eDoorways announced today that Grass Roots Research and Distribution, Inc. has published a report profiling eDoorways Corporation. The report, which was commissioned and paid for in cash–in full by eDoorways, focuses on the company’s current and future development initiatives.

A PDF of the research report can be accessed at:

http://www.grassrootsrd.com/document.php?url=www.grassrootsrd.com/edwy-report.pdf

About Grass Roots Research and Distribution, Inc.

Led by Paul Cohen, Grass Root Research and Distribution, Inc., is one of Wall Street’s leading independent research firms. As the founder of the Bear Stearns Western Regional Offices, Paul Cohen was one of the original 12 Dirty Dozen analysts regarded by many to be the top 12 security analysts in the nation.  Mr. Cohen was also the West Coast Senior Vice President of CBWL-Hayden Stone-American  Express. Over the years, Mr. Cohen’s partners included Sanford Weill, the past Chairman and CEO of Citigroup and the past Chairman of Solomon Smith Barney, as well as Arthur Levitt, the past Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Grass Root Research and Distribution, Inc., includes nine PhDs (three
with MDs), two MDs, six CFAs, three CPAs and 21 analysts covering most industries.

eDoorways discussed the “LEARN” doorway and demoed its eC Device as part of the Company’s presentation at the Ibero-American Science and Technology Education Center’s (ISTEC) XVIIth Annual General Assembly on the Campus of the University of New Mexico (UNM) in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. The presentation on Tuesday, October 27th, was so popular that the 200 people in attendance from various parts of Latin America, Spain, Portugal and the US requested a second demonstration on Wednesday, October 28th.

The theme of this year’s General Assembly is “Using Technology to Enable Collaboration, and Collaboration to Advance Science and Technology.” Speaking to this theme was the Founder and Executive Vice President of ISTEC, Dr. Ramiro Jordan. Also speaking was Dr. David J. Schmidly (President of UNM), Martin J. Chavez (Albuquerque, NM Mayor) and Dr. Mauro Miskulin (ISTEC President), amongst other esteemed educational, political and corporate guests. Invited to introduce eDoorways was the company’s lead consultant Ajene Watson, Managing Member of Ajene Watson LLC, a private lending and financial business development and management firm which has been working closely with the company.

In his introduction, Watson said, “The essence of technology is firmly rooted in the soil of education. From a rich earth of knowledge, anyone can become empowered. However, one empowered man can do very little all by himself. Collaboration must occur – and only from exhaustive and truly objective collaboration can we actually continue to positively advance as a society.”

Gary Kimmons, CEO of eDoorways, then spoke about the overall progress of eDoorways and why it is eDoorways is the perfect partner to collaborate with ISTEC. He said, “The purpose of eDoorways is to make the connection between teacher and student, customer and vendor — between any group of individuals who need ‘real-time’ contact to achieve a common purpose. If you think about it, that’s really everyone.”

Dr. Jack Crosscope, the developer of the highly praised SmartOne technology, followed Mr. Kimmons, giving a oral and written presentation, taking the audience though the possibilities of using the “LEARN” doorway to create courses in a collaborative effort, teaching through the learning technology, and the ease in learning as students.

Lastly, Ian Mitchell demonstrated the eC Device through a video that eDoorways shot, with the focus again on collaboration. The video, produced in Spanish by up and coming film producer Marton Varo, Jr., depicted Person A in one country attempting to dig a well, and he runs into a problem. From an iPhone, Person A presses his eDoorways App and searches for someone to assist him in “real-time” through the eDoorways platform. Another eDoorways user, Person B who is pinged, returns the ping connecting him directly to Person A. Person B then offers to help the individual dig the well at that exact moment in time.

Mr. Mitchell explained, “Person A, who is wearing the eC Device is able to show Person B exactly what they are seeing and doing in ‘real-time.’ Person B is then able to provide relevant instruction to Person A. Person B is also able to port over a video (viewed either on the iPhone or though the eC Device’s eye piece) of a well that had been built by another group previously, thus giving Person A an even clearer understanding of what is required to accomplish the goal of digging the well.”

