This FAQ contains the answers to most of the questions we’ve been asked. If you have a question that is not listed here, use the "Contact us" link at the bottom of the page and ask your question!
If IDEASVOICE had to stop its activity. Members would be notified one month before the site shutdown.
Members who’ve paid a premium membership in the month prior to the shutdown would receive a retrocession of half their paid membership.
To keep you informed of new projects and profiles or general news, IDEASVOICE sends you one newsletter.
For those who have a premium subscription, IDEASVOICE sends a personalized newsletter, which includes projects or profiles that match their search criteria.
The other IDEASVOICE communications relate to the launch of new services and events to which our members are invited.
The interest in joining IDEASVOICE is to meet entrepreneurs and future partners. To instill a level of confidence sufficient in discussion, each member must provide all the information required for their profile to start contacting others.
IDEASVOICE is different from other networks in 4 ways:
IDEASVOICE is for any entrepreneur with an exciting project, a business or a startup as well as potential cofounders, business partners, investors looking for projects to join actively in order to contribute to their success.
The association is like a marriage. It can last 3 years or more. Some people will prefer to find a partner among persons they already well know. This is not necessarily the best way.
During the discovering of each other, it is important to make an inventory of each other’s weaknesses and strengths. Take time to try working together and testing how it goes. Each person will weigh the value of the future partner and will take into account the consequences of a potential rupture in the agreement. IDEASVOICE helps you to connect with founders and potential cofounders, business partners. Negotiating and closing the agreement is on your hands. IDEASVOICE team can provide advice on the base of agreed fees. For support or question in this matter, contact us
IDEASVOICE is convinced that nobody can outperform on all fronts. A project will have better chances to succeed and to speed up when the founder is able to mobilize more committed resources for a shared outcome. To have a partner doesn’t necessarily mean that the entrepreneur is losing the decision-making process. This has to be defined in the partners’ agreement.
Registration is done directly on the site or on the Android and IOS mobile apps. At registration, choose your type of profile. You can register via Facebook, Linkedin or your email address. In the latter case, enter your name, first name, email address and password, and accept our terms and conditions. When you validate your registration, IDEASVOICE sends you a confirmation mail. Confirm your registration with this e-mail, then begin to complete your profile. If you do not receive it, check your spams or when you log in, ask IDEASVOICE to send you the confirmation email again.
IdeasVoice offers two types of services.
First, a free service that allows you to:
In addition to the basic features, a premium service that allows you to:
The Premium offer starts at $ 32 for one month. Go to your account and discover in detail the advantages of becoming a Premium member!
For security reasons, it’s not possible to change the name your account.
Regarding your password, in your settings, you can change your password. If you have forgotten it, when you log in, you can ask to reset your password. IdeasVoice will send you an email with your new password.
When you are registered, a confirmation email is sent to your mailbox. (If you don’t see it, check your spam folder). Open the message, read the terms of use that appear in a pop-up and go back to the message in order to accept them. Then a welcome email is sent to you.
You have registered as an FUTURE PARTNER, but you have a project and you are looking for a partner. In this case, write us to ask to switch your profile type to ENTREPRENEUR.
You have registered as an PROJECT OWNER / ENTREPRENEUR, but you have no project and you are looking for a project to join. In this case, write us to ask to switch your profile type to POTENTIAL COFOUNDER.
IDEASVOICE reserves the right to close your account if you don’t respect the rules edicted in the TERMS OF USE and if your behavior doesn’t comply with our values. The following are not in accordance with our rules: reaching members for purposes different than joining the founding team, looking for cofounders, business partners and investors, unexplicite title of project, unclear and too vague project description, and inopportune contacts.
IDEASVOICE aims to bring together people of quality who are committed to a true collaborative experience. IdeasVoice focuses on transparency and responsible behavior. Our mission is to help you find the right cofounder/business partner and therefore make relevant relationships on our platform. Here are some tips to achieve this:
Following your registration, log in to your entrepreneur account.
