What Company is About:
It is a vertical social network dedicated exclusively to the restaurant industry, its employees, owners, operators, vendors, suppliers and service providers worldwide. Unlike other consumer or customer-centric social networks, they are for insiders. They are the restaurant industry social network.
For Whom It Will Be Helpful:
FohBoh is for Real Estate developers and brokers, architects, designers, lawyers, accountants, food and beverage vendors, wineries and boutique produce growers, bakers, chefs, cooks, managers, consultants, concept developers, investors, lenders, owners, franchisees, franchisers, operators, CEO's...you get the picture.
They are the first social network and business exchange exclusively for the restaurant and hospitality industries. They designed FohBoh for you to network, connect and socialize with other like-minded industry professionals and the companies that support your business.
Who Is Backing Them:
The two founders of FohBoh.com are Michael L. Atkinson and Ted Cohn. Michael has over 30 years of experience in restaurant concept development, corporate evelopment, investment banking, investment, operations, M&A, and as a consultant to a wide array of consumer businesses. Ted is a Silicon Valley veteran with over 20 years of experience working at companies such as Apple, NeXT, Excite. He also co-founded Ugobe. Ted and Michael are serial entrepreneurs have founded three companies together. They love food, wine and experiencing new restaurants and have a passion for, and a high-degree of respect for the industry and the people that make it work.
More at:http://fohboh.com/
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
VortexDNA has mapped the genome of human intention – the mind-DNA that predicts human characteristics
What Company Says:
With the recent publicity around online genetic testing services, especially 23andme, the question of whether or not our lives are predetermined is more important than ever. This information is intended to help you make an informed choice about the science you accept, the way you see the world, and ultimately what you believe about yourself.
VortexDNA has mapped the genome of human intention – the mind-DNA that predicts human characteristics. Advancing our understanding of how belief creates our world, the human intention genome opens up a new era of science and human empowerment.
How It Works:
The genome is easily created by downloading the mywebDNA Firefox extension. Coded as a seven digit number it reveals the true determinants of our lives – the beliefs, with the same helix/vortex structure as our physical DNA, that are the building blocks from which we create order and meaning.
MywebDNA:
When you download the mywebDNA plug-in for the Firefox™ browser, you'll be asked to complete a short, yet profound, survey to generate your numerical profile. This survey is entirely confidential and never shared with anyone other than at your request.
Once you've completed the survey, you can leave mywebDNA running invisibly in the background. Every time you run a Google search, mywebDNA will circle the two results most relevant to you, based on your numerical profile and the profile of the site.
But how does mywebDNA know the purpose and values of a website?
After all, it's not a person. How can a site even have purpose and values?
Let's say your numeric profile is 100,000. You visit a site. That site now has a profile of 100,000. Your friend, who has a profile of 70,000, visits the same site. The site's profile now becomes 85,000.
Now you run a Google search, and that site is one of the results. mywebDNA knows that you have an 85% relevance with the site—and if that is one of the two highest ratings in your search results, mywebDNA will circle it.
More at:http://www.mydnachoice.com/
With the recent publicity around online genetic testing services, especially 23andme, the question of whether or not our lives are predetermined is more important than ever. This information is intended to help you make an informed choice about the science you accept, the way you see the world, and ultimately what you believe about yourself.
VortexDNA has mapped the genome of human intention – the mind-DNA that predicts human characteristics. Advancing our understanding of how belief creates our world, the human intention genome opens up a new era of science and human empowerment.
How It Works:
The genome is easily created by downloading the mywebDNA Firefox extension. Coded as a seven digit number it reveals the true determinants of our lives – the beliefs, with the same helix/vortex structure as our physical DNA, that are the building blocks from which we create order and meaning.
MywebDNA:
When you download the mywebDNA plug-in for the Firefox™ browser, you'll be asked to complete a short, yet profound, survey to generate your numerical profile. This survey is entirely confidential and never shared with anyone other than at your request.
Once you've completed the survey, you can leave mywebDNA running invisibly in the background. Every time you run a Google search, mywebDNA will circle the two results most relevant to you, based on your numerical profile and the profile of the site.
But how does mywebDNA know the purpose and values of a website?
After all, it's not a person. How can a site even have purpose and values?
Let's say your numeric profile is 100,000. You visit a site. That site now has a profile of 100,000. Your friend, who has a profile of 70,000, visits the same site. The site's profile now becomes 85,000.
Now you run a Google search, and that site is one of the results. mywebDNA knows that you have an 85% relevance with the site—and if that is one of the two highest ratings in your search results, mywebDNA will circle it.
More at:http://www.mydnachoice.com/
Live Gamer --A Legitimate Place For Virtual Trading Got $24 million in venture funding
What Company is Offering:
Live Gamer provides a legitimate marketplace that brings a high level of security, integrity, and transparency to the fast-growing virtual trading economy.
Live Gamer enables a complete marketplace solution for the player-to-player trading of virtual items. Through their partnerships with leading publishers and developers worldwide, players now have a convenient, secure, and reliable outlet to buy and sell virtual goods and objects. Only Live Gamer provides virtual trading the way it should be: Safe. Simple. In Game.
How It Works:
Created in an environment where the game industry meets Wall Street, Live Gamer provides a fully legitimate, publisher-supported virtual trading marketplace with security, convenience, and quality of service to match any real-world market. Access Live Gamer from within the game itself — to conduct transaction backed powerful security and anti-fraud measures. Traded goods become available in real time for uninterrupted game play.
Recent Updates:
Live Gamer Inc today announced its introduction as the premier provider of a publisher-supported, secure platform for real money trading of virtual property. Live Gamer is partnering with top massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) publishers and virtual world operators worldwide, including Funcom GMBH, Sony Online Entertainment, 10TACLE STUDIOS, Acclaim, GoPets LTD, and Ping0 Interactive Limited.
How Much They Got From VCs:
The company was founded by industry veterans and backed with $24 million in venture funding from Charles River Ventures, Kodiak Venture Partners, and Pequot Ventures. The site is set up to be a legitimate marketplace for trading virtual goods–land, services, characters, etc. Targeting MMOGs and their loyal players, it’s a wonder eBay was so determined to miss out on this opportunity.
More at:http://www.livegamer.com/
Live Gamer provides a legitimate marketplace that brings a high level of security, integrity, and transparency to the fast-growing virtual trading economy.
Live Gamer enables a complete marketplace solution for the player-to-player trading of virtual items. Through their partnerships with leading publishers and developers worldwide, players now have a convenient, secure, and reliable outlet to buy and sell virtual goods and objects. Only Live Gamer provides virtual trading the way it should be: Safe. Simple. In Game.
How It Works:
Created in an environment where the game industry meets Wall Street, Live Gamer provides a fully legitimate, publisher-supported virtual trading marketplace with security, convenience, and quality of service to match any real-world market. Access Live Gamer from within the game itself — to conduct transaction backed powerful security and anti-fraud measures. Traded goods become available in real time for uninterrupted game play.
Recent Updates:
Live Gamer Inc today announced its introduction as the premier provider of a publisher-supported, secure platform for real money trading of virtual property. Live Gamer is partnering with top massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) publishers and virtual world operators worldwide, including Funcom GMBH, Sony Online Entertainment, 10TACLE STUDIOS, Acclaim, GoPets LTD, and Ping0 Interactive Limited.
How Much They Got From VCs:
The company was founded by industry veterans and backed with $24 million in venture funding from Charles River Ventures, Kodiak Venture Partners, and Pequot Ventures. The site is set up to be a legitimate marketplace for trading virtual goods–land, services, characters, etc. Targeting MMOGs and their loyal players, it’s a wonder eBay was so determined to miss out on this opportunity.
More at:http://www.livegamer.com/
Liftopia allows snow and mountain lovers to search for and purchase discount lift tickets at alpine resorts across the country
What Company Is Offering:
Liftopia, the new online marketplace where you’ll find discount lift tickets to top alpine resorts across the country.
How It Works:
Liftopia allows snow and mountain lovers to search for and purchase discount lift tickets at alpine resorts across the country. By planning your trip in advance, you can find exceptional lift ticket deals. Here’s how it works:
Step 1: Search for Discount Lift Tickets
Use our search engine to find lift ticket deals at your favorite resorts nationwide. You can search by region or by resort to find lift tickets that suit your travel plans.
Step 2: Purchase Your Discount Lift Tickets Online
Once you’ve confirmed your resort and ticket preferences, you can make your purchase immediately and securely at Liftopia’s online ticket booth. All tickets are non-refundable/non-exchangeable and must be purchased in advance for specific dates. These purchase conditions are what enable Liftopia to secure advance discounts from resorts.
Lift tickets can be purchased using a credit card or PayPal. Users must be 18 years of age or older in order to purchase tickets.
When purchasing lift tickets for the first time, you’ll create a personal user account at Liftopia. Log in to your account with your user name and password to check your order history, print out a Purchase Confirmation or update your personal information.
Step 3: Receive Your Confirmation
Once you’ve purchased your tickets, we will e-mail you a Purchase Confirmation, which will include the details of your order. You must print this document and bring it with you to the resort.
Step 4: Pick Up Your Lift Tickets at the Resort
You will need to bring your Liftopia Purchase Confirmation to the will call ticket counter/office at the mountain resort. When you arrive at the resort, you will need to present this confirmation as proof of purchase. Without the Liftopia Purchase Confirmation, you will not be able to obtain your lift tickets on the mountain. You will need both the Purchase Confirmation and a picture ID in order to claim your lift tickets.
More at:http://www.liftopia.com/
Liftopia, the new online marketplace where you’ll find discount lift tickets to top alpine resorts across the country.