Dozens of people, some who spoke little English but armed with translators, surrounded Dr. Crosscope and Mr. Mitchell for their specific disciplines. People close to the company who attended the event believe the general excitement causing the audience to congregate around eDoorways was due to the understanding of what the combination of LEARN, the eC Device and the general platform of eDoorways could mean for education, business, medicine and law enforcement, both domestically and internationally.

Dr. Ramiro Jordan stated, “The overall presentation was a great success. eDoorways became the belle of the ball with its presentation. This is why we requested that eDoorways repeat their demonstration on Wednesday. It was equally well-received, helping to create potential partnerships for deployment of the environment in various academic institutions. I anticipate that a significant partnership between ISTEC and eDoorways is brewing and may possibly take off quickly.”

Sources close to the company suggest that a marriage between the two groups would not only prove invaluable to the work of ISTEC members, but will instantly link eDoorways to a market of well over 18 million online users.

About ISTEC

ISTEC is a non-profit organization comprised of educational, research, industrial, and multilateral organizations throughout the Americas and the Iberian Peninsula. The Consortium has been established to foster scientific, engineering, and technology education, joint international research and development efforts among its members, and to provide a cost-effective vehicle for the application and transfer of technology.



eDoorways will be playing an integral role at the Ibero-American Science and Technology Education Center (ISTEC) XVIIth annual General Assembly, held the week of October 26 – 30, 2009, on the Campus of the University of New Mexico (UNM) in Albuquerque, NM – USA.  In addition to co-sponsoring the event, officers of eDoorways will present keynote presentations on Tuesday, October 27, and Wednesday, October 28.

Gary Kimmons  said, “This is a very important event for ISTEC and for eDoorways and the beginning of a partnership between us.  The theme for this year’s General Assembly is, ‘Using Technology to Enable Collaboration, and Collaboration to Advance Science and Technology.’  As it happens, that is exactly what our LEARN and SOLVE Doorways can help bring about.  We foresee a genuine symbiosis here with eDoorways providing the platform for ISTEC’s educational efforts and ISTEC aiding eDoorways with access to new clients in Latin America and Iberia.”

On Tuesday, October 27, Mr. Kimmons, Jack Crosscope, who developed the LEARN Doorway, and Ian Mitchell, who is selling his video technology to eDoorways and joining its board, will offer a presentation titled “The Next Generation Environment for Education and Social Networking.”  During the speech, they will cover the state of Latin American education, education and global steering currents, and the educational implications of social networks. The speakers are developing a web-based international platform that takes these factors into consideration to create a very powerful new environment fostering ground roots innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship.  As part of the program, they will present the salient aspects of the eDoorways 3.0 platform to the General Assembly.

On Wednesday, October 28, Mr. Kimmons’ presentation is called “Taking Higher Education to the Next Level.”   Joining him will be Professor Walter Bumphus of the University of Texas at Austin, who currently serves as a professor in the Community College Leadership Program and as chair of the Department of Educational Administration at the University of Texas at Austin.  He also holds the A. M. Aikin Regents Endowed Chair in Junior and Community College Education Leadership.

They will address the principle issues confronting higher education in Latin America, including the emerging dynamics and their implications to educational administrators.  These dynamics will be taken into consideration as the speakers offer a recommended success path for faculty, staff and students.  In addition, the need for fostering grass roots innovation and creativity will be discussed and a possible solution offered in the form of a new web-based environment the speakers are creating called eDoorways – a Web 3.0 ecommerce and social networking platform that aims to give Latin America a clear path to the future.

Dr. Ramiro Jordan, founder and executive vice president of ISTEC, stated, “The value of eDoorways’ platform to the future of education worldwide cannot be stressed enough.  It offers ISTEC’s members a way to leapfrog education into the 21st century with a minimum of expense.  We believe that this platform is ideally suited to ISTEC’s purposes and needs, and therefore, we will be working with eDoorways very closely long after the XVIIth General Assembly is over.  Next week, Gary and I will be discussing ways to make the partnership between ISTEC and eDoorways a productive and intimate one.”