Start with completing your profile. You can define a nickname in your settngs so your identity remain confidential to the public. However, the more transparent you are (providing enough information about yourself and your project), the more you will attract visitors and the more you will be able to make relevant contacts. Do not forget to upload your photo with a high resolution to establish a trustful climate faster.
At the profile page, the "skills" are your technical know-how and the "abilities" are your human qualities in professional life.
Once your profile has been completed, validate it and then submit your project with a concise but explicite title (6 words max).
To increase the visibility of your project, it is strongly recommended to add a logo, a banner and a video. In your description (max 1500 characters), do not talk about your future patents or explain the know-how that makes your project unique. Nevertheless, it should not be forgotten that the description of the project should allow others to understand what is about and inspire talented people to join your project.
Finally, add one or more needs that define who you are seeking on IdeasVoice.
To showcase your project, follow these 3 steps. Don’t forget that the project is not visible until the registration of one in-progress need.
You are afraid of having your idea stolen if you talk about it to the public. Remember the adage "the idea is not enough; its execution matters more! ". To talk about your project, you should not disclose everything, in particular you should not disclose work related to the intellectual property of your solution. On the other hand, presenting your project in one sentence and quickly explaining the objective is a good exercise for you to train and succeed in convincing future cofounders, partners, investors and bankers. The quality and the accuracy of information you provide is a confidence gage delivered to other members.
Any user has access to the basic features.
As soon as your project is on the showcase, you can see how people react. You can see your fans, comments and votes posted on your project. You can also be aware of your visitors if you are premium member.
You can do your own search for future cofounders and look at the summary of their profile. Add the ones you are interested in your favorites, then select the individuals you want to connect with.
When you send a request of contact, explain your motivation for contacting the person in order to convince him/her to look at your project and accept your request.
Follow invitations which you sent and that are waiting for a reply as well as answer the invitations you have received.
In your “network” menu, we encourage you to exchange private messages with your contacts. For better responsiveness, use the mobile app for messaging in real time.
To find faster the right cofounder, subscribe the PREMIUM services to get all the IDEASVOICE benefits.
Finally, in order to constantly improve the quality of the information managed on IDEASVOICE, review your contacts and inform us when the connection with one of your contact results in the signature of the partners agreement. For any suggestions to improve the services of IDEASVOICE, do not hesitate to contact us at contact@ideasvoice.com
Ensure you have completed your profile and project and post at least one need.
To make contacts, you have 2 ways on the platform:
a. Attract as many visitors as possible by ensuring that your presentation and description are well executed to receive requests of contact.
b. Seek potential cofounders matching your criteria and send them requests of contact.
The person receives an e-mail notifying him / her of your invitation. He/she can accept or refuse. In case of a refusal, you will not be able to contact him again. Hence the importance to take care when you fill in the form of the request before sending it.
If you receive few requests of contact, review your project (especially ensure that the title and description are attractive) and update eventually your need(s).
Subscribe to the PREMIUM offer to increase your popularity and better identify the profiles of potential cofounders who might like to work with you. With premium membership, you increase your chances of attracting more people and you save time in your search.
If you need help, contact us!
To have your project displayed on the showcase, you should fill in all the information required for your profile and your project. You should also post at least one need. Required and mandatory information to showcase your project have an asterisk.
It could be possible to see a similar project to yours on IDEASVOICE. This would be entirely fortuitous. It may be an opportunity to affirm your difference or to meet with the other entrepreneur to consider an alliance. The entrepreneur must then be transparent and be clear about his intentions.
You can look for and view other projects registered on IDEASVOICE. You can send requests to connect to other entrepreneurs. In this case, the founder you are contacting is informed that you are yourself an entrepreneur with a project.
Stay open-minded. Do not take umbrage from other members criticism. The comments will help you mature your project and your arguments. However, if you are a victim of abuse, we advise you to contact IdeasVoice .
When a potential cofounder refuses your request of contact, you are receiving an email informing you of his/her refusal with the refusal reason. You can also view his/her reply in your spaces in the list of requests. It is not possible to make a second request of contact.