How It Works:
Liftopia allows snow and mountain lovers to search for and purchase discount lift tickets at alpine resorts across the country. By planning your trip in advance, you can find exceptional lift ticket deals. Here’s how it works:
Step 1: Search for Discount Lift Tickets
Use our search engine to find lift ticket deals at your favorite resorts nationwide. You can search by region or by resort to find lift tickets that suit your travel plans.
Step 2: Purchase Your Discount Lift Tickets Online
Once you’ve confirmed your resort and ticket preferences, you can make your purchase immediately and securely at Liftopia’s online ticket booth. All tickets are non-refundable/non-exchangeable and must be purchased in advance for specific dates. These purchase conditions are what enable Liftopia to secure advance discounts from resorts.
Lift tickets can be purchased using a credit card or PayPal. Users must be 18 years of age or older in order to purchase tickets.
When purchasing lift tickets for the first time, you’ll create a personal user account at Liftopia. Log in to your account with your user name and password to check your order history, print out a Purchase Confirmation or update your personal information.
Step 3: Receive Your Confirmation
Once you’ve purchased your tickets, we will e-mail you a Purchase Confirmation, which will include the details of your order. You must print this document and bring it with you to the resort.
Step 4: Pick Up Your Lift Tickets at the Resort
You will need to bring your Liftopia Purchase Confirmation to the will call ticket counter/office at the mountain resort. When you arrive at the resort, you will need to present this confirmation as proof of purchase. Without the Liftopia Purchase Confirmation, you will not be able to obtain your lift tickets on the mountain. You will need both the Purchase Confirmation and a picture ID in order to claim your lift tickets.
More at:http://www.liftopia.com/
Ipsojobs is a job bank focused on urgent employment
What Company is Offering:
Ipsojobs is a job bank focused on urgent employment. When time is of the essence, Ipsojobs offers the swiftest and easiest means of finding employment or filling an urgent vacancy.
How It Works:
The company, organization or private individual posting the job will provide all the information candidates need to contact them in the field ‘conditions and contact information’. Recommended information to provide is an email address and telephone numbers.
In order to speed up the process and make it as easy as possible, all the information regarding the job is entered on one form. There is no need to register to post or view a job offer. The information needed to post a job offer is as follows: job title, industry sector, description, conditions and contact information. We have also included a validation code in order to prevent jobs being posted automatically by web “robots”.
Unique Features:
A job bank specializing in urgent employment. When time is of the essence.
- Job offers are posted free of charge.
- There is no need to register to use the system. You do not need to create an account.
- Complete user-friendliness: there is just one form to fill out for job postings.
- RSS for each combination of city and sector.
- Ipsojobs is a multi-city, multilingual service.
- WE DO NOT SPAM: We do not store email addresses, so no advertising information will be sent to you.
More at:http://www.ipsojobs.com/
Ipsojobs is a job bank focused on urgent employment. When time is of the essence, Ipsojobs offers the swiftest and easiest means of finding employment or filling an urgent vacancy.
How It Works:
The company, organization or private individual posting the job will provide all the information candidates need to contact them in the field ‘conditions and contact information’. Recommended information to provide is an email address and telephone numbers.
In order to speed up the process and make it as easy as possible, all the information regarding the job is entered on one form. There is no need to register to post or view a job offer. The information needed to post a job offer is as follows: job title, industry sector, description, conditions and contact information. We have also included a validation code in order to prevent jobs being posted automatically by web “robots”.
Unique Features:
A job bank specializing in urgent employment. When time is of the essence.
- Job offers are posted free of charge.
- There is no need to register to use the system. You do not need to create an account.
- Complete user-friendliness: there is just one form to fill out for job postings.
- RSS for each combination of city and sector.
- Ipsojobs is a multi-city, multilingual service.
- WE DO NOT SPAM: We do not store email addresses, so no advertising information will be sent to you.
More at:http://www.ipsojobs.com/
Goodreads has raised an angel round of funding
What Company Is Offering:
Goodreads' mission is to improve the process of reading and learning throughout the world. Goodreads' mission is to make reading fun by letting you see what your friends are reading. Whenever you view a book, we always show you your friends' reviews first. When you login, the home page will show all the latest reviews from your friends. If you decide to browse you can see popular and unpopular books in your friend network.
How It Works:
Goodreads is a free website that allows you to see what your friends are reading. You can add and review books that you are currently reading, going to read, or already read. You can also read reviews by people who aren't in your friend network.
Signing up is simple — you just enter your name, email, and a password.
You can create your own bookshelves. From classics and canadabooks to childrenslit and geek, you can create any category that suits your personal taste. Our favorite shelves out there? To-read, to-reread, guiltypleasures, chicklit and overrated-drivel. Have you tried out the covers view in "my books"? It's brilliant — if we may say so. Also check out the reviews view for faster book shelving.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Goodreads has raised an angel round of funding, the firm said Monday. Amount of the round was not announced. The funding came from James Currier of Ooga Labs, Michael Birch of Bebo.com, Chris Michel of Military.com, Mike Jones of Userplane, along with True Ventures and Stand Chudnovsky, also of Ooga Labs.
More at:http://www.goodreads.com/
Goodreads' mission is to improve the process of reading and learning throughout the world. Goodreads' mission is to make reading fun by letting you see what your friends are reading. Whenever you view a book, we always show you your friends' reviews first. When you login, the home page will show all the latest reviews from your friends. If you decide to browse you can see popular and unpopular books in your friend network.
How It Works:
Goodreads is a free website that allows you to see what your friends are reading. You can add and review books that you are currently reading, going to read, or already read. You can also read reviews by people who aren't in your friend network.
Signing up is simple — you just enter your name, email, and a password.
You can create your own bookshelves. From classics and canadabooks to childrenslit and geek, you can create any category that suits your personal taste. Our favorite shelves out there? To-read, to-reread, guiltypleasures, chicklit and overrated-drivel. Have you tried out the covers view in "my books"? It's brilliant — if we may say so. Also check out the reviews view for faster book shelving.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Goodreads has raised an angel round of funding, the firm said Monday. Amount of the round was not announced. The funding came from James Currier of Ooga Labs, Michael Birch of Bebo.com, Chris Michel of Military.com, Mike Jones of Userplane, along with True Ventures and Stand Chudnovsky, also of Ooga Labs.
More at:http://www.goodreads.com/
Internet Trends
Internet users are becoming more aware of their digital footprint; 47% have searched for information about themselves online, up from just 22% five years ago. However, few monitor their online presence with great regularity. Just 3% of self-searchers report that they make a regular habit of it and 74% have checked up on their digital footprints only once or twice.
Indeed, most internet users are not concerned about the amount of information available about them online, and most do not take steps to limit that information. Fully 60% of internet users say they are not worried about how much information is available about them online. Similarly, the majority of online adults (61%) do not feel compelled to limit the amount of information that can be found about them online.
In addition to providing national telephone survey data, this report includes quotes from online survey respondents as well as experts in the fields of privacy, online identity management and search.
Via-Pew
Indeed, most internet users are not concerned about the amount of information available about them online, and most do not take steps to limit that information. Fully 60% of internet users say they are not worried about how much information is available about them online. Similarly, the majority of online adults (61%) do not feel compelled to limit the amount of information that can be found about them online.
In addition to providing national telephone survey data, this report includes quotes from online survey respondents as well as experts in the fields of privacy, online identity management and search.
Via-Pew
JuiceCaster is a mobile social networking community got $6M in new venture capital funding
What Company Is Offering:
JuiceCaster is a mobile social networking community which lets anyone who has a cell phone connect with friends and meet new people. JuiceCaster allows the user to publish content right from their phone to any person, group, Web site or desktop. People can view content on their phone to make new friends and stay in touch with current buddies. JuiceCaster makes rich-media content a part of mobile communications.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Juice Wireless, the pioneer in mobile social networking, closed $6M in new venture capital funding in their third funding round, led by 21Ventures. The company’s investors now include 21Ventures, Qualcomm and Citizen’s Communications.
What VCs says About Company:
The future of social networking and social media is mobile. JuiceCaster is the best way for people to share their social experiences and broadcast their lives, while on the go,” said David Anthony, managing partner at 21Ventures. “CEO Nick Desai and his talented team have made very impressive traction over the last 12 months. The product is the best I’ve seen on the market and the company has already signed several deals with leading domestic and international carriers. This signals a very strong foundation for growth and success in 2008.
Where They Will Use Raised Money:
The investment will be used to further the development of the JuiceCaster product and expand its user base. Juice Wireless will accelerate its recruitment drive, with a focus on building the marketing and engineering teams as well as a focus on direct user acquisition.
More at:http://www.juicecaster.com/
JuiceCaster is a mobile social networking community which lets anyone who has a cell phone connect with friends and meet new people. JuiceCaster allows the user to publish content right from their phone to any person, group, Web site or desktop. People can view content on their phone to make new friends and stay in touch with current buddies. JuiceCaster makes rich-media content a part of mobile communications.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Juice Wireless, the pioneer in mobile social networking, closed $6M in new venture capital funding in their third funding round, led by 21Ventures. The company’s investors now include 21Ventures, Qualcomm and Citizen’s Communications.
What VCs says About Company:
The future of social networking and social media is mobile. JuiceCaster is the best way for people to share their social experiences and broadcast their lives, while on the go,” said David Anthony, managing partner at 21Ventures. “CEO Nick Desai and his talented team have made very impressive traction over the last 12 months. The product is the best I’ve seen on the market and the company has already signed several deals with leading domestic and international carriers. This signals a very strong foundation for growth and success in 2008.
Where They Will Use Raised Money:
The investment will be used to further the development of the JuiceCaster product and expand its user base. Juice Wireless will accelerate its recruitment drive, with a focus on building the marketing and engineering teams as well as a focus on direct user acquisition.
More at:http://www.juicecaster.com/
Ribbit--An open marketplace for telephony innovation
What Company Is Offering:
Ribbit technology allows developers to not only create interesting new Flash phones and consumer facing applications, they can also create rich high-value enterprise applications, as demonstrated by the Ribbit integration into Salesforce.com.
