Plea for money? You realize the trading platform has no fees, right?
Are you offering to handle other people's funds or not?
You can easily come meet us in person at any of the Meet Up events. We are the group who built the POS system most of the Bitcoin businesses in Vancouver are using, which we worked tirelessly over the past year to accomplish. Personally, I signed up the Waves Coffee House that houses the first ATM in the world using existing Meet Up clout (as well as the first night club, the first Indian restaurant, etc), and my reputation in the community would be tarnished if my associates in the Cooperative chose to scam you. Given that our POS system is free and open source, and that we have volunteered massive amounts of time and money to spread Bitcoin adoption--and you can easily see the results here in Vancouver,
This is all very nice, but it doesn't condense into "Here is who I am, here is my WoT identity proving I am that person, and here's how you'll know I am specifically qualified to do that which I am proposing to do." This isn't optional, no matter how many shoddy and meanwhile thoroughly ravaged "businesses" you've seen eschewing these very basic steps in BTC.
if you've been reading the news--I don't think your condescension is warranted. If you had chosen to politely ask specific questions, I would have responded in kind.
Stop taking it personally. If you propose to run a business in bitcoin, and to operate in a specialized field requiring specific expertise and knowledge, you need to actually use some building materials. If you can't show what you've used when asked, or you have to resort to complaining that people didn't take your meaningless (in context, you know?) initial presentation the way you wanted them to, it's a pretty good sign that going back and examining the structure of your thing is in order.
This doesn't mean your idea is necessarily bad, or that you're a bad person or whatever else. It means people can see, from your announcement alone, that you're on the same track as those scores of businesses mentioned above were once on. That you've either missed or incorrectly scored as unimportant several crucial steps towards building something trustworthy and sustainable. When this is pointed out to you, it's a blessing; fighting it and taking it personally are just about the worst moves you can make.
Directors Mike and Gerry have been involved in the e-currency industry for years. I will give you their contacts if you want to chat. If your concerns are technical, I believe some of the Co-ops members helped code QuadrigaCX's system, and these include senior Samsung server engineers, experienced app developers and a retired IT professional for the federal government. You can speak to them, too, if you wish to ascertain their level of knowledge.
Next time, start with this, but again, it's not personal. Bring them out first thing, get your principals in the WoT, and publish the essential stuff as outlined.