You can contact IDEASVOICE at any time to ask for help on the presentation of your project or other advices on your business or the search of your cofounder/business partner. As soon as we receive your message, we will come back to you within a maximum of 3 days.
Entrepreneurship is a challenging journey. Not everyone will be enthusiastic about all projects. Respect the differences.
Focus on dicussion for projects you are interested in. If the founder does not appreciate your comments, they may help the founder to mature his/her project and move forward.
You can contact us write us if you want advice to have more contacts.
Do you have apprehensions to become an associate because the search and negotiation process seems long and complex? Do not despair! Be transparent and authentic. Being clear about your intentions, what you are looking for and your role, will help you to discuss and to move towards association.
Be sure to regularly update your account information (profile and wishes).
Finally, in order to constantly improve the quality of the information managed on IDEASVOICE, review your contacts and inform us when the connection with one of your contact results in the signature of the partners agreement. For any suggestions to improve the services of IDEASVOICE, do not hesitate to contact us at contact@ideasvoice.com
You are an investor and you are looking for a high potential project. IDEASVOICE's mission is to help the launch of entrepreneurial projects with the help of the right founding team and their members active contribution. The investor is usually considered as a "sleeping" partner. On IdeasVoice, the investing partner invests in a company but also takes part in management and contributes actively to the development of a company by bringing his/her know-how.
You’ve always been attracted by entrepreneurship but you never dared to launch yourself alone? Start joining a startup and learn by doing!
Are you an employee? Do you want to take part of the launch of an entrepreneurial project without working 100% of your time? It's possible. All you have to do is specify your degree of initial involvement in your wishes and during your discussions with founders.
Once you have confirmed your registration, log in to your cofounder space. Complete your profile. The "skills" are your technical know-how and the "abilities" are your human qualities in professional life. You can define a nickname in your settings so your identity remains confidential to the public. However, the more you are transparent (providing enough information about yourself), the more you attract visitors and the more you will be able to make relevant contacts. Do not forget to upload your photo with a high resolution to establish a trustful climate faster.
Then, complete your wishes. They indicate the criteria of your research and specify how much time you want to dediicate for the startup, how much are you ready to invest...
Once these 2 steps are completed, the other members will be able to view your profile in the showcase and send you request of contact. Your social networks and blog will be disclosed once the members are in your contacts.
The investment varies according to your situation and projects. Know that the more the project is advanced, the more company valuation is high. However, there is no pre-established rule. This depends on your strengths and how much you could contribute to the success of the project.
To assist you in this reflection, fill in the range of amount you are ready to invest when joining a project in your wishes.
To make your profile appear in a showcase (visible to everyone), you need to fill in your profile to + 70% and your wishes to 100%.
In your personal account, you do your own searches. Look for projects and select those that interest you. Be sure the founders are looking for your type of profile. You have the possibility to add these projects to your favorites to follow them. You can show your interest to the founder by posting comments or voting for the project.
Contact the founders which have projects that ou want to learn about. In the request form, take care to specify your motivation to convince the founder to accept your invitation.
The entrepreneur can refuse it, explaining his/her reason. From there, you will not be able to contact him again, which is why it is important to be clear in your request.
Follow invitations which you sent and that are waiting for a reply as well as answer the invitations you have received.
In your “network” menu, we encourage you to exchange private messages with your contacts. For better responsiveness, use the mobile app for messaging in real time.
To find the right project more quickly, subscribe the PREMIUM services to get all the IDEASVOICE benefits.
By adding a project to your favorites, you can follow its progress via notifications, without contacting the founder directly. You would know its updates and follow votes and comments about it.
However, some information such as links to the entrepreneur’s social networks are only accessible to his or her contacts.
Lastly, in order to respect our privacy policy, the founder’s contacts remain private.
To find out more about the project, you can contact the founder.
You can vote for this project or share it with your social networks. To learn more about a project, you can also launch a discussion on the project page via comments.