Ribbit is the result of a group of Silicon Valley phone and Web veterans coming together, in a distinctly new way, to create a distinctly new company.
Ribbit is comprised of traditional telephony experts, "Voice 2.0" experts as well as various web development, social media and infrastructure experts.
At the core of Ribbit's technology is the Ribbit SmartSwitch™, a sophisticated multi-protocol soft-switch that bridges the worlds of traditional telephony with next generation networks and protocols.
How It Works:
The Ribbit model is built on Internet business principles, such as revenue-sharing between partners. When developers create useful applications on the Ribbit platform, they will be free to market them in accordance to their value in their market. Developers will pay Ribbit in accordance to the value we provide them and their users. Developers are exhibiting remarkable creativity and have created functionality that is already solving very real communication problems for end users - creating solutions that were literally never before feasible.
Ribbit is an open platform for telephony innovation. Unlike any other phone company, we are giving our developers unprecedented access to our technology, through the Ribbit API and allowing them to innovate at will. Our business is built more like a software company than a phone company. Rather than thinking we can do it all ourselves, we are counting on our developers to create the next generation communications solutions we have all been waiting for.
The result of this thinking is Ribbit - Silicon Valley's first Phone Company. Created to change the way we all think about communications. A company dedicated to advancing communications by empowering developers to rethink what's possible by giving them an open API to build the future we've all been waiting for.
An open platform for telephony innovation.
As Silicon Valley's first phone company, they will give developers the tools to let communication transcend carriers, networks, devices and technologies, and let it integrate into the way they actually live, work and play today.
The Opportunity
Ribbit fills a gap in the communication marketplace. To date, next generation solutions can be characterized as either being very expensive custom applications - starting at $250,000 and running into the millions - or relatively simple and limited "spot solutions" such as internet "click-to-call" deployments. The Ribbit solution satisfies the middle ground between these alternatives. Now developers can create high-value enterprise-class communication solutions with virtually no knowledge of telephony.
More at:http://www.ribbit.com/
Ribbit technology allows developers to not only create interesting new Flash phones and consumer facing applications, they can also create rich high-value enterprise applications, as demonstrated by the Ribbit integration into Salesforce.com.
Ribbit is the result of a group of Silicon Valley phone and Web veterans coming together, in a distinctly new way, to create a distinctly new company.
Ribbit is comprised of traditional telephony experts, "Voice 2.0" experts as well as various web development, social media and infrastructure experts.
At the core of Ribbit's technology is the Ribbit SmartSwitch™, a sophisticated multi-protocol soft-switch that bridges the worlds of traditional telephony with next generation networks and protocols.
How It Works:
The Ribbit model is built on Internet business principles, such as revenue-sharing between partners. When developers create useful applications on the Ribbit platform, they will be free to market them in accordance to their value in their market. Developers will pay Ribbit in accordance to the value we provide them and their users. Developers are exhibiting remarkable creativity and have created functionality that is already solving very real communication problems for end users - creating solutions that were literally never before feasible.
Ribbit is an open platform for telephony innovation. Unlike any other phone company, we are giving our developers unprecedented access to our technology, through the Ribbit API and allowing them to innovate at will. Our business is built more like a software company than a phone company. Rather than thinking we can do it all ourselves, we are counting on our developers to create the next generation communications solutions we have all been waiting for.
The result of this thinking is Ribbit - Silicon Valley's first Phone Company. Created to change the way we all think about communications. A company dedicated to advancing communications by empowering developers to rethink what's possible by giving them an open API to build the future we've all been waiting for.
An open platform for telephony innovation.
As Silicon Valley's first phone company, they will give developers the tools to let communication transcend carriers, networks, devices and technologies, and let it integrate into the way they actually live, work and play today.
The Opportunity
Ribbit fills a gap in the communication marketplace. To date, next generation solutions can be characterized as either being very expensive custom applications - starting at $250,000 and running into the millions - or relatively simple and limited "spot solutions" such as internet "click-to-call" deployments. The Ribbit solution satisfies the middle ground between these alternatives. Now developers can create high-value enterprise-class communication solutions with virtually no knowledge of telephony.
More at:http://www.ribbit.com/
Frengo is a community where people share buzz - a steady stream of opinions, updates, questions, predictions, games
What Company Is Offering:
Frengo is a community where people share buzz - a steady stream of opinions, updates, questions, predictions, games. Find Buzz by checking out our public Buzz directory. Or see what other people are doing on the homepage by watching the "What's Buzzing Now" board. Join or leave any Buzz through the web or your phone. Read messages online or on-the-go.
How It Works:
You can create Buzz using their easy-to-use Create Buzz templates - everything from simple updates and alerts to interactive events like polling, predictions and quizzes. You can schedule stop and start times or run different Buzz for different groups. Create as many Buzz channels as you like. Best part - build a Buzz followership and we'll give you rewards. All publishers get points to redeem for things like ringtones, cameras and movie tickets!
They also recognize that sometimes the hottest Buzz is the Buzz kept secret. With Frengo you can build groups of friends and share messages privately. Private Buzz will only show up for your friends and in your My Frengo account. Invite your friends and all their Buzz will automatically show up on your My Frengo homepage.
Recent Updates:
Flirtable has been extended through Frengo’s Mobile Toolkit, granting more integrated mobile tools for the growing Facebook application. As with most services that build on top of the Facebook platform, a stand alone version of their application is often the next step for attempting to leverage Facebook’s user base.
Frengo’s Flirtable, which is being directly tied into Frengo’s already established use of the mobile phone for networking purposes. Using the Mobile Toolkit API, as several other Facebook applications do, enables better integration with the Facebook app. All the functionality you get with Flirtable will be translated to the mobile version.
More at:http://frengo.com/
https://register.facebook.com/
Frengo is a community where people share buzz - a steady stream of opinions, updates, questions, predictions, games. Find Buzz by checking out our public Buzz directory. Or see what other people are doing on the homepage by watching the "What's Buzzing Now" board. Join or leave any Buzz through the web or your phone. Read messages online or on-the-go.
How It Works:
You can create Buzz using their easy-to-use Create Buzz templates - everything from simple updates and alerts to interactive events like polling, predictions and quizzes. You can schedule stop and start times or run different Buzz for different groups. Create as many Buzz channels as you like. Best part - build a Buzz followership and we'll give you rewards. All publishers get points to redeem for things like ringtones, cameras and movie tickets!
They also recognize that sometimes the hottest Buzz is the Buzz kept secret. With Frengo you can build groups of friends and share messages privately. Private Buzz will only show up for your friends and in your My Frengo account. Invite your friends and all their Buzz will automatically show up on your My Frengo homepage.
Recent Updates:
Flirtable has been extended through Frengo’s Mobile Toolkit, granting more integrated mobile tools for the growing Facebook application. As with most services that build on top of the Facebook platform, a stand alone version of their application is often the next step for attempting to leverage Facebook’s user base.
Frengo’s Flirtable, which is being directly tied into Frengo’s already established use of the mobile phone for networking purposes. Using the Mobile Toolkit API, as several other Facebook applications do, enables better integration with the Facebook app. All the functionality you get with Flirtable will be translated to the mobile version.
More at:http://frengo.com/
https://register.facebook.com/
ScientificMatch.com--Science Of Love Or DNA Dating
What Company Is Offering:
Once you sign up at ScientificMatch, they send you the swabs and an email with your customer number. You write your customer number on your DNA envelope, and you put your loaded swabs inside it. After you drop it in the mail, your DNA results will be uploaded to their computers and you should be able to see your matches.
How It Works:
When you first sign up to join their service, they send you a DNA collection kit, the main component of which is just a couple of sterilized, sealed cotton swabs.
With these swabs, you simply rub the insides of you cheeks. It's quick, easy, and painless.
They also give a pre-addressed, pre-stamped envelope into which you deposit your loaded swabs.
Probably the most complicated part of the process is writing your customer number on the envelope. In order to protect your security and anominity, the laboratory that analyzes your DNA never knows who you are. The only way they can refer to you is with your customer number. Typically, nobody in their organization ever knows your name and your customer number at the same time. Only our computers ever link the two together. That's why you have to write your customer number on your DNA envelope. Their computers generate the relationship, and they send the customer number directly to you, in an email. You then write the customer number on the envelope. Theirr lab technicians upload your number and your DNA results together, when are computers then associate your DNA results with your dating profile. Your DNA is never posted in your profile--it's only used to generate your matches.
It can take up to two weeks for your DNA results to be generated by our laboratory, but in terms of your membership, that doesn't cost you any time. Your membership period only begins after your account has been fully activated, and uploading your DNA results is usually the final step in the activation process.
More at: http://www.scientificmatch.com/
Once you sign up at ScientificMatch, they send you the swabs and an email with your customer number. You write your customer number on your DNA envelope, and you put your loaded swabs inside it. After you drop it in the mail, your DNA results will be uploaded to their computers and you should be able to see your matches.
How It Works:
When you first sign up to join their service, they send you a DNA collection kit, the main component of which is just a couple of sterilized, sealed cotton swabs.
With these swabs, you simply rub the insides of you cheeks. It's quick, easy, and painless.
They also give a pre-addressed, pre-stamped envelope into which you deposit your loaded swabs.
Probably the most complicated part of the process is writing your customer number on the envelope. In order to protect your security and anominity, the laboratory that analyzes your DNA never knows who you are. The only way they can refer to you is with your customer number. Typically, nobody in their organization ever knows your name and your customer number at the same time. Only our computers ever link the two together. That's why you have to write your customer number on your DNA envelope. Their computers generate the relationship, and they send the customer number directly to you, in an email. You then write the customer number on the envelope. Theirr lab technicians upload your number and your DNA results together, when are computers then associate your DNA results with your dating profile. Your DNA is never posted in your profile--it's only used to generate your matches.