Mr. Kimmons concluded, “This partnership with ISTEC offers eDoorways access to the 18 millions users who are part of the ISTEC Consortium, which includes 20,000 faculty and staff at over 120 universities in the region.  The commercial potential for eDoorways is immense as we are working to become the preferred platform for this universe of students and academics.”

About ISTEC

ISTEC is a non-profit organization comprised of educational, research, industrial, and multilateral organizations throughout the Americas and the Iberian Peninsula. The Consortium has been established to foster scientific, engineering, and technology education, joint international research and development efforts among its members, and to provide a cost-effective vehicle for the application and transfer of technology.

The prominent international organization ISTEC has asked eDoorways to demonstrate our platform and speak on the advances made in education through our intelligent learning solution, “LEARN.”

We have received a great honor as eDoorways is scheduled to present at ISTEC’s (Ibero-American Science and Technology Education Center) 17th annual General Assembly, held the week of October 26 – 30, 2009, on the Campus of the University of New Mexico (UNM) in Albuquerque, NM – USA.  The theme for this year’s General Assembly Is, “Using Technology to enable Collaboration, and Collaboration to Advance Science and Technology.”

Gary Kimmons said, “This is one of those rare opportunities.  Where a growing company like eDoorways has the chance to get on the ‘big stage’ in front of groups like Sun Microsystems, Hewlett Packard, National Instruments, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Charles Darwin Research Station and the World Bank, all members of ISTEC, mainly because we’ve been recognized for the possibilities we bring to society through our innovative platform, doorways and learning solutions.”

ISTEC’s board of directors extends this invitation at the behest of its founder Dr. Ramiro Jordan.

ISTEC, founded in 1990 as a spinoff of UNM, has become one of the largest non-profit consortia in the Americas dedicated to improving the quality of life through education throughout Latin America, Spain and Portugal.  Harnessing the strength of its 20,000 faculty and staff members, ISTEC is able to deliver curricula on science, technology, engineering, math, R&D and entrepreneurship to 120 universities and 18 million online users throughout Latin America and other parts of the world.

“This year’s theme for the General Assembly, ‘Using Technology to Enable Collaboration and Collaboration to Advance Science and Technology’ speaks directly to eDoorways’ business,” states Kimmons.  “We are utilizing the web to foster collaboration between people.  Whether it is matching a buyer and seller or creating educational opportunities through ‘LEARN,’ the foundation of eDoorways is the collaboration of people to achieve common goals with mutually rewarding outcomes in ‘real-time.’”

Dr. Ramiro Jordan said, “ISTEC is dedicated to the improvement of international collaborations in science and technology and the development of human capital, the cornerstone of which is education.  We see eDoorways as a powerful way to utilize the Internet in pursuit of our objectives.  eDoorways has a platform that uses social networking in two areas of great interest to ISTEC.  The first use is for social entrepreneurs, those people who are going to lead social progress in the region.  The second is for commercial entrepreneurs, those who are going to start and grow the businesses of the 21^st century that will create the jobs and other opportunities needed.”

He adds, “In the area of education, being that the ‘LEARN’ doorway is premised on an already proven technology, it is expected that eDoorways will aid tremendously in our delivery of educational tools and courses to our users.”

The City of Albuquerque and the Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce support the General Assembly event, linking eDoorways directly into the power source of another growing city.

Sources close to the company believe ISTEC to be a vehicle for the advancement of education and development of generational wealth in the Americas and Iberia, which allows eDoorways great opportunity, especially where it concerns its second developing doorway, “LEARN.”  With an opportunity to grace the world stage, eDoorways expects even greater visibility for its “real-time” web 3.0 platform and “SOLVE” doorway.