To get in touch with the entrepreneur, you must be registered on IdeasVoice with your profile completed. Before sending a "request for contact", check that the needs of the project match your profile. Motivate your request in a few sentences.
To find the right project more quickly, subscribe the PREMIUM services to get all the IDEASVOICE benefits.
Make sure you have filled in all the information that may interest the entrepreneur, and that you have left him or her enough time for reflection. For your information, we send reminders to members in order to give a prompt reply to the invitations they receive.
If the entrepreneur still doesn’t respond (positively or negatively), you can contact us.
If the entrepreneur refuses your request, you receive an email informing you of his or her refusal. Click on the request in your space to look at the reasons for the refusal. It is not possible to make a second contact request. On the other hand, you can continue to participate in the discussion around the project via comments on the project page.
When subscribed to a premium account you have the option of picking one of 3 plans: a 1 month plan, a 2 months plan or a 6 months plan. Pick the one that suits your needs the best.
A premium subscription starts at $32 for 1 month, longer durations receive a discount. For more information, log in to your account.
For each subscription period chosen there is a one time payment. IdeasVoice offers several payment methods. You can pay using your :
In a case where your payment transaction is cancelled or rejected, IdeasVoice will inform you. Your Premium subscription will not be activated, and you can repeat your order at another time.
You will find your invoices in “PREMIUM” from your main menu. Then, you will be able to download the documents you need.
IDEASVOICE informs you when your subscription expires and invites you to renew it by placing a new order. Your subscription renewal will take effect on the expiration of the previous one.
Once your subscription payment is effectively paid and confirmed, it is not possible to suspend your PREMIUM subscription and to be refund. For any derogation, we invite you to write us and to specify your reasons. Our team will review your case and let you know a possible derogation.
The various advantages of the PREMIUM membership can be found on the landing page at www.ideasvoice.com. You can also log in to your account and for more details, follow this link.
With the REVIEW feature, you can evaluate the reliability of your contacts at every stage of the negotiation, during your interactions with your contact on IdeasVoice. You will get 3 main benefits:
To make a review of one of your contacts, log in to your account, go to your network , click on a contact and choose "create a review" to begin your evaluation. First, you must choose the negotiation step you have reached with your contact, then assess your contact according to responsiveness, reliability, relevancy and, finally, professionalism. Add comments for each criterion. Once your review is validated, your contact will be informed and will be able to consult his or her review.
You can also share this review with other members who are also in contact with this person.
The non-premium members of IdeasVoice have access to the general rating of the person if he/she is in their contacts. Premium members can see the detail of the reviews made by other members.
When one of your contacts makes a review on you, you are informed and can look at it in your profile. You will also know if the person has shared it. The details of this review are visible only to your contacts who are premium members. IdeasVoice members who are not part of your contacts cannot see it.
When you make a review of one of your contacts, you are not anonymous. Both the member who has been reviewed and his/her premium contacts have access to the identity of the author. Other IdeasVoice members cannot access this information.
You can complain about a review made by one of your contacts. Write to us at address contact@ideasvoice.com and explain the reason.
If your complaint proves to be justified, the review in question will be deleted and the IdeasVoice member will get a warning.
Accessing the detail of reviews received by your contacts is reserved to premium members. As a Premium member, you have access to detailed comments from others regarding the responsiveness, reliability, relevance and professionalism of reviews done on your contacts. Non premium IdeasVoice members have only access to the general rating of their contacts.
Subscribe to the premium offer to get access to this information!
IdeasVoice can certify your identity and to mention on your profile that your identity has been checked by our team. This verification certifies that your first and last name and date of birth are authentic and match those registered in your profile, and so you are not using fake ID. This enables you to gain credibility. Making trustworthy contacts will be easier for you.
The ID verification is waiting for you!
First, you must have completed at least 70% of your profile. Make sure your first and last name, and date of birth are correct on IDEASVOICE. It is also mandatory to have uploaded a photo of yourself with a good resolution in your profile.