It can take up to two weeks for your DNA results to be generated by our laboratory, but in terms of your membership, that doesn't cost you any time. Your membership period only begins after your account has been fully activated, and uploading your DNA results is usually the final step in the activation process.
More at: http://www.scientificmatch.com/
Speed Trap
What Company Is Offering:
Speed Trap, a mashup (Web application hybrid) that combines Microsoft Live Maps and the ability to pinpoint and review speed traps located anywhere on the planet. The information shared by its members is placed into a database and can be viewed by anyone.
How It Works:
The application combines Microsoft Live Maps with user-submitted data about where police speed traps are located, how often they are setup, and even what methods of detection are used to catch offending drivers.
Members can post detailed information such as the type of speed detection used, posted speed limit, and level of enforcement. Membership is totally free. Speeding tickets are not. Insurance price quotes for a car/auto after a ticket is even worse. Inform yourself and others. Future revisions of the site will allow for uploading to mobile GPS devices and GPS Enabled Phones.
More at:http://njection.com/
Speed Trap, a mashup (Web application hybrid) that combines Microsoft Live Maps and the ability to pinpoint and review speed traps located anywhere on the planet. The information shared by its members is placed into a database and can be viewed by anyone.
How It Works:
The application combines Microsoft Live Maps with user-submitted data about where police speed traps are located, how often they are setup, and even what methods of detection are used to catch offending drivers.
Members can post detailed information such as the type of speed detection used, posted speed limit, and level of enforcement. Membership is totally free. Speeding tickets are not. Insurance price quotes for a car/auto after a ticket is even worse. Inform yourself and others. Future revisions of the site will allow for uploading to mobile GPS devices and GPS Enabled Phones.
More at:http://njection.com/
Roll A Name --Self Promoting Yourself
What Company is Offering:
Roll A Name lets you maximize your friends' network. The bigger your network is, the higher you and your profile are listed and visible. Use this visibility to start promoting yourself, your business, events, websites, parties, books, blogs, video and audio and much more. Be Creative!
How It Works:
Invite your friends and start your Roll A Name community. Be on top. Takeover. Get Noticed!
The more connected friends you have, the more popular (higher) you are in the search results. The number of connected friends you have does not affect your name's font size or type. These are generated randomly.
More at:http://www.rollaname.com/
Roll A Name lets you maximize your friends' network. The bigger your network is, the higher you and your profile are listed and visible. Use this visibility to start promoting yourself, your business, events, websites, parties, books, blogs, video and audio and much more. Be Creative!
How It Works:
Invite your friends and start your Roll A Name community. Be on top. Takeover. Get Noticed!
The more connected friends you have, the more popular (higher) you are in the search results. The number of connected friends you have does not affect your name's font size or type. These are generated randomly.
More at:http://www.rollaname.com/
FreeAlert is a completely free email and text-messaging alert service that locates the free items Or Emails Search Tools
What Company Is Offering:
FreeAlert is a completely free email and text-messaging alert service that locates the free items you're looking for; from dressers to cars to cookbooks.
How It Works:
You might be looking for a laptop, a stereo, software, a couch, a stroller, French doors, garage sale giveaways, storage bins, moving boxes, or even a free car or truck (yes, many people have gotten cars!).
FreeAlert tracks them all for you and then provides you instant notification! FreeAlert is your instant alert service for finding any and all special items you're searching for in your area.
And at the very moment FreeAlert finds your item, we send an alert directly to your email address (or a text alert to your cell phone or both).
Unique Features:
* Early responder advantages.
* Free, automatic alerts of your favorite free items. Instead of monitoring the Internet 24 hours per day for the free things everyone is searching for, they provide you the immediate information you need to get what you want.
More at:http://freealert.org/
FreeAlert is a completely free email and text-messaging alert service that locates the free items you're looking for; from dressers to cars to cookbooks.
How It Works:
You might be looking for a laptop, a stereo, software, a couch, a stroller, French doors, garage sale giveaways, storage bins, moving boxes, or even a free car or truck (yes, many people have gotten cars!).
FreeAlert tracks them all for you and then provides you instant notification! FreeAlert is your instant alert service for finding any and all special items you're searching for in your area.
And at the very moment FreeAlert finds your item, we send an alert directly to your email address (or a text alert to your cell phone or both).
Unique Features:
* Early responder advantages.
* Free, automatic alerts of your favorite free items. Instead of monitoring the Internet 24 hours per day for the free things everyone is searching for, they provide you the immediate information you need to get what you want.
More at:http://freealert.org/
Monday, December 17, 2007
Ideeli, the closed shopping network where consumers get the scoop on luxury brands just secured $3.8 million in Series A funding
Ideeli, the closed shopping network where consumers get the scoop on luxury brands at discounted prices, has just secured $3.8 million in Series A funding, led by Kodiak Ventures and angel investors. The network operates by alerting members to sales across its site, email or text message, the shoppers get the excitement while the retailers get a more engaged user base (and cleared inventory).
Combined with pre-sale editorial coverage and giveaways, ideeli’s shopping site has a social component to its site as well as a good amount of appeal to its main demographic. Set up as a tiered service, ideeli also offers a premium account option for those that would like early notice of products for sale.
This elitist approach to a privileged group seems to work very well with this type of shopping network. With Internet shopping becoming more and more commonplace, even more types of shoppers, retailers and business models can take advantage of e-commerce. Gilt, another closed network shoppers delight, was recently received funding as well, while Jellyfish’s social shopping model was very attractive to Microsoft.
Via-Mashable
Combined with pre-sale editorial coverage and giveaways, ideeli’s shopping site has a social component to its site as well as a good amount of appeal to its main demographic. Set up as a tiered service, ideeli also offers a premium account option for those that would like early notice of products for sale.
This elitist approach to a privileged group seems to work very well with this type of shopping network. With Internet shopping becoming more and more commonplace, even more types of shoppers, retailers and business models can take advantage of e-commerce. Gilt, another closed network shoppers delight, was recently received funding as well, while Jellyfish’s social shopping model was very attractive to Microsoft.
Via-Mashable
Musigy--Connecting Musicans Across The World With Virtual Jamming
What Company Is Offering:
Their technology makes it possible for people to make live music together over the Internet. Just plug in your guitar, keyboard, microphone or whatever you’ve got, and make music with other members of the Musigy community. It’s as if you’re in the same room! You see each other on a video screen and play in synch. Musigy Maker offers high-quality sound and ultra-low delays. And best of all, it’s free!
How It Works:
With the Musigy Maker you can record yourself or your distributed jamming session - and upload it to www.musigy.com! You can record both videos or just sound. After testing and proving their technology, they now offer it for free so that EVERYONE CAN MAKE MUSIGY. They’re tremendously excited about the world community that Musigy makes possible, with new connections forming, new music happening, and new stars emerging
How This Company is Going:
Musigy has demonstrated the power of its vision at several huge events: During live broadcast on Russian National TV, 50 million viewers cheered as Musigy enabled musicians in Moscow to play with musicians in Georgia — 1,000 miles away. Musigy also enabled “Jazz@the Speed of Light,” where world-famous jazz stars performed together from different locations thousands of miles apart.
More at:http://musigy.com/
Their technology makes it possible for people to make live music together over the Internet. Just plug in your guitar, keyboard, microphone or whatever you’ve got, and make music with other members of the Musigy community. It’s as if you’re in the same room! You see each other on a video screen and play in synch. Musigy Maker offers high-quality sound and ultra-low delays. And best of all, it’s free!
How It Works:
With the Musigy Maker you can record yourself or your distributed jamming session - and upload it to www.musigy.com! You can record both videos or just sound. After testing and proving their technology, they now offer it for free so that EVERYONE CAN MAKE MUSIGY. They’re tremendously excited about the world community that Musigy makes possible, with new connections forming, new music happening, and new stars emerging
How This Company is Going:
Musigy has demonstrated the power of its vision at several huge events: During live broadcast on Russian National TV, 50 million viewers cheered as Musigy enabled musicians in Moscow to play with musicians in Georgia — 1,000 miles away. Musigy also enabled “Jazz@the Speed of Light,” where world-famous jazz stars performed together from different locations thousands of miles apart.
More at:http://musigy.com/
RootZoo is a user-based sports community where sports fans create the content
What Company is Offering:
RootZoo is a user-based sports community where sports fans create the content. Fans talk and write about sports through threads, articles, and more to bring the state of being a sports fan to the next level. Through a competitive point system, community members earn free prizes simply for their success and participation.
How it Works:
Talk sports on fast-paced threads without having to wait hours and days for responses. Connect with fans of your teams. Talk smack to rival fans to rub in the pain of the burn when their team fails. Write articles and put yourself on the map as a knowledgeable fan. Create the polls that you want to see, to get the answers you want to know. See the best sports video highlights around the web. Find tickets straight from fellow fans, and so much more.
But that's not all. To sweeten the deal, they've got rewards for you. To ensure that their biggest and best contributors are rewarded for their efforts, they've created a point system. As you earn points and hit new levels, privileges are unlocked and your influence as a fan becomes that much stronger. Not bad, huh? There’s more though. As you hit higher levels, there are prizes for you. T-shirts. Free tickets (no, not the nosebleeds).
RootZoo is giving away $100 ticket gift certificates (to be used to see any team you please – even the Grand Rapids rampage if that’s your thing) to the first 250 fans to reach 10,000 points. Through a combination of participation, quality posts, spreading the word about our site and more, you'll be there before you can say Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean Jacque Wamutombo (yes, that's his real full name).
Full Detail Of Company: http://www.rootzoo.com/
RootZoo is a user-based sports community where sports fans create the content. Fans talk and write about sports through threads, articles, and more to bring the state of being a sports fan to the next level. Through a competitive point system, community members earn free prizes simply for their success and participation.