About ISTEC

ISTEC is a non-profit organization comprised of educational, research, industrial, and multilateral organizations throughout the Americas and the Iberian Peninsula. The Consortium has been established to foster scientific, engineering, and technology education, joint international research and development efforts among its members, and to provide a cost-effective vehicle for the application and transfer of technology.

We have released our “Benefits to Small Businesses” video vignette.  This is the third in a series of video vignettes aimed at introducing eDoorways’ platform, educating our target audience on the functionality and uses of our doorways, as well as communicating our progress to shareholders.

In this video, Gary Kimmons explains that “The objective of eDoorways is to allow the small businesses that may have limited resources to make the best use of those resources so that they can compete with the big guys.”

eDoorways believes that of the approximately 15,500 small businesses operating in Austin, the majority of them would make prime eDoorways business customers.  With well over 200 businesses currently signed up since we launched our first phase of the “SOLVE” doorway soft launch with the unveiling event on October 1, 2009, eDoorways is quickly moving into the remaining phases.

“The process of forming the SOLVE focus groups is kicking off this week with a survey to be emailed to all businesses, consumers, and experts who have signed up with eDoorways,” says Ann Collins, the company’s Social Media Marketing Consultant and Project Manager for “SOLVE.”  Collins continues, “The focus groups for this phase will be formed quickly allowing the company to receive feedback from members on the new user interface within a couple of weeks.”

“Now is the time where functionality will be measured,” stated Kimmons.  “If third round modifications are required, we will take this opportunity to acknowledge all suggestions and quickly make the necessary adjustments and enhancements.”

Provided the feedback received requires minimal changes, eDoorways foresees bringing a fully functional consumer version of “SOLVE” to market much sooner than anticipated.  Should this be the case, we intend to immediately launch our beta version of the “SOLVE” doorway, possibly setting a date prior to year end.

People close to our company believe eDoorways to be in a position of strength, making it extremely plausible to not only roll through the remaining phases of the soft launch quickly, delivering a consumer version of “SOLVE” in December, but possibly launching a beta version of the platform by year end as well.  As Gary Kimmons alludes to at the end of the unveiling presentation, the company has been and will continue to be capitalized; he foresees no problems with completing the company’s mission.

As it pertains to the company’s financial health, Mr. Dan Bensimon, Senior Financial & Accounting Specialist, offers the following.   “Through today, the company has raised an additional three quarters of a million dollars through friendly sources as necessary to attain the company’s soft launch goals.  It has also attracted the services of very talented technology and other professionals to build the platform and manage and finance the company through the issuance of approximately $500k in restricted stock.  The company has meticulously managed and dedicated all of its funds to the development of both the platform and company.  With the continued assistance of current financial resources, along with the new financial sources identified for future financing, eDoorways should have the financial capacity to bring the beta version of the platform to market.

With close to $1.5 million additional dollars raised, the company does not seem to be at risk of missing any set milestones; and should the video vignettes continue to make a splash, by the time the consumer and/or beta version of “SOLVE” is released this year, sources close to the company believe there will be over 1,000 users signed up – ready to begin engaging in “real-time” interactions.

You can view the video “Benefits to Small Businesses” here.

We have increased the prospect of our service offering reaching an even broader audience through a letter of intent we have signed to purchase the mobile device technology and services of a development team from Ian Mitchell of Universal Design Technologies, Inc.  eDoorways will operate our acquisition as a wholly owned subsidiary.

The technology to be purchased supports what eDoorways calls the “eC Device.”  The eC device will supplement smart phones, providing eDoorways’ service through real-time mobile video interaction.

Mr. Mitchell describes the “eC Device” (the first conceptual iteration of the device was displayed at the unveiling) as a first-person perspective, video transceiver resembling an earpiece with a video display lens that goes over the eye, projecting images to the user. The eDoorways subsidiary plans to develop the eC Device for market consumption as well as provide platform integration of smartphones for the iPhone OS, Android OS, and RIM Blackberry OS.   The eC Device is intended to augment a user’s experience on a mobile handset – providing “Performance Support.”

