfihlo ekhaya lesitabane noma umsingathi onobungqingili, futhi abaningi abahlala ezindaweni ezinobungqingili.
Manje, ngemva kokumisa imboni yokuqasha yesikhashana, i-misterb&b ifuna ukwakha ukulingana emnothweni wokwabelana futhi ibuyisele emphakathini obubukelwa phansi ngokomlando, ngokunikeza umphakathi we-misterb&b amandla okuba ingxenye yobunikazi benkampani.
Lezi zimali, eziqoqwe nge-Wefunder, ezifinyelele ingxenye yesigidi samadola ngezinsuku ezingu-7 nje kuphela, zizosetshenziselwa ukuhlinzeka ngamakamelo ehhotela angama-gay kanye nezitabane endaweni yesikhulumi.
Lo mnikelo omusha ulungele amahhotela alungele izitabane futhi amukelayo akhethwe ngesandla ithimba labahleli benkampani, ngezibuyekezo zekhwalithi ephezulu, ezikhethekile, neziqinisekisiwe ezivela kubahambi be-LGBTQ. Ngaphezu kwalokho, abahambi be-misterb&b bazokwazi ukuthola nokuxhumana nabanye abavela emphakathini we-misterb&b ohlala ehhotela labo, futhi bahlole idolobha ndawonye - ikakhulukazi ngoba kunokuphepha ngempela ezinombolweni.
I-Crowdfunding ihlinzeka ngendlela kubo bonke abantu (ngisho nabatshalizimali abangagunyaziwe) ukuthi babambe iqhaza emathubeni okutshala imali futhi bathole izinzuzo.
U-Matthieu Jost akafunanga ukuhamba ngendlela evamile yokutshala imali kulo mzuliswano ngoba wayefuna ukwelula ithuba kuqala kumphakathi we-misterb&b, iningi lawo okungenzeka lingabatshalizimali abagunyaziwe.
“Leli yithuba eliyingqayizivele lokuba nengxenye ye-misterb&b futhi usisize sidale umhlaba owamukela kakhudlwana. Sifinyelela abantu abathanda kakhulu emphakathini: ababungazi bethu nezihambeli zethu, kanye nabalingani be-LGBTQ,” kusho u-Matthieu Jost, umsunguli we-misterb&b. “Sifuna ukunikeza ithuba lokuhlomula ngokwezimali ezimpumelelweni zethu – ukubuyisela emphakathini obubukelwa phansi ngokomnotho.”
Nakuba umnotho wokwabelana ngokuqashiswa kwesikhashana unyukile, kube nzima kosokhaya abazizitabane nabahambi ukuthi bazizwe bevikelekile futhi bamukelekile. I-misterb&b iyimpendulo yesidingo esinamandla sezokuvakasha ezisebenzisanayo endaweni echumayo yezokuvakasha kwezitabane emhlabeni wonke, imakethe ka-$100B. Imakethe ye-gay nayo iyisigaba se-premium, ehamba ngokuphindwe kabili kunezinye izihambi.
"Imboni yezokuvakasha nge-inthanethi isivele ikhiqiza amabhizinisi amakhulu emhlabeni wonke futhi ukusungulwa kwezinto kuyaqhubeka kuchuma kulo mkhakha," kusho uJean Bourcereau, umlingani ophethe e-Ventech, ilungu lebhodi labaqondisi be-misterb&b. "Ukuhamba phambili kwezohwebo kwe-misterb&b kanye nokukhula okumangalisayo eminyakeni emibili edlule kufakazele inani elikhulu lomnikelo wabo ohlukanisiwe kubo bobabili ababungazi nezihambeli."
U-misterb&b uthweswe iziqu kuma-Startups angu-500 futhi ukhulise u-US$13.5M kubatshalizimali bezikhungo abafana ne-Project A ne-Ventech, nasezingelosini ezinjengoJoel Simkhai (umsunguli we-Grindr, odayiswe nge-$300M USD). Imakethe inabasingathi abangama-310,000 emazweni angaphezu kwe-135.
“Sinentshiseko ezinkampanini ezikhula kahle futhi ezingenayo. Akukhona nje ukuthi i-misterb&b inazo zombili, kodwa futhi baneqembu elisezingeni eliphezulu,” kusho uChristine Tsai ovela kwabaqalayo abangu-500.
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