How it Works:
Talk sports on fast-paced threads without having to wait hours and days for responses. Connect with fans of your teams. Talk smack to rival fans to rub in the pain of the burn when their team fails. Write articles and put yourself on the map as a knowledgeable fan. Create the polls that you want to see, to get the answers you want to know. See the best sports video highlights around the web. Find tickets straight from fellow fans, and so much more.
But that's not all. To sweeten the deal, they've got rewards for you. To ensure that their biggest and best contributors are rewarded for their efforts, they've created a point system. As you earn points and hit new levels, privileges are unlocked and your influence as a fan becomes that much stronger. Not bad, huh? There’s more though. As you hit higher levels, there are prizes for you. T-shirts. Free tickets (no, not the nosebleeds).
RootZoo is giving away $100 ticket gift certificates (to be used to see any team you please – even the Grand Rapids rampage if that’s your thing) to the first 250 fans to reach 10,000 points. Through a combination of participation, quality posts, spreading the word about our site and more, you'll be there before you can say Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean Jacque Wamutombo (yes, that's his real full name).
Full Detail Of Company: http://www.rootzoo.com/
Global Media Fund--Provider Of National Media Exposer For Emerging Growth Companies Which Lacks Multi-Million Dollor Marketing Budget
What Company Is Offering:
Global Media Fund, Inc. specializes in providing massive national media exposure for emerging growth companies that do not have a multi-million dollar marketing budget.
They allow cash-starved emerging-growth companies to compete via national media campaigns.Utilizes the same creative, development, and distribution staff that works on Fortune 1000 client’s accounts to work on equity accounts.No hidden fees. All costs covered in agreements.Media results are guaranteed.
Monthly reports of media campaign, proof of service such as newspaper clippings, magazine clippings, tv ads and radio play logs are provided.Global Media Fund is the ONLY reputable media provider that accepts restricted stock as payment and has NO hidden fees.
How It Works:
Global Media Fund is committed to your business success. They essentially become an investor in your company while providing you with strategic resources to achieve your goals and benchmarks. They provide you with necessary tools for your success — media and financial market exposure — by simply taking stock, not cash, for their services. That means you can use your cash to keep your business growing. Meanwhile, they provide a variety of services that are integral to ensuring your company exceeds its potential. Global Media Fund works with you to develop the right stories about your products, as well as helps you choose the right media vehicles to get you maximum visibility. Seeing your products and services in the newspapers and magazines, on television and on the internet will give your company the third party credibility it needs to attract investors and enhance market awareness. According to a Columbia University study, GMF’s media features are 4 times more effective than traditional .
How Is It Different:
They buy media in bulk and pass the savings on to their clients
Their services include promoting you in 10,250 newspapers, 6,000 arbitron radio stations, national television, internet optimization ,e-mail campaigns ,press release and wire services , exposure in trade magazines related to your products,they help their clients create nationwide campaigns and brand awareness.
They handle all aspects of the campaign including story development, production, copywriting, and placement of the features.Their portfolio companies always have final approval.
Full Detail Of Company:http://www.globalmediafund.com/
Global Media Fund, Inc. specializes in providing massive national media exposure for emerging growth companies that do not have a multi-million dollar marketing budget.
They allow cash-starved emerging-growth companies to compete via national media campaigns.Utilizes the same creative, development, and distribution staff that works on Fortune 1000 client’s accounts to work on equity accounts.No hidden fees. All costs covered in agreements.Media results are guaranteed.
Monthly reports of media campaign, proof of service such as newspaper clippings, magazine clippings, tv ads and radio play logs are provided.Global Media Fund is the ONLY reputable media provider that accepts restricted stock as payment and has NO hidden fees.
How It Works:
Global Media Fund is committed to your business success. They essentially become an investor in your company while providing you with strategic resources to achieve your goals and benchmarks. They provide you with necessary tools for your success — media and financial market exposure — by simply taking stock, not cash, for their services. That means you can use your cash to keep your business growing. Meanwhile, they provide a variety of services that are integral to ensuring your company exceeds its potential. Global Media Fund works with you to develop the right stories about your products, as well as helps you choose the right media vehicles to get you maximum visibility. Seeing your products and services in the newspapers and magazines, on television and on the internet will give your company the third party credibility it needs to attract investors and enhance market awareness. According to a Columbia University study, GMF’s media features are 4 times more effective than traditional .
How Is It Different:
They buy media in bulk and pass the savings on to their clients
Their services include promoting you in 10,250 newspapers, 6,000 arbitron radio stations, national television, internet optimization ,e-mail campaigns ,press release and wire services , exposure in trade magazines related to your products,they help their clients create nationwide campaigns and brand awareness.
They handle all aspects of the campaign including story development, production, copywriting, and placement of the features.Their portfolio companies always have final approval.
Full Detail Of Company:http://www.globalmediafund.com/
Pingg offers consumers, professional and businesses stylish online invitation
What Company is Offering:
They offers consumers, professional and businesses stylish online invitation creation, event management, guest list creation and event reporting
They set out to build a better online invite and event management tool that would provide all that we were looking for, something that would make our lives easier but not force us to compromise on style. They are introducing you to pingg and to share with you the next generation of free digital invitations and online event management tools.
How It Works:
Communicate with your guests at any time in any way. With pingg's SurroundSend™, you can schedule all your event communications and choose your delivery method. SurroundSend™ will automatically email, SMS or mail your invitations as well as notifications and reminders. You can easily create a sophisticated event web page and even post your event to your Facebook profile. With pingg's SurroundSend™ your event is well sent!
SurroundSend™ seamlessly manages all your communications from the first save the date to the final thank you note. The pingg Event Manager provides unprecedented flexibility in organizing your event. You can email, text and/or mail printed invitations, reminders and other communications to your guests. With SurroundSend™ you can also easily notify your guests of changes when the unexpected happens.
Full Detail Of Company:http://www.pingg.com/
They offers consumers, professional and businesses stylish online invitation creation, event management, guest list creation and event reporting
They set out to build a better online invite and event management tool that would provide all that we were looking for, something that would make our lives easier but not force us to compromise on style. They are introducing you to pingg and to share with you the next generation of free digital invitations and online event management tools.
How It Works:
Communicate with your guests at any time in any way. With pingg's SurroundSend™, you can schedule all your event communications and choose your delivery method. SurroundSend™ will automatically email, SMS or mail your invitations as well as notifications and reminders. You can easily create a sophisticated event web page and even post your event to your Facebook profile. With pingg's SurroundSend™ your event is well sent!
SurroundSend™ seamlessly manages all your communications from the first save the date to the final thank you note. The pingg Event Manager provides unprecedented flexibility in organizing your event. You can email, text and/or mail printed invitations, reminders and other communications to your guests. With SurroundSend™ you can also easily notify your guests of changes when the unexpected happens.
Full Detail Of Company:http://www.pingg.com/
Social Design Network
What Company Is Offering:
The Social Design Network is your new common ground that will connect you with people and organizations around the world. This niche community will provide you with resources to form groups and participate in projects, giving you access to their entire network of people who are interested in working with designers like you.
How It Works:
Once you have registered for an account, a confirmation email will be sent to the email address you provided. You will then need to click on the link in the confirmation email to activate your account. Your profile offers you a place to network and connect with their members. The profile also offers you a blog to initiate discussions and respond to members and supporters, serving as your own interactive tool. Their design competitions will challenge you to create smart solutions to social problems using design. They want your participation!
How Is It Different:
In one central location, DESIGN 21 will keep you in the know about how people everywhere are using design to make a difference.
Giving yourself a presence on DESIGN 21 shows your support of social design in this new forum that is THE resource for social design today.
Through your free profile, you may connect and communicate with other designers, non-profit organizations, socially conscious individuals, companies, special interest groups and more.
You can post and respond to the latest design news and share your opinions and concerns.
Organizations (non-profits, companies, government agencies) and individuals in this new community will get to see your designer portfolio, broadening your professional network.
More at:http://www.design21sdn.com/
The Social Design Network is your new common ground that will connect you with people and organizations around the world. This niche community will provide you with resources to form groups and participate in projects, giving you access to their entire network of people who are interested in working with designers like you.
How It Works:
Once you have registered for an account, a confirmation email will be sent to the email address you provided. You will then need to click on the link in the confirmation email to activate your account. Your profile offers you a place to network and connect with their members. The profile also offers you a blog to initiate discussions and respond to members and supporters, serving as your own interactive tool. Their design competitions will challenge you to create smart solutions to social problems using design. They want your participation!
How Is It Different:
In one central location, DESIGN 21 will keep you in the know about how people everywhere are using design to make a difference.
Giving yourself a presence on DESIGN 21 shows your support of social design in this new forum that is THE resource for social design today.
Through your free profile, you may connect and communicate with other designers, non-profit organizations, socially conscious individuals, companies, special interest groups and more.
You can post and respond to the latest design news and share your opinions and concerns.
Organizations (non-profits, companies, government agencies) and individuals in this new community will get to see your designer portfolio, broadening your professional network.
More at:http://www.design21sdn.com/
MyAdSouce gives real communities a leg up by empowering their local newspaper with the technology and tools needed to compete on the global web
What Company Is Offering:
MyAdSouce gives real communities a leg up by empowering their local newspaper with the technology and tools needed to compete on the global web.
How It Works:
The perfect solution for newspapers and print publications losing the online classified battle. Loaded with a variety of user rich features and products to create “stickiness” and new revenue, this technology also comes with powerful back end tools needed for receiving, managing, charging and accepting self service print classified submissions. With this Marketplace you provide your advertisers the ability to utilize the power of print and online in a cross functional user friendly format.With a Servicefront website. Servicefronts provide a 24/7 website that is fully customizable and allows you to advertise your products, services, hours of operation, rates and much more.