Once these conditions are met, go to your profile, make an order with your identity papers attached. This service costs $25. You can pay with Paypal or bitcoins.
Once payment is validated, you will receive an email confirming that your order is taken into account and will be processed. After your identity is confirmed, we inform you by e-mail and on your profile with the green verified identity icon, visible to all.
When an ID verification order is registered, IDEASVOICE sends you 2 e-mails: order confirmation & payment status notification. Once your payment has been validated by the bank intermediary, you receive a payment confirmation. When your ID verification is completed and accepted, you will receive another email from us.
In case of a payment incident, you receive an email informing you that the order could not be completed and is cancelled.
If the provided document does not allow us to certify your identity, we will send you an e-mail asking you to contact us.
If you did not receive anything, we invite you to check in your spam mailbox and log in to your account to see if your profile has the status "Verified identity". If you find no answer, write us and describe the problem. We will be sure to get back to you within 48 hours.
By creating a group on IDEASVOICE, our partners “CONNECTORS” propose to their community of entrepreneurs to use IdeasVoice platform to build up the founding team and boost the growth of projects they are supporting. They also can welcome IDEASVOICE members who share the same values and who are interested in the types of projects and talents present in their groups.
Thus, these groups bring together people with the same focus, facilitating qualified contacts in the aim of future collaboration to bring the projects to success.
In addition, belonging to a group, it’s an opportunity to benefit from the actions our partners are organizing to support their entrepreneurs and to attend events co-organized with IdeasVoice.
All IdeasVoice users, even if they have never been in contact with the partner who created the group, are able to request membership to a specific group.
To join a group, go to “Our partners” on the footer menu, then on “Connectors”, open a connector page and click on "join the group". The partner in charge of the group receives your request. He can accept or refuse it. If he accepts, you are admitted to the group. From there, you can see the projects and people belonging to the group, conduct searches within the group, receive news from the group and exchange messages with the person from the organization who manages the group.
To create a group, you must become one of our "Connector" partners. Go to “Our partners” on the footer menu. Click on “Become a Connector”. When you have completed the form and confirmed it, we will receive and review your application. After discussing and agreeing on the objectives and the terms of our partnership, your group will be added to IdeasVoice.
In your group account on IdeasVoice, you can invite entrepreneurs and potential cofounders to join your group, share your news and events, and discuss with your group members.
We inform you about activities of our partners on our website or via our newsletters. There is no direct marketing campaign on their behalf.
Partners of IDEASVOICE are providing services for entrepreneurs and can be freely contacted by the IDEASVOICE members.
Information on profiles and projects collected on IDEASVOICE are for internal use. IDEASVOICE will not transmit individual data to external party without the formal agreement of the members.
First of all, anyone registered subscribes to IDEASVOICE's terms of use in which there is a confidentiality clause. Refer to it for more information.
The details of the information provided by entrepreneurs and future cofounders can be viewed only on IDEASVOICE and are not transmitted in any form to third parties without your formal agreement. Sharing IDEASVOICE contents on social network is only possible for information that has become publicly displayed. For example, members can share on Facebook a link to a project on IDEASVOICE looking for a cofounder.
If you have defined your nickname/pseudo in your settings, your identity remains confidential until you accept a contact requests. When you send a contact of request, the user who receives your request will see your last and first name.
Only your contacts see information about your other social networks.
Other IDEASVOICE users do not see your network and your contacts.
As a premium member, you can know the details of the reviews made by other members on your common contacts.
We invite our members to write to us if they encounter problems during their exchanges with a user whose behavior is abusive or does not respect the charter of IDEASVOICE. To report an abuse, you can write directly at contact@ideasvoice.com or click on “Report Abuse” in the footer menu, explaining the problem you encountered with the member concerned. From there, our team analyses the situation and takes the appropriate measures. A behavior contrary to the rules and the ethics of IDEASVOICE entails the closure of the account of the user. Any exchange with a person with a banned account is impossible. People having this banned member as a contact are also informed.