An Austin-based entrepreneur, Ian Mitchell’s accomplishments stem from a successful real estate career borne from construction, architecture and engineering.  However, his genius is firmly planted in biomedical and interface technologies.  Aside from his co-founding role at M&M Biomedical Corporation, Mr. Mitchell is the President of Universal Design Technologies, Inc.  Through Universal Design Technologies, Inc., Mitchell has contributed to the type of human interactive devices and motion control systems in the market today.

Gary Kimmons said, “The addition of Ian’s technology to eDoorways enhances our ability to bring the web to the user regardless of where that user is.  The eC Device complements our various doorway offerings by making the real-time web options eDoorways provides accessible to anyone anywhere.”

In exchange for eDoorways’ preferred stock, Ian Mitchell will deliver to eDoorways $240,000 in cash.  This exchange will allow eDoorways to own and produce the “eC Device,” operate the subsidiary with an unlimited exclusive right to license its [subsidiary] patents.  In addition, the Company will get 80% of the proceeds received by Mr. Mitchell for the next 3 years as a result of patents and devices related to motion control systems as it pertains to a pending European license with a developer of medical devices.  Also, Mr. Mitchell will join the eDoorways Board of Directors.

Ian Mitchell said, “I believe that the eC Device and the vision of eDoorways will create a synergy capable of making person-to-person interactions via the web more powerful, more useful, more human and available in ‘real-time.’  Currently, the computing world is undergoing a significant shift toward mobile computing.  In Latin America, for example, the ratio is roughly 5 mobile device users for every desktop, fixed-point user.  The future of the web is mobile, and eDoorways plans to take full advantage of this paradigm shift.  The eC Device will play a significant role in our future strategy.”

Gary Kimmons added, “By adding Ian to our board, we are also acquiring a technological expertise that will prove invaluable to our future growth.  He has the wide range of understanding you’d expect from someone who studied both music and chemistry in college.  He has been an architectural consultant, worked in conjunction with NASA and was a core innovator in diagnostic devices focusing on chromatographic spectroscopy.  He is one of those people who knows where technology is going because he is one of the people taking it there.”

People close to our company welcome this acquisition as it will support worldwide acceptance and use of the eDoorways service offering, regardless of which doorway is accessed, increasing and diversifying our company’s revenue streams.

Part Two in a Series of Vignettes Being Filmed to Help Audiences Better Understand the eDoorways’ Business Model and Services

We have released the second in a series of video vignettes aimed at introducing eDoorways’ platform, educating our target audience on the functionality and uses of our doorways, as well as communicating our company’s progress to shareholders.  The new video titled “The ‘SOLVE’ Doorway,” follows the successful unveiling of this product to the general public in Austin, TX, on October 2, 2009.

Appearing again with Amy Hadley, a television host and producer from Austin is Gary Kimmons,.  Mr. Kimmons explains in the video that, “‘SOLVE’ is all about the premium connection that we [eDoorways] make between people who have a need, that is the consumer, and the providers of those goods and services who are looking to meet those needs.  So, it’s all about making that connection work as smoothly as possible by connecting real people with real solutions.”

In discussing the video, Mr. Kimmons stated, “The ‘SOLVE’ doorway video, like all of the video vignettes we are producing, is designed to educate our shareholders and future shareholders, those interested in adopting our technology, as well as members of the media in ways that traditional press releases do not do.  The impact that a video has on people is usually much stronger than just the written word.  And as a company in the technology field, we believe strongly in using the most appropriate methods for reaching our target audience.  For that reason, we will be producing further vignettes in the future, about one a week, to keep our investors, customers and the media fully informed of our progress.”

Mr. Kimmons believes that in Austin, TX alone there are 15,500 small businesses that would make prime eDoorways customers.  He also believes that critical mass for SOLVE in the Austin area is only around 300 users, noting at the same time that more than 100 businesses had already signed up for use of the product within the first 72 hours following the unveiling of the SOLVE Doorway in Austin, TX on October 2, 2009.  To date, 183 businesses, have signed onto eDoorways to participate in the remaining phases of the soft launch.