Have an inventory of products for sale? Sell them online with a Storefront e-commerce site. No transaction fees, inventory management, credit card acceptance and more! Best of all, we'll bring customers to you with our ActiveMatch technology.
More at:http://www.myadsource.com/
MyAdSouce gives real communities a leg up by empowering their local newspaper with the technology and tools needed to compete on the global web.
How It Works:
The perfect solution for newspapers and print publications losing the online classified battle. Loaded with a variety of user rich features and products to create “stickiness” and new revenue, this technology also comes with powerful back end tools needed for receiving, managing, charging and accepting self service print classified submissions. With this Marketplace you provide your advertisers the ability to utilize the power of print and online in a cross functional user friendly format.With a Servicefront website. Servicefronts provide a 24/7 website that is fully customizable and allows you to advertise your products, services, hours of operation, rates and much more.
Have an inventory of products for sale? Sell them online with a Storefront e-commerce site. No transaction fees, inventory management, credit card acceptance and more! Best of all, we'll bring customers to you with our ActiveMatch technology.
More at:http://www.myadsource.com/
Simkl automatically saves all of your important IM conversations on a secured web server
What Company Is Offering:
Simkl automatically saves all of your important IM conversations on a secured web server, the same way you save your e-mails. And more importantly Simkl does not ask you to install any software, so no viruses or adware ever. Sign up and you will have easy access to your IM conversations from any computer.
Unique Features:
Save IM conversations.
Backup IM contacts.
Web 2.0 style Access to your conversations from anywhere in the world.
Work on multiple computers and have combined history.
Easy access to viewer through history.im.
They are constantly developing new features to suit your needs, such as Full Search capability and ability to Share any conversation with your business partners.
More at:http://www.simkl.com/
Simkl automatically saves all of your important IM conversations on a secured web server, the same way you save your e-mails. And more importantly Simkl does not ask you to install any software, so no viruses or adware ever. Sign up and you will have easy access to your IM conversations from any computer.
Unique Features:
Save IM conversations.
Backup IM contacts.
Web 2.0 style Access to your conversations from anywhere in the world.
Work on multiple computers and have combined history.
Easy access to viewer through history.im.
They are constantly developing new features to suit your needs, such as Full Search capability and ability to Share any conversation with your business partners.
More at:http://www.simkl.com/
Fore Score Golf Stats--Game Managment:
What Company Is Offering:
Fore Score Golf Stats has something for everyone. Whether you are an experienced golfer looking to establish a handicap to use for league play or a novice looking to track your progress and set benchmarks for improvement, you'll find the tools you need at Fore Score Golf Stats.
How It Works:
Click on 'Course' and select 'New Course' to bring up a blank course page. You'll need to enter the course name and information on each hole (par, yardage and hole handicap). If you plan on tracking your personal handicap you'll need to enter the course index and the slope index (you can find this information on your scorecard).
You'll only need to enter each course once. Fore Score Golf Stats will save your course information so you don't have to re-enter it each time you submit a new score.
When you have your course information entered you can start to submit your scores. Click on 'Round' and select 'New Round.' Pick the course you just played from your list of entered courses and you'll be ready to enter your round information. You can enter your scores, number of putts, number of "duffs", number of hazards and whether or not you hit the fairway on your drive. Fore Score Golf Stats will use the information that you provide to offer up dozens of statistics based on your scores.
More at:http://www.forescoregolfstats.com/
Fore Score Golf Stats has something for everyone. Whether you are an experienced golfer looking to establish a handicap to use for league play or a novice looking to track your progress and set benchmarks for improvement, you'll find the tools you need at Fore Score Golf Stats.
How It Works:
Click on 'Course' and select 'New Course' to bring up a blank course page. You'll need to enter the course name and information on each hole (par, yardage and hole handicap). If you plan on tracking your personal handicap you'll need to enter the course index and the slope index (you can find this information on your scorecard).
You'll only need to enter each course once. Fore Score Golf Stats will save your course information so you don't have to re-enter it each time you submit a new score.
When you have your course information entered you can start to submit your scores. Click on 'Round' and select 'New Round.' Pick the course you just played from your list of entered courses and you'll be ready to enter your round information. You can enter your scores, number of putts, number of "duffs", number of hazards and whether or not you hit the fairway on your drive. Fore Score Golf Stats will use the information that you provide to offer up dozens of statistics based on your scores.
More at:http://www.forescoregolfstats.com/
Silicon Valley's best-known venture capitalists's most unusual company
What Company Says:
If you’ve decided to lose weight and get in shape — and if you’ve ever sung along to a song at the top of your lungs because it really meant something to you — then SkinnySongs is made for you........
"Roizen, 49, is one of Silicon Valley's best-known venture capitalists. She has been a pivotal player in the valley for years, and counts both Bill Gates and Warren Buffett among her friends. In the 1980s, Roizen co-founded a software company with her brother, and then came up with the idea of selling clip art--mini pictures in software. Clipart made money for her firm--and eventually became a staple of the Internet.
In the mid-1990s, Roizen joined Apple to try to rekindle enthusiasm among software developers for writing for the Mac platform. Roizen did it with flair, marching onto the stage at a developers' conference clutching a briefcase stuffed with cash to show how much Apple wanted to support developers. She helped orchestrate one of Microsoft's biggest acquisitions, the $1.1 billion purchase of Great Plains software.
But in May, Roizen scored a much more intimate big number. She climbed on the bathroom scale and watched as the numbers hit their highest value ever. Although she tried working out and dieting, the campaigns had fizzled. Worse, she was on her way to a board meeting at a startup company located next to a chocolate chip cookie factory. The meeting would feature delightful, fresh-baked cookies. It always did.
"Can't touch those cookies," she thought grimly, as she drove to the board meeting, flipping through the music choices in her car's system to find something to cheer her on. In past years, as she headed into difficult board meetings, she'd treat herself to a blast of defiant music, such as Pink's "18 Wheeler." But on this particular day, nothing suited her mood.
"I need that kind of music to lose weight," she thought. "I need chick empowerment music. I'm going to fit into my skinny jeans. And I wanted the music to be really cool!"
That's when the entrepreneur in Roizen kicked in. Another person might have just made due with, say, the theme song from the movie Flash Dance. But that wouldn't do for Roizen.
Over the next few months, Roizen, who majored in creative writing at Stanford University, scribbled lyrics for a handful of songs, naming the first "Skinny Jeans." Her words were laced with country music-style irony:
From the moment that I saw you, hangin' out at the mall
I had to own you, your rhinestones and all…
For years we were together, every Saturday night,
we'd go out dancin', you'd hold me in tight,
but you were unforgiving and you wouldn't let me grow
Now I can't put you on--but I can't let you go…."
Friends liked them, but electronic musician Thomas Dolby sat her down and asked her if she was just playing, or if she was serious. "He said: 'Is your goal 15 minutes of fame on YouTube?'" Roizen recalled.
Along with penning lyrics, Roizen started researching the business of weight loss. She encountered another set of big numbers: The Food and Drug Administration reports that about 50 million Americans typically say they're on a diet at any given time. About 76% of Americans say they'd like to lose weight.
Doctors told her the biggest challenge for dieters was finding a community that encourages and supports them. But music specially geared at helping people lose weight tended to be meditative or reflective--or worse, simply depressing about how rotten life is on a diet.
All this suggested to Roizen that her mission wasn't to get on the radio--but to develop a new market. "The niche is women who'd like to lose weight and who listen to music," she says. "It's a big, honking niche on the Venn diagram."
A recording goes "platinum" when it sells a million copies. But Roizen realized there are entire collections of recordings that churn out platinum-level sales without ever airing on the radio, namely boxed music sets for children. Roizen didn't want to be a pop star. She wanted to create a successful business. "I've done the math," she says. "I figured that if I was the publisher and lyricist and I owned the 'record label,' I can make the economics work."
Even so, Roizen recognized that the operation was a big gamble--and so decided to fund it entirely herself.
As soon as she realized she wanted to build a business, she started to hire professional help. With guidance from professional music producers, she zeroed in on well-known Nashville music producer and writer David Malloy. Malloy has had 40 songs picked as "No. 1" by various music tracking groups, like Billboard, including, "I Love A Rainy Night." He has worked with singers such as Tanya Tucker and Billy Gilman.
But write music for songs about losing weight? "At first, I thought it was crazy," Malloy admits.
Malloy's friend, recording industry veteran George Daly, "said a lady he had met approached him about some idea of writing song lyrics about losing weight and would I be interested in anything like that," Malloy recalls. "I said, 'I don't want to write songs about losing weight! That's not what I do!'"
Daly persuaded Malloy to give Roizen's lyrics a look.
Malloy read them and was charmed. "I thought the lyrics were really well-written. I could imagine putting some music behind them," he says.
Over the summer, Malloy and Roizen launched into a spirited collaboration: He wrote the music, she honed the verses. They had artistic tussles--she tried to slip the word "liposuction" into one song; Malloy refused.
"Some words just don't sing well," he points out. "'Liposuction! Liposuction!' Come on, I'm already tired of it."
Roizen nixed the liposuction.
Malloy put in "ear candy," including a background chorus singing something about: "I want to wear something sexy, something that barely fits me…."
Roizen objected. "I don't think my target demographic wants to wear something that 'barely fits me,'" she complained.
"Why is it always about your 'target demographic'?" Malloy shot back.
"Because that's what the album is about," Roizen retorted.
By autumn, Roizen and Malloy had put together a collection of 10 songs with musical styles that varied from country-western and pop to rap. Malloy signed up-and-coming musicians. At first, they hesitated about the idea of singing about weight loss, but the music and lyrics won them over.
"There were no strings attached to this project--no radio format. The only criteria I had was: Did the music make me feel good? Did I have fun with it? Was it the kind of music I wanted to play again?" Malloy says. It was, he says, the most artistic freedom he had had in years.
