When we were alerted to online retailer Pat Pending, it sounded promising: customers can buy exclusive rights to a design, allowing them to resell copies of a garment, or resell their rights to the design. Interesting new business model, right?
What would make this concept worthwhile, is if a customer could buy the rights to a truly unique design. Think a Threadless-like graphic on a t-shirt, or a quirky dress designed by a talented fashion student. (In their defence, Pat Pending is currently asking designers to submit designs that slogans can be printed in/on.) Buy and sell those designs, produce and ship the goods, add easy to operate, no-inventory webshops like Zlio, and you've created an innovative service that adds value for all parties involved. A bit like Etsy, the marketplace for handmade products, but for people who are better at selling than creating. Consumers across the world are designing and creating products, while others increasingly use the web to become part-time shopkeepers. An online design brokerage could match part-time designers with part-time sellers, each focusing on what they do best. One to start? If you do, be sure to let us know .
More at: www.patpendingstore.com
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Healthline provides a search engine for health and health related items.
Healthline raised : $21 Million from GE/NBC Universal's Peacock Equity Fund, Aetna Ventures, Kaiser Permanente Ventures, U.S. News and World Report, VantagePoint Venture Partners and Reed Elsevier Ventures.
Healthline was founded as YourDoctor.com in 1999 and stuck around until it was re-launched as Healthline Networks in 2005. According to Healthline, they have become a top 10 health information destination site with over 4.2 million monthly unique visitors generating over 17 million page views per month.
Their current search engine Healthline.com provides comprehensive health content, from information on diseases to symptoms and drugs. Their search engine was developed in conjunction with physicians. They have an astounding terminology database of over one million medical terms and consumer-friendly synonyms, as well as 70,000 medical concepts. Their taxonomy gives structure and organization to the information.
Interesting virtual world and market place.
More at:www.healthline.com
Healthline was founded as YourDoctor.com in 1999 and stuck around until it was re-launched as Healthline Networks in 2005. According to Healthline, they have become a top 10 health information destination site with over 4.2 million monthly unique visitors generating over 17 million page views per month.
Their current search engine Healthline.com provides comprehensive health content, from information on diseases to symptoms and drugs. Their search engine was developed in conjunction with physicians. They have an astounding terminology database of over one million medical terms and consumer-friendly synonyms, as well as 70,000 medical concepts. Their taxonomy gives structure and organization to the information.
Interesting virtual world and market place.
More at:www.healthline.com
With Ebates You Can Make Money While Shopping Online
Ebates finds all the rebates online and collects them for you after you have purchased an online product. All you have to do is register, search for the item/product you want, buy the product and your cash back will return in your Ebates account.They have 800+ stores to buy from linked to their site, including all of the major brand stores. It's brilliant in its simplicity, actually. They even guarantee that you will receive your check from them every three months, that your earnings from the stores will be posted as soon as they receive them, and that your private information will be secure and confidential.
Ebates is all about saving money and getting Cash Back whenever you shop online. When you become a member and shop through Ebates, you can save literally thousands of dollars every year on the things you're already buying.
More at:http://www.ebates.com/
Ebates is all about saving money and getting Cash Back whenever you shop online. When you become a member and shop through Ebates, you can save literally thousands of dollars every year on the things you're already buying.
More at:http://www.ebates.com/
Connectbeam utilizes the technology that made other social networking sites prosperous and is transforming it to work in the context of business
Connectbeam utilizes the technology that made other social networking sites prosperous and is transforming it to work in the context of business. The site is testimonial rich from well know computer magazines and was listed in InformationWeek as one of 5 Enterprise 2.0 startups to watch. Connectbeam is privately held and venture backed.
The company has received attention from the Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch and many other blogs, and Gartner and other analyst firms. Connectbeam brings the 'Web 2.0' information-sharing, collaboration, and ease of use of sites like MySpace and del.icio.us to the daily work-flow of enterprise employees. It helps companies boost innovation, improve decisions, intensify collaboration, and build critical stakeholder relationships. Connectbeam was founded by experienced entrepreneurs with decades of experience in the enterprise software market. The company is venture backed and privately held.