See the video here: http://budurl.com/gx5y

We had the successful unveiling of our “SOLVE” doorway covered in the October 9, 2009, edition of the Austin Business Journal. In that issue, Staff Writer Christopher Calnan penned an article called “New way to link shops, customers debuts; Vying for business via instant messaging.”  Calnan was present at the Austin, TX, unveiling of the “SOLVE” doorway, about which he said, “At its most basic, Solve is an online tool that enables consumers to send instant messages to several businesses at once to get them to compete with each other on prices.”

He was also impressed with the performance of Gary Kimmons.  “Gary Kimmons hit the stage in Austin last week, channeling Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs, to launch a new online tool developed by Kimmons’ company, eDoorways Corp…,” stated Calnan.  “Looking like someone dying to tell a long-held secret, he revealed to the audience of about 165 the company’s product called ‘SOLVE.’”

To read the article in the Austin Business Journal visit http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2009/10/12/story5.html  (you will need a membership to read the full article).

eDoorways will produce a series of video vignettes aimed at promoting the eDoorways platform, educating our target audience on the functionality and uses of our doorways as well as communicating our progress to shareholders.  Beginning with, “What is eDoorways?,” we will produce at least one video vignette each week for the next several weeks.

“Now that we’ve proven to have the interest of our target audience, we intend to strengthen the relationship by continuously providing information through a much more dynamic vehicle,” stated Gary Kimmons.  “The video vignettes will provide shareholders and early adopters a view into the company that press releases may not communicate.  We want our supporters to remain informed, educated and entertained.”

Borrowing from the promotional clips we originally produced to market the successful unveiling of “SOLVE,” Gary Kimmons and Amy Hadley (a television host and producer from Austin) join once more to produce the first series of video vignettes.  With close to 200 registrants, over 10,000 Twitter followers, hundreds of Facebook fans and thousands of shareholders, eDoorways has no shortage of interested people to communicate with.

People close to our company believe that the video vignettes will do extremely well in not only communicating with current eDoorways supporters, but in gaining the interest of other potential shareholders and early adopters of the platform.

The SOLVE site unveiling has quickly peaked the interest of Austin-based businesses.   Well over 100 businesses have signed-up to participate in the remaining phases of the platform’s soft launch.  Quickly approaching 200 registrants, including some consumers, the company now has hard evidence of its target audience’s interest.

“The question of whether or not small businesses will be interested in the “SOLVE” doorway has clearly been answered,” stated Gary Kimmons.  “The majority of the sign-ups occurred over the weekend and through yesterday evening.  If in just three days we’re approaching 200 sign-ups for the purpose of completing the phases of the soft launch, I can only imagine what we’ll look like by the time we’re ready for full consumer interaction in 90 days.  Evidence of the potential critical mass is brewing.”

eDoorways initiated a grass roots campaign reaching Austin based businesses and “net gener’s” to introduce the platform at the unveiling event.   Using an array of social media forums, direct mailings to thousands of small businesses, street canvassing, videos, radio, outlets provided by the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce and public forums, eDoorways garnered the attention needed to not only have a well attended event, but to also cause genuine interest from the people of Austin.

With over 10,000 followers on Twitter, Facebook fans increasing daily and overwhelming correspondences through the corporate blog and email, eDoorways is poised to continue signing up hundreds of businesses prior to consumer interaction.

“We’re just getting started with our marketing roll out plan,” stated Kristen Claflin, Brand Marketing and Site Monetization Consultant for eDoorways.  “Within this remaining quarter, there will be a noticeable increase in marketing efforts within the Austin area with an emphasis toward small businesses.”

Sources close to the company were surprised to find so many businesses signing up so quickly and they expect the number to continue growing weekly.  Should businesses continue to sign up at this rate, a couple of thousand users could be up and ready to engage in “real-time” interactions through the fully functioning consumer ready version of the platform by year end.