Roizen kept a tight hold on the business side. "There's a big piece of this that's exactly like any other business," she says, ticking off her to-do list: Get incorporated. Invent a catchy name. Hire the specialists. Work on the economics. Push the contributors to make their deadlines. Roizen created a Web site to sell the music (and in the future, possibly other merchandise, such as T-shirts). She got the music registered on iTunes.
By the end of the year, Roizen will have put "several hundred thousand dollars" into creating the Skinny Songs recording. She resigned from Mobius Venture Capital. Her husband even wound up writing this year's family holiday letter, because Roizen was too busy getting the CD ready to ship.
What remains to be seen is if her bet was a smart one--businesswise. Skinny Songs is just going on sale now, first on her website, then on iTunes. Roizen is also deep into plans for partnerships and promotions, particularly with health clubs.
Would she have funded someone else if they came to her, the venture capitalist, and pitched the idea of starting a music company that would produce music that inspired people to lose weight? "I don't know," Roizen concedes. "I see a lot of women my age, waking up and saying, 'I want to do something personally meaningful to me.' I say to them: 'Is this about personal gratification? Or is it a real business?"
Whatever the outcome of Skinny Songs, the entrepreneur in Roizen has no regrets. "I woke up and said, 'This is what I have to do--even if it fails.'" she says. "This idea is just too compelling for me to let it slip by."
And unlike the usual startup experience of late nights and pizza that pack on the pounds, this time, the entrepreneur lost weight. Roizen says she's down a full 30 pounds since that day in May.
Malloy admits he lost weight, too. "Don't you think I had to?" he asks. "You can't work on songs like this and not lose weight!"
More at:www.skinnysongs.com
Via-Uncommon
If you’ve decided to lose weight and get in shape — and if you’ve ever sung along to a song at the top of your lungs because it really meant something to you — then SkinnySongs is made for you........
"Roizen, 49, is one of Silicon Valley's best-known venture capitalists. She has been a pivotal player in the valley for years, and counts both Bill Gates and Warren Buffett among her friends. In the 1980s, Roizen co-founded a software company with her brother, and then came up with the idea of selling clip art--mini pictures in software. Clipart made money for her firm--and eventually became a staple of the Internet.
In the mid-1990s, Roizen joined Apple to try to rekindle enthusiasm among software developers for writing for the Mac platform. Roizen did it with flair, marching onto the stage at a developers' conference clutching a briefcase stuffed with cash to show how much Apple wanted to support developers. She helped orchestrate one of Microsoft's biggest acquisitions, the $1.1 billion purchase of Great Plains software.
But in May, Roizen scored a much more intimate big number. She climbed on the bathroom scale and watched as the numbers hit their highest value ever. Although she tried working out and dieting, the campaigns had fizzled. Worse, she was on her way to a board meeting at a startup company located next to a chocolate chip cookie factory. The meeting would feature delightful, fresh-baked cookies. It always did.
"Can't touch those cookies," she thought grimly, as she drove to the board meeting, flipping through the music choices in her car's system to find something to cheer her on. In past years, as she headed into difficult board meetings, she'd treat herself to a blast of defiant music, such as Pink's "18 Wheeler." But on this particular day, nothing suited her mood.
"I need that kind of music to lose weight," she thought. "I need chick empowerment music. I'm going to fit into my skinny jeans. And I wanted the music to be really cool!"
That's when the entrepreneur in Roizen kicked in. Another person might have just made due with, say, the theme song from the movie Flash Dance. But that wouldn't do for Roizen.
Over the next few months, Roizen, who majored in creative writing at Stanford University, scribbled lyrics for a handful of songs, naming the first "Skinny Jeans." Her words were laced with country music-style irony:
From the moment that I saw you, hangin' out at the mall
I had to own you, your rhinestones and all…
For years we were together, every Saturday night,
we'd go out dancin', you'd hold me in tight,
but you were unforgiving and you wouldn't let me grow
Now I can't put you on--but I can't let you go…."
Friends liked them, but electronic musician Thomas Dolby sat her down and asked her if she was just playing, or if she was serious. "He said: 'Is your goal 15 minutes of fame on YouTube?'" Roizen recalled.
Along with penning lyrics, Roizen started researching the business of weight loss. She encountered another set of big numbers: The Food and Drug Administration reports that about 50 million Americans typically say they're on a diet at any given time. About 76% of Americans say they'd like to lose weight.
Doctors told her the biggest challenge for dieters was finding a community that encourages and supports them. But music specially geared at helping people lose weight tended to be meditative or reflective--or worse, simply depressing about how rotten life is on a diet.
All this suggested to Roizen that her mission wasn't to get on the radio--but to develop a new market. "The niche is women who'd like to lose weight and who listen to music," she says. "It's a big, honking niche on the Venn diagram."
A recording goes "platinum" when it sells a million copies. But Roizen realized there are entire collections of recordings that churn out platinum-level sales without ever airing on the radio, namely boxed music sets for children. Roizen didn't want to be a pop star. She wanted to create a successful business. "I've done the math," she says. "I figured that if I was the publisher and lyricist and I owned the 'record label,' I can make the economics work."
Even so, Roizen recognized that the operation was a big gamble--and so decided to fund it entirely herself.
As soon as she realized she wanted to build a business, she started to hire professional help. With guidance from professional music producers, she zeroed in on well-known Nashville music producer and writer David Malloy. Malloy has had 40 songs picked as "No. 1" by various music tracking groups, like Billboard, including, "I Love A Rainy Night." He has worked with singers such as Tanya Tucker and Billy Gilman.
But write music for songs about losing weight? "At first, I thought it was crazy," Malloy admits.
Malloy's friend, recording industry veteran George Daly, "said a lady he had met approached him about some idea of writing song lyrics about losing weight and would I be interested in anything like that," Malloy recalls. "I said, 'I don't want to write songs about losing weight! That's not what I do!'"
Daly persuaded Malloy to give Roizen's lyrics a look.
Malloy read them and was charmed. "I thought the lyrics were really well-written. I could imagine putting some music behind them," he says.
Over the summer, Malloy and Roizen launched into a spirited collaboration: He wrote the music, she honed the verses. They had artistic tussles--she tried to slip the word "liposuction" into one song; Malloy refused.
"Some words just don't sing well," he points out. "'Liposuction! Liposuction!' Come on, I'm already tired of it."
Roizen nixed the liposuction.
Malloy put in "ear candy," including a background chorus singing something about: "I want to wear something sexy, something that barely fits me…."
Roizen objected. "I don't think my target demographic wants to wear something that 'barely fits me,'" she complained.
"Why is it always about your 'target demographic'?" Malloy shot back.
"Because that's what the album is about," Roizen retorted.
By autumn, Roizen and Malloy had put together a collection of 10 songs with musical styles that varied from country-western and pop to rap. Malloy signed up-and-coming musicians. At first, they hesitated about the idea of singing about weight loss, but the music and lyrics won them over.
"There were no strings attached to this project--no radio format. The only criteria I had was: Did the music make me feel good? Did I have fun with it? Was it the kind of music I wanted to play again?" Malloy says. It was, he says, the most artistic freedom he had had in years.
Roizen kept a tight hold on the business side. "There's a big piece of this that's exactly like any other business," she says, ticking off her to-do list: Get incorporated. Invent a catchy name. Hire the specialists. Work on the economics. Push the contributors to make their deadlines. Roizen created a Web site to sell the music (and in the future, possibly other merchandise, such as T-shirts). She got the music registered on iTunes.
By the end of the year, Roizen will have put "several hundred thousand dollars" into creating the Skinny Songs recording. She resigned from Mobius Venture Capital. Her husband even wound up writing this year's family holiday letter, because Roizen was too busy getting the CD ready to ship.
What remains to be seen is if her bet was a smart one--businesswise. Skinny Songs is just going on sale now, first on her website, then on iTunes. Roizen is also deep into plans for partnerships and promotions, particularly with health clubs.
Would she have funded someone else if they came to her, the venture capitalist, and pitched the idea of starting a music company that would produce music that inspired people to lose weight? "I don't know," Roizen concedes. "I see a lot of women my age, waking up and saying, 'I want to do something personally meaningful to me.' I say to them: 'Is this about personal gratification? Or is it a real business?"
Whatever the outcome of Skinny Songs, the entrepreneur in Roizen has no regrets. "I woke up and said, 'This is what I have to do--even if it fails.'" she says. "This idea is just too compelling for me to let it slip by."
And unlike the usual startup experience of late nights and pizza that pack on the pounds, this time, the entrepreneur lost weight. Roizen says she's down a full 30 pounds since that day in May.
Malloy admits he lost weight, too. "Don't you think I had to?" he asks. "You can't work on songs like this and not lose weight!"
More at:www.skinnysongs.com
Via-Uncommon
Clavardon allows visitors to chat with each other or with connected sales managers on a Website
What Company Is Offering:
Clavardon (from French Clavarder, to chat) is a very innovative tool targeted for companies that sell products and services online. Clavardon allows visitors to chat with each other or with connected sales managers on a Website.
How It Works:
Clavardon provides the possibility to co-navigate (co-browse) interactively: visitors are able to control each others' navigation. Unlike any live support solutions, Clavardon was not only made to support customers online but to provide your website with a tool that brings real interactivity and social exchange between visitors. Clavardon brings more life to your Website and helps you build an online community around your Website that will increase your sales and grow your online business.
How It Will Helpful:
Tranform any e-commerce in a real market place.
Attract new visitors.
Build customer loyalty.
Maximize your popularity.
Improve user experience.
First real co-browsing tool.
Based on reliable and secured technologies.
More at:http://www.clavardon.com/
Clavardon (from French Clavarder, to chat) is a very innovative tool targeted for companies that sell products and services online. Clavardon allows visitors to chat with each other or with connected sales managers on a Website.