More at:http://connectbeam.com/
The company has received attention from the Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch and many other blogs, and Gartner and other analyst firms. Connectbeam brings the 'Web 2.0' information-sharing, collaboration, and ease of use of sites like MySpace and del.icio.us to the daily work-flow of enterprise employees. It helps companies boost innovation, improve decisions, intensify collaboration, and build critical stakeholder relationships. Connectbeam was founded by experienced entrepreneurs with decades of experience in the enterprise software market. The company is venture backed and privately held.
More at:http://connectbeam.com/
Connecting Entrepreneurs
Cofoundr is a private community for entrepreneurs -- programmers, designers, investors, and other individuals deeply involved with starting new ventures. Members use this site to find co-founders, build teams, and get advice. The site is currently in public beta.
It’s a place to network with people who are interesting in starting up a new venture on the web. Ideas are everywhere, but you need a team to turn them into reality, well, a virtual reality, in a completely different sense of the word. Sign in and start building your profile, specify your abilities and the kinds of people you are looking to network with. Post your idea on the bulletin board or write on the forum. This is about increasing your chances to work with programmers if you’re more talented from the business end, finding promising ventures to invest in, and all of these things vice versa.
Building a proper network for this genre of business is going to be particularly successful, for a couple of reasons. First of all, because besides broader interest networks like LinkdIn or informal, decentralized discussion boards and networking are currently the only options for us. Secondly, because it’s more intelligent than simply uploading a profile and maybe some interests, it’s specifically designed so that you can network specifically to build a team and get your startup rolling. Kudos for this much overdue and well designed network.
More at:www.cofoundr.com
It’s a place to network with people who are interesting in starting up a new venture on the web. Ideas are everywhere, but you need a team to turn them into reality, well, a virtual reality, in a completely different sense of the word. Sign in and start building your profile, specify your abilities and the kinds of people you are looking to network with. Post your idea on the bulletin board or write on the forum. This is about increasing your chances to work with programmers if you’re more talented from the business end, finding promising ventures to invest in, and all of these things vice versa.
Building a proper network for this genre of business is going to be particularly successful, for a couple of reasons. First of all, because besides broader interest networks like LinkdIn or informal, decentralized discussion boards and networking are currently the only options for us. Secondly, because it’s more intelligent than simply uploading a profile and maybe some interests, it’s specifically designed so that you can network specifically to build a team and get your startup rolling. Kudos for this much overdue and well designed network.
More at:www.cofoundr.com
Download World Cinemas With"Jaman"
Jaman invites you to pop up the Jiffy and enjoy world cinema, without burning though your pockets at the Cineplex. Download and experience the magic of movies and then discuss them with other film aficionados. Jaman has created a portal that’s opening up a whole new world of social cinema, with high def films from all over the world with three full-length features. Watch, discuss, and watch it again if you want, best of all, you won’t have to worry about sneaking gummy bears past security to enjoy a spectacular cinematic adventure.
More at:http://www.jaman.com/
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More at:http://www.jaman.com/
Via-Killerstartups
SwarmBuy provides a marketplace where individual consumer voices can be combined into a collective bargaining force
SwarmBuy provides a marketplace where individual consumer voices can be combined into a collective bargaining force. When a buyer is looking for a product they can join an existing Swarm or, if one doesn't exist, they can start a new Swarm point for the product. Buyers then choose amongst any available seller offers for the deal they like the most. On the flip side... Sellers can search for items they are willing to fulfill and can make offers to the members of the associated Swarms. Sellers may offer to fulfill as many, or as few items as they want, leaving the unfulfilled remainder available to other sellers. Sellers compete against one another to attract buyers by offering competitive prices and deals. Sellers benefit from this approach by having the opportunity to fulfill large orders that might not be possible for them within a traditional environment. Sellers are welcome to create their own swarms.
More at:http://www.swarmbuy.com/
More at:http://www.swarmbuy.com/
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