The reviews allow our community to play a decisive role in the moderation of exchanges on IDEASVOICE. In fact, by making a positive or negative review, you help to highlight people who are professional compared to those who are not, helping each member that uses the platform.
Before establishing contact, a member is informed on the member or project page if the person has his ID verified by IDEASVOICE. Verifying one's identity is a guarantee of security to know if it is indeed a physical person and that the user is indeed the person who he/she says on his/her account.
To follow your favorite projects or people you’re interested in, be aware instantly of the invitations you have received or of your sent invitations that have been accepted as well as chat with your contacts in real time, use the IdeasVoice app. The application is easy to use and allows you to be much more responsive. You can download it from the Apple Store (for IOS) or from Google store (for Android).
If you have finished your search but still want to stay in touch with the IDEASVOICE community, we recommend you update your profile every 6 months.
If you have a project, don’t forget to update it and the status of your needs, to create a new need when you are looking for another type of cofounder or business partner.
If you do not want to have new contacts, maintain communication with the community or use the platform, you can close your account,
Before closing your account, if you have any requests received with pending status, please reply to them. If you have sent requests of contact within the last 15 days for which you are waiting for a reply, you must wait 2 weeks before closing your account. If people reply to you in the meantime, please let them know that you are stopping your search on the IdeasVoice platform.
To close your account, sign in to your account, and then go to the Settings menu.
As soon as you have requested to close your account, you will receive an e-mail confirmation, which will have to be answered within 30 minutes, indicating the reason for closing your account. After this period, you must repeat the operation. To help us to improve continually, share your experience on the platform with us and send us your comments at contact@ideasvoice.com.
The art of presenting and convincing investors and cofounders cannot be improvised. In addition to the marketplace www.ideasvoice.com, we want to help our entrepreneurs and future cofounders get to know each other by providing them with a chance to meet face to face. Cup of IdeasVoice events were conceptualized with this very goal in mind. A CUP OF IDEASVOICE event is an opportune moment to exchange ideas with talented entrepreneurs, share experiences and advices, and initiate a fruitful collaboration in an ambitious business venture.
A CUP OF IDEASVOICE usually lasts 2 hours and starts with an introduction of each participant.
Then, each project (maximum 5 projects per event) takes the stage and the audience interacts with the founder:
The event ends with informal discussions and networking.
All events are open to the public. Generally, attendees are founders, potential cofounders, business partners or investors or partners. Premium users of the IdeasVoice platform receive a special discount.
By attending A CUP OF IDEASVOICE, potential cofounders can better seize opportunities as well as improve their understanding of the projects. This moment of discussion is also a time of introspection on his/her search criteria of partner and his/her strengths.
For those who do not plan to pitch, the presentation of other projects and discussions could enable them to capitalize on these experiences to move forward their own projects, to learn how to present themselves and to find partners.
Thus, these 2 hours enable participants to step back, and mature their projects and objectives. To encourage constructive discussion, A CUP OF IDEASVOICE is an event with 50 participants maximum.
Any entrepreneur looking for a co-founder for a project can pitch. The projects are from seed-stage ideas owners, early-stage startups or companies.
A pre-prepared 3 minute memorable pitch that not only tells your story but is also attention grabbing and arouses your audience’s curiosity is strongly recommended.
For those who present their projects, it is a great moment to take the stage and to practice giving an effective, exciting and memorable speech to potential business partners, cofounders, and investors – may be even convince them to join their business venture!
More specifically, entrepreneurs who come to pitch get 4 main benefits :
To pitch, you have to fill up a specific form at the registration. 7 days before the event, have your project on the showcase of IDEASVOICE website.
The first events Cup of IdeasVoice were held in Paris.
Be aware of our COMING EVENTS
Now, our aim is to expand them and organize these unique moments in other cities regularly. We are looking for passionate local organizers around the world to join the CUP OF IDEASVOICE Team. Learn more how to ORGANIZE A CUP OF IDEASVOICE EVENT