How It Works:
Clavardon provides the possibility to co-navigate (co-browse) interactively: visitors are able to control each others' navigation. Unlike any live support solutions, Clavardon was not only made to support customers online but to provide your website with a tool that brings real interactivity and social exchange between visitors. Clavardon brings more life to your Website and helps you build an online community around your Website that will increase your sales and grow your online business.
How It Will Helpful:
Tranform any e-commerce in a real market place.
Attract new visitors.
Build customer loyalty.
Maximize your popularity.
Improve user experience.
First real co-browsing tool.
Based on reliable and secured technologies.
More at:http://www.clavardon.com/
Virtual Ventures, a revolutionary way to evaluate the commercial viability and value of ideas
What Company Is Offering:
Virtual VenturesSM, a revolutionary way to evaluate the commercial viability and value of ideas.
Virtual Ventures offers users an opportunity to Review new technologies, from major companies, to Predict their success for commercialization, Earn cash by networking and referring these technologies, and Watch the deals unfold.
How It Works:
Virtual Ventures -- predict the commercial success of new software products. "Invest" in the ones you think will succeed.
Virtual Ventures is an exciting online community that allows individuals to invest virtual dollars in real technologies from real companies and see real results as these technologies are brought to market.
Enterprises now have a scalable, efficient, and cost-effective solution to assess the viability of internal technologies and convert them into revenue-generating assets using a crowd of active predictors.
Virtual Ventures is the online idea market that leverages prediction market science to determine the commercial viability of technologies. With Virtual Ventures, organization can submit internal software technologies for evaluation by a crowd of interested participants that are members of the Virtual Ventures community.
More at:http://www.virtualventures.com/
Virtual VenturesSM, a revolutionary way to evaluate the commercial viability and value of ideas.
Virtual Ventures offers users an opportunity to Review new technologies, from major companies, to Predict their success for commercialization, Earn cash by networking and referring these technologies, and Watch the deals unfold.
How It Works:
Virtual Ventures -- predict the commercial success of new software products. "Invest" in the ones you think will succeed.
Virtual Ventures is an exciting online community that allows individuals to invest virtual dollars in real technologies from real companies and see real results as these technologies are brought to market.
Enterprises now have a scalable, efficient, and cost-effective solution to assess the viability of internal technologies and convert them into revenue-generating assets using a crowd of active predictors.
Virtual Ventures is the online idea market that leverages prediction market science to determine the commercial viability of technologies. With Virtual Ventures, organization can submit internal software technologies for evaluation by a crowd of interested participants that are members of the Virtual Ventures community.
More at:http://www.virtualventures.com/
Brightcove can help you grow your business
What Company Is Offering:
Brightcove empowers content owners—from independent producers to major broadcast networks—to reach their audiences directly through the Internet. At the same time, we help web publishers enrich their sites with syndicated video programming, and they give marketers more ways to communicate and engage with their consumers.
Most importantly, they give people the freedom to easily find, watch and participate in a broad range of video content—when and where they choose.
How It Works:
1. Publish Quickly
Create interactive video, audio, and image experiences without all of the overhead of web development and infrastructure. Focus on your content, programming and design - we'll take care of the rest.
2. Have Total Control
Create unique user experiences and run things on your own terms. You Have Control over everything from design of the user experience to distribution & monetization of your content.
3. Interact With Viewers
Accept video uploads from your audience and leverage sharing features to turn your uniques into contributors. Brightcove makes interacting with your audience straightforward and easy to control.
4. Grow Your Audience
Brightcove gives you powerful ways to broadcast your content across the web and grow your audience online. Turnkey distribution through major destination sites and automatic listing with search engines put your content in front of the largest audiences on the web.
5. Monetize Your Content
Generate revenue as your audience grows using state-of-the-art advertising capabilities and turnkey paid download services. Additionally, use rich media to drive traffic to related products & services on your site and unlock even more revenue potential.
More at:http://www.brightcove.com/
Brightcove empowers content owners—from independent producers to major broadcast networks—to reach their audiences directly through the Internet. At the same time, we help web publishers enrich their sites with syndicated video programming, and they give marketers more ways to communicate and engage with their consumers.
Most importantly, they give people the freedom to easily find, watch and participate in a broad range of video content—when and where they choose.
How It Works:
1. Publish Quickly
Create interactive video, audio, and image experiences without all of the overhead of web development and infrastructure. Focus on your content, programming and design - we'll take care of the rest.
2. Have Total Control
Create unique user experiences and run things on your own terms. You Have Control over everything from design of the user experience to distribution & monetization of your content.
3. Interact With Viewers
Accept video uploads from your audience and leverage sharing features to turn your uniques into contributors. Brightcove makes interacting with your audience straightforward and easy to control.
4. Grow Your Audience
Brightcove gives you powerful ways to broadcast your content across the web and grow your audience online. Turnkey distribution through major destination sites and automatic listing with search engines put your content in front of the largest audiences on the web.
5. Monetize Your Content
Generate revenue as your audience grows using state-of-the-art advertising capabilities and turnkey paid download services. Additionally, use rich media to drive traffic to related products & services on your site and unlock even more revenue potential.
More at:http://www.brightcove.com/
Trooker is an up-to-the-minute video viewing community
What Company Is Offering:
Trooker is an up-to-the-minute video viewing community. With Trooker you can find and watch videos continuously, get alerts when there are new videos on your topic of interest, and create your own sets of videos from anywhere on the net. With Trooker, you can trook your friends and share your watching experience by instantly exchanging videos with them.
How It Works:
Trooker currently searches real-time online video communities such as YouTube, MySpace, Metacafe, DailyMotion and LiveVideo.Sending your video choices to friends and instant messaging each other within Trooker is what they call “trooking”. You can trook individual videos or you could even trook complete video sets. Interesting videos make for some very interesting conversation. There are some who say that this is more addictive then…
Creating a Video Set is a way you can organize your favorite videos that you have saved to your Trooker viewer. If you create a set, you can choose which videos to include, move them around, and if you like, you can publish it. This makes the set available on the internet. You can embed your set onto your blog, MySpace or Facebook page. The people that visit your page will be able to see your choice of videos running continuously, as well as any additional images and comments that you want to incorporate.
More at:http://www.trooker.com/
Trooker is an up-to-the-minute video viewing community. With Trooker you can find and watch videos continuously, get alerts when there are new videos on your topic of interest, and create your own sets of videos from anywhere on the net. With Trooker, you can trook your friends and share your watching experience by instantly exchanging videos with them.
How It Works:
Trooker currently searches real-time online video communities such as YouTube, MySpace, Metacafe, DailyMotion and LiveVideo.Sending your video choices to friends and instant messaging each other within Trooker is what they call “trooking”. You can trook individual videos or you could even trook complete video sets. Interesting videos make for some very interesting conversation. There are some who say that this is more addictive then…
Creating a Video Set is a way you can organize your favorite videos that you have saved to your Trooker viewer. If you create a set, you can choose which videos to include, move them around, and if you like, you can publish it. This makes the set available on the internet. You can embed your set onto your blog, MySpace or Facebook page. The people that visit your page will be able to see your choice of videos running continuously, as well as any additional images and comments that you want to incorporate.
More at:http://www.trooker.com/
BlogCharm--Get Paid For Blogging
What Company Is Offering:
BlogCharm will pay members by splitting all advertising inventory and sponsorships. On member blogs the top thinbar will contain text ads where members will share 50% of the inventory and revenues generated from them. This will be a mixture of paid ads where members get paid each time their blog is seen and not just when somebody clicks on an advertisement which works much differently than programs like AdSense. Each time your blog is seen you get paid! BlogCharm even goes further to make money for members where they split site sponsorship revenues 50/50 as well. For example. If we sell a main page sponsorship for $500 per month members will split 50% of the total take.
How It Works:
BlogCharm will be introducing a whole new way for bloggers to enjoy building a blog and get paid doing it!
Get blogging and help them build up a network of blogs so they can demand more money for site sponsorships! As a blog network everyone will be included in the rewards and as the bigger the blog network grows the more we can sell sponsorships for. That means more money to you!.
More at:http://www.blogcharm.com/
BlogCharm will pay members by splitting all advertising inventory and sponsorships. On member blogs the top thinbar will contain text ads where members will share 50% of the inventory and revenues generated from them. This will be a mixture of paid ads where members get paid each time their blog is seen and not just when somebody clicks on an advertisement which works much differently than programs like AdSense. Each time your blog is seen you get paid! BlogCharm even goes further to make money for members where they split site sponsorship revenues 50/50 as well. For example. If we sell a main page sponsorship for $500 per month members will split 50% of the total take.
How It Works:
BlogCharm will be introducing a whole new way for bloggers to enjoy building a blog and get paid doing it!
Get blogging and help them build up a network of blogs so they can demand more money for site sponsorships! As a blog network everyone will be included in the rewards and as the bigger the blog network grows the more we can sell sponsorships for. That means more money to you!.
More at:http://www.blogcharm.com/
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Hi Everywhere! is a volunteer tour guide exchange network that connects people from all over the world
What Company Is Offering:
Hi Everywhere! is a volunteer tour guide exchange network that connects people from all over the world.
Hi Everywhere! aims at making trips exciting with local guides who enjoys hosting and having new friends. For travelers, a volunteer guide means not only a local perspective but also assistance when traveling; for local guides, touring with foreigners let you rediscover your home towns.
How It Works:
Their service is totally free! It only takes you a few minutes to create your profile which you can post a request, book a request and participate in the discussion forums. Whether you are interested in meeting local guide or hosting travelers, Hi Everywhere is where friendships happen.
More at:http://www.hieverywhere.com/
Hi Everywhere! is a volunteer tour guide exchange network that connects people from all over the world.
Hi Everywhere! aims at making