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To learn about using ibovo features, review Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ).
Frequently Asked Questions
Please review the following helpful FAQs which are categorized by ibovo features.
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About Us | Member Profile | Team & Team Role Profiles | Find Teams & Members (Automatch) | Recruit & Apply for Team Roles | Calendar & Meetings | ibovo Conference (Web Conference) | Team Workspace | ibovo Chat | Password & Email Address
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What is ibovo?
ibovo is an online community, that helps you find partners anywhere in the world to start and grow your own venture, or help you find a start-up venture that is seeking a partner just like you. At ibovo, you can consider investing in an idea or franchise, start or join a business venture, organize or enlist in a non-profit organization, start or join a club, or find partners to help bring an invention from concept to reality.
We’re changing the way people get together, and work together. We understand making connections is only the first step, so not only do we provide an innovative partner matching feature, we also provide you with leading-edge tools for effectively interacting and collaborating with your team members.
Get started by creating your ibovo member profile. From there you might create a team profile with specific roles if you already have an idea and you’re ready to start finding partners, or you might click ‘Find Teams’ if you want to see a list of partnering opportunities with real teams matching your professional skills and interests. Maybe you already have a team in place outside ibovo and you’re eager to get serious about bringing your venture to life. If so, just invite your partners to sign-up and take advantage of ibovo’s free tools, or step-up to our premium Team Workspace and ibovo Conference offerings.
Take your team’s productivity to the next level with capabilities such as video conferencing, centralized calendar, member availability tracking, Voice-Over-Internet (VoIP), white boarding, chat forums, document collaboration, file sharing, team RSS feeds, team blogs, Wiki document collaboration, etc. |
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How do I modify my member profile?
You can modify your profile by selecting 'My Profile' from the main navigation menu. Once in your profile, click the ‘Edit Profile’ link at the top of the page to change your profile information.
You can modify you profile at any time, and change any fields except for your nickname. If you want to change your email address, please select 'Account & Settings', click ‘Preferences’ and then click the ‘Edit’ button adjacent to your email address.
How do I link to my profile on other Web sites?
ibovo provides you with a member profile vanity link (URL) that you can copy and paste to other sites. The vanity link allows your family, friends, colleagues and members of other communities to access your ibovo member profile directly through email or other Web sites.
Your member profile vanity link can be found on your 'My Profile' page.
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Team & Team Role Profiles
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What is a team?
A team is a group of people that come together to help create, and build a new venture. A venture can be any idea, almost anything you can imagine that requires the work and cooperation of a group of people
How do I view my teams?
You can view your teams by selecting Teams from the main navigation menu. The ‘My Teams’ page shows all teams that you have created or teams that you have joined.
From the ‘My Teams’ page, you can also access teams that are currently pending. If you are recruited for a team role or you apply for a team role, the team is considered pending until you accept a position offer. You can access pending team information by clicking ‘New Items’, ‘Recruited’ or ‘Applications’ on the right panel of your ‘My Teams’ page.
How do I create a new team?
You can create a new team by selecting the Teams link from the main navigation menu. This will take you to the page listing your teams. To create a new team, click the “Create Team” link, and fill in the requested information to create your new Team Profile. After creating the Team Profile, you will be able to create Team Roles. Team Roles describe the types of partners you are seeking. Remember, you must create Team Roles in order to begin recruiting members (or for members to apply to your team).
How do I join a team?
You can join a team by applying for a role returned in your 'Team Automatch' results, or advanced search results. After you apply for a team role, the Team Lead will review your profile and likely contact you to discuss the opportunity.
You may also be recruited by the Team Lead for a Team Role. If this occurs you will receive a notification under ‘New Items’ on your 'My Teams' page. If you accept the item, you will then be able to communicate with the Team Lead to learn more about the opportunity.
If the Team Lead decides to offer you a position on the team, you will receive a ‘Position Offer’, which will appear as a New Item on the 'My Teams' page. If you accept the offer, you become a member of the team. The Team will appear on the 'My Teams' page. You may also decline the offer, which means you WILL NOT become a member of the team.
What kind of teams can I create?
You can create a team for almost any new venture idea. Ventures types on ibovo include service businesses, retail/wholesale businesses, non-profit organizations, new inventions, franchises, and clubs.
How many teams can I create or join?
You can create or join up to a total of 10 teams.
How do I modify my team's profile?
To modify your team’s profile select 'Teams' from the main navigation menu. Next, select the team whose profile you wish to modify. This will take you to your team’s profile. Click the “Modify Team Profile” link to update information in your team’s profile. Remember, you can only modify the team profile for a team you have created (in other words, you must be the Team Lead).
What is a team role?
Team Roles allow you to describe the types of partners you are seeking to join your team. You recruit members for open team roles and members will be able to apply for open team roles. An open role is a team role that has not yet been filled by a member. If all team roles are filled, you cannot recruit members and other members will not be able to apply for membership to your team.
How many roles can I create?
You can create up to 20 roles for each team. Team Roles can only be created by the Team Lead.
How do I create or modify a team role?
To create a new role for your team, select “My Teams” from the main navigation menu. Next, select the team that you would like to create a new role for. This will take you to your team’s profile. Click the “Members/Roles” link to display existing members and roles. On this page, click “Create Role” link to add details of the new role for your team.
To create a new role for your team, select “My Teams” from the main navigation menu. Next, select the team that you would like to create a new role for. This will take you to your team’s profile. Click the “Members/Roles” link to display existing members and roles. On this page, click the role that you wish to modify. By clicking this link you will open up the details of the role. Once the details of the role display, click the link “Edit Role” to update information associated with this role.
How do I delete a team role?
To delete a team role, select Teams from the main navigation menu. Next, select the team that contains the role you would like to delete. This will take you to your team’s profile. Click the “Members/Roles” link to display existing members and roles, and then click the ‘delete’ link adjacent to the role name. Note, only the Team Lead may delete team roles.
How do I link to my team profile on other Web sites?
ibovo provides team profile vanity links that you can copy and paste to other sites. The vanity link allows your family, friends, colleagues and members of other communities to access your ibovo team profile directly through email or other Web sites.
Team profile vanity links can be found on the Team Profile page.
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What is Automatch?
Automatch is a powerful and time-saving feature for finding targeted partners for your team or to find teams that are seeking someone with your professional background and interests. Automatch matches potential partners and ideas by analyzing a number of member profile, team profile and team role profiles attributes; such as preferences, skills, interests and estimated funding needs. Access automatch by selecting Teams from the main navigation menu and selecting ‘Find Teams’ or ‘Find Members’. Note, when you select Find Members, you will be required to select a Team Role before the system can perform matching results.
Find Members:
When you create a new team on ibovo, you define the partners you’re looking for by entering comprehensive criteria. You can be as general or as specific as you like. Once you’re done, ibovo’s automatch service searches our entire community, and automatically identifies ideal partners by evaluating their professional experience, investment capability, availability, location, and much more. Using a sophisticated algorithm, prospective partners are ranked and sorted according to how well they match your needs.
And the best part? It’s completely free!
ibovo opens the world to you. It is founded on the belief that there is a better way of finding the right partners for your new venture. Why limit yourself to a small network of friends, family and colleagues, when you can access the world with the click of a mouse! ibovo moves beyond networking sites, by matching ventures with partners and providing leading-edge tools for interaction and collaboration. Whether you’re looking for partners in your neighborhood, or across the world, partnering has never been easier, or smarter.
Find Teams:
Finding a new venture to join has never been easier. When you create an account, we ask you to provide us with details of your personal background, professional experience and interests. Once you’re done, ibovo’s automatch service scans our entire community, and automatically identifies ideal teams who are seeking some just like you. Using a sophisticated algorithm, ibovo automatically ranks and sorts matching opportunities by evaluating professional experience requirements, investment preferences, location preferences, availability, and much more.
And, like our automatch feature that helps you find partners, it’s completely free!
I'm not finding good team role opportunities in automatch, how can I improve my results?
You can improve the quality of your automatch results by modifying information in your member profile, including your interest tags, experience tags and availability timeframes. As you provide more details in your member profile, the quality of your automatch results should improve. Once you have finished updating your profile, click 'Find Teams' and team automatch will reevaluate your profile and return matching results. Read tips for enhancing your member profile.
I'm not finding good candidates for my open roles, how can I improve my results?
You can improve the quality of your automatch results by modifying information in your team’s profile as well as the team roles that you have created. As you provide more details in your team profile and team role profiles, the quality of your automatch results should improve. Once you have finished updating making updates, click Find Members and member automatch will return matching candidates based on the new changes. Read tips for enhancing your team profile.
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Recruit & Apply for Team Roles
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How do I join a team?
You can join a team by applying for a role returned in your Team Automatch results, or advanced search results. After you apply for a team role, the Team Lead will review your profile and likely contact you to discuss the opportunity.
You may also be recruited by the Team Lead for a Team Role. If this occurs you will receive a notification under ‘New Items’ on your My Teams page. If you accept the item, you will then be able to communicate with the Team Lead to learn more about the opportunity.
If the Team Lead decides to offer you a position on the team, you will receive a ‘Position Offer’, which will appear as a New Item on the My Teams page. If you accept the offer, you become a member of the team. The Team will appear on the My Teams page. You may also decline the offer, which means you WILL NOT become a member of the team.
I found an interesting team role, how do I apply?
If you are looking at team roles on the Find Teams search results page, you can click the ‘Apply’ button. The Team Role Details page allows you to enter a short message that will be sent to the Team Lead with your application. Click the ‘Apply’ button at the bottom of the page.
If you are looking at the Team Role Details page for an open role, then you will see your relevancy ranking for this role and you can enter a short message that will be sent to the Team Lead with your application. Click the ‘Apply’ button at the bottom of the page.
I found a member who might be a good fit for one of my open team roles, how do I contact the member?
If you are looking at matching members on the Find Members search results page, you can click the ‘Recruit’ button. The Recruit Member page allows you to verify the Team Name and Role Name, plus you can enter a short message that will be sent to the member. Click the ‘Submit’ button at the bottom of the page.
If you are looking at the Member’s profile and you would like to contact the user about one of your roles, you can click ‘Recruit Member’ at the top of the member profile page. Then you will be able to select a Team Name and Team Role. The Relevancy Calculation will be displayed showing you how closely this member matches the selected team role. You may enter a short message that will be sent to the member and then click the ‘Submit’ button at the bottom of the page.
By submitting the recruit message, you are not offering the position to the member. You are simply asking the member if they are interested in meeting with you to explore the opportunity further.
How do I track all members pending for an open role on my team? How do I select a member to join my team?
ibovo provides a central view of all users that have applied or you have recruited for an open team role. To access this view, go to your My Teams page and click ‘Team Details’ for the Team that you would like to access. Click ‘Members/Roles’ link at top of the page. Under the ‘Open Roles’ section, click the ‘View Candidates’ hyperlink.
The page is comprised of a 3 sections for tracking pending candidates and for eventually making a position offer to one of the members:
- New Candidates - these are members that have applied for the role and require you to perform a preliminary review to determine if you would like to engage the member for further review. If you click ‘Accept’ the member moves to the next stage. If you click ‘Decline’ the member will no longer appear as pending for this role. (Note, when you recruit a member, the member will remain listed here until the member accepts or declines)
- Candidates Under Consideration - these are members who are actively reviewing and are potential candidates for the team role. You can schedule meetings with any of the members listed here by using ibovo Calendar.
- Position Offer – after performing analysis of your candidates, you can make a position offer to any member listed in the ‘Candidates Under Consideration’ section. Just select the member’s Nickname from the drop-down box, enter a message and click ‘Submit Offer’. The member will not become part of your team until the member Accepts the position offer.
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What is the Calendar tool?
Ibovo’s Calendar tool allows you to schedule meetings with your team members, as well as those candidates that you are considering for a team role. You may also access all upcoming meetings that other members have invited you to join.
You’ll find Calendar to be a powerful and convenient tool for interacting with your partners, whether those partners are in your neighborhood or across the globe. With automated time zone conversions and member availability tracking, you automatically see all meeting invites in your local time zone and you can instantly check a member’s availability with respect to your local time zone. ibovo Calendar is seamlessly integrated with ibovo Chat and the subscription-based ibovo Web Conferencing service. So once you create your meeting, all members can access the Web Conference or Chat Room with a single click from the ibovo Calendar (no e-mails to find, no URLs to remember, no access codes or passwords!).
Yes, ibovo Calendar is free to use and available to all members.
How do I schedule a meeting?
Scheduling a meeting is easy. Simply click Calendar from the main navigation menu. From this page, click the “Create Appointment” link.
How do I modify a meeting?
To modify a meeting, click Calendar from the main navigation menu. Select the hyper-linked meeting topic name that you wish to modify in order to open up the details of that meeting (the meeting details automatically load in the lower section of your screen), and then click the “Edit” link. You may only modify meetings that you have created.
How do I cancel a meeting?
To cancel a meeting, click Calendar link from the main navigation menu. Select the hyper-linked meeting topic that you wish to modify in order to open up the details of that meeting (the meeting details automatically load in the lower section of your screen), and then click the “Edit” link. From the Edit window, click ‘Delete Appointment’. You may only delete a meeting that you have created.
How many people can I invite to a meeting?
You can invite up to 20 members to join your meeting.
What types of meeting forums can be created using the Calendar?
ibovo’s Calendar let’s you create ibovo Conferences (Web Conferencing), ibovo Chat and it allows the user to create their own custom meeting invites (for example, if you’re meeting locally in-person at a coffee shop). When creating a meeting invite, just select the proper item from the ‘Forum Type’ drop-down box.
Can I invite members to a Web Conference meeting who are not subscribed to ibovo Conferencing?
You can invite any ibovo member to a meeting regardless of whether they have subscribed to ibovo Conferencing. Members who have not yet subscribed will be given the option to subscribe prior to joining. Subscribing to ibovo Conferencing is a requirement to join the Web Conference session.
When selecting members to join a meeting, all members who are currently subscribed to ibovo Conferencing will display this icon  . However, you can also invite members who are not yet subscribed (they will simply need to subscribe before the Web Conference meeting starts).
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What is ibovo Conferencing?
ibovo Conferencing allows you to meet with your partners in real time. It’s an invaluable service that facilitates communication with your partners anywhere in the world, and at any time. Take advantage of our robust array of services including white boarding, video conferencing, teleconferencing, Voice-Over-Internet (VoIP), desktop sharing, the ability to conduct polls, and much more.
ibovo Conferencing allows you to schedule meetings as frequently as you like, anytime and anywhere. It eliminates expense associated with traditional office and meeting space. Pricing and features are highly competitive when compared with other Web Conferencing providers, plus ibovo Conferencing is fully integrated with the ibovo Calendar. ibovo Calendar’s automated time zone conversions, member availability tracking and automated email notifications, makes scheduling Web Conferences with your team members fast and simple.
To add ibovo Conferencing to your account, click Account & Settings. Ibovo Conferencing is $24.95/month.
So you’re a member of more than one team? No problem. Once you subscribe to ibovo Conference, you’ll be able to schedule and attend Web Conferences for any of your teams, at no extra charge.
How do I subscribe to ibovo Conferencing?
To subscribe to ibovo Conferencing select Account & Settings from the main navigation menu. Select ‘Subscribe’.
How do I cancel ibovo Conferencing?
To cancel your ibovo Conferencing subscription, select Account & Settings from the main navigation menu. Select ‘Cancel Subscription’.
How do I schedule a Web Conference session?
Web Conference meetings are scheduled through the ibovo Calendar. Select Calendar from the main navigation menu.
- Select ‘Create Appointment’
- Enter all standard meeting information (Start Date, Start Time, End Date, End Time, etc)
- Under ‘Forum Type’, select ‘ibovo Conference’
- Under ‘Audio Type’, select ‘Teleconference’, ‘Voice-Over-Internet (VoIP)’ or ‘Other’
o Teleconference – all attendees dial a standard toll telephone number with access code
o Voice-Over-Internet (VoIP) – requires all attendees to have a headset or microphone
o Other – allows you to define your own audio information
- Under ‘Desktop Sharing Mode’, select ‘Standard’ or ‘High-Quality’
o Standard – works with all Operating Systems/Browsers; does not require plug-in. Lower quality resolution.
o High-Quality – works with Windows OS only and requires plug-in. High Quality resolution.
You will be able to launch the Web Conference meeting up to 15 minutes prior to the Start Time, by returning to your Calendar page and clicking the hyperlinked meeting topic. The meeting details will display in the lower panel. In the lower panel, click the 'Start Meeting' button shown below and your Web Conference session will launch in a new window:
Can I invite members to a Web Conference who are not subscribed to ibovo Conferencing?
You can invite any ibovo member to a meeting regardless of whether the member has subscribed to ibovo Conferencing. Members who have not yet subscribed will be given the option to subscribe prior to launching the Web Conference session. Subscribing to ibovo Conferencing is a requirement to join the Web Conference session.
When selecting members to join a meeting, all members who are currently subscribed to ibovo Conferencing will display this icon . However, you can also invite members who are not yet subscribed (they will simply need to subscribe before the Web Conference meeting starts).
I was invited to a Web Conference, how do I join the meeting?
It’s simple to join a Web Conference meeting. You will be able to join the Web Conference meeting up to 15 minutes prior to the Start Time. Just select Calendar from the main navigation menu and click the hyperlinked meeting topic. The meeting details will display in the lower panel. Click the ‘Start Meeting’ button. Your Web Conference session will launch in a new window.
If the host set Audio Type to ‘Teleconference’, you will find the phone number and access code in the Web Conference window (you can also return to the meeting invite details to obtain the phone number and access code). If the host set Audio Type to ‘Voice-Over-Internet (VoIP)’, then you can simply speak and hear other members through your computer (of course, you will need a microphone or headset connected to your computer). If host set Audio Type to ‘Other’, please read the custom audio instructions provided by the host in the meeting invite details.
I am having sound problems or receiving an echo when using Voice-Over-Internet (VoIP)?
If you’re in a conference and there's a big echo when using the "Talk" feature, please try the following:
- The easiest way to prevent echoes when using the "Talk" feature, is to disable the "Auto" (hands-free) option located to the left of the "Talk" button.
- Only use the "Auto" feature is you have head sets. Standard microphones will pick up the audio signals from the speakers and re-send these signals into the conference room, creating an endless loop of echoes.
If you experience other sound/voice related issues while using Voice-Over-Internet, please try these optimization steps (for Windows OS only):
1) Click Start button Click ‘Control Panel’ Click ‘Sounds & Audio Devices’
2) Under ‘Device Volume’, click ‘Advanced’ button
3) Under ‘Microphone’, raise the Volume bar to the highest level and click the ‘Mute’ checkbox
4) Click ‘Options’ from the menu bar, and click ‘Properties’. Select the ‘Recording’ radio box. Click ‘OK’ button.
5) You are now viewing the Recording Control box. Under ‘Microphone’, raise the Volume bar to the highest level and make sure the ‘Select’ box is checked.
6) Close the Recording Control window
7) You are now back at the Sounds and Audio Devices window. Under ‘Speaker Settings’, click ‘Advanced’ button.
8) Click ‘Performance’ tab. Slide ‘Hardware Acceleration’ bar to None (slide it all the way to the left). Click ‘OK’ button.
9) Close the Recording Control window and close the Control Panel window.
10) Go back to your Web Conference window, right click anywhere in the center section of the Web Conference window. Click ‘Settings’
11) Click the “Microphone’ tab (microphone icon).
12) Make sure your default audio soundcard is selected. Click the check box next to ‘Reduce Echo’, so that the checkmark appears. Slide the ‘Record Volume’ bar to the right until you begin to see some yellow and red while you speak. Stop when you begin to see yellow and red. Select ‘Close’.
I am having an issue using ibovo Conferencing, who can I contact to have it resolved?
In order to resolve a technical issue with ibovo Conferencing please send an email to support@ibovo.com. The e-mail should be sent from the e-mail account associated with your ibovo account. Please provide as many details as possible to allow us to resolve your issue as quickly as possible.
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What is Team Workspace?
ibovo’s Team Workspace is a powerful and secure collaboration tool for helping your team succeed. Team Workspace gives you a virtual office space for your team. Features include file sharing, Wiki document collaboration, team blogs, RSS feeds, forum/message boards, unlimited workspaces and much more.
To add the Team Workspace to your account, click Account & Settings. Team Workspace is $12.95/month. So you’re a member of more than one team? No problem. Once you subscribe for Team Workspace, you’ll receive instant access to a separate Team Workspace account for every Team, at no extra charge.
How do I subscribe to Team Workspace?
To subscribe to Team Workspace select Account & Settings from the main navigation menu. Select ‘Subscribe’.
How do I cancel Team Workspace?
To cancel your Team Workspace subscription, select Account & Settings from the main navigation menu. Select ‘Cancel Subscription’.
I am having an issue using Team Workspace, who can I contact to have it resolved?
In order to resolve a technical issue with Team Workspace please send an email to support@ibovo.com. The e-mail should be sent from the e-mail account associated with your ibovo account. Please provide as many details as possible to allow us to resolve your issue as quickly as possible.
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What is ibovo Chat?
Starting a new venture can be expensive. At ibovo, we recognize that, which is why we’re introducing ibovo Chat. If you’re not ready to unlock the power of ibovo’s Web conferencing and collaboration features, then take advantage of ibovo Chat. It’s completely free of charge, and will enable you to satisfy basic real-time communication with your partners.
ibovo Chat meetings can be scheduled through the ibovo Calendar. Click Create Appointment under ‘Calendar’ in the main navigation menu. When entering meeting details, select ‘ibovo Chat’ as the Forum Type.
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I forgot my password. What should I do?
If you forgot your password, select ‘Forgot Password’ from the home page (below the Email Address/Password entry fields). You will be asked to answer a couple challenge questions. If you answer correctly, an email will be sent to you with further instructions.
If you encounter problems with the automated password reset process, please send an e-mail to support@ibovo.com. The e-mail must be sent from the email address currently associated with the account.
How do I change my password?
Select Account & Settings from the main navigation menu. Click ‘Preferences’. Click the ‘Edit’ button in the password box. You will have to enter you current password first and then you can enter your new password.
How do I change my email address?
Select Account & Settings from the main navigation menu. Click ‘Preferences’. Click the ‘Edit’ button in the Email Address box. Note, after you change your email address, you must use this new email address when you log on to ibovo.com (the older email address will no longer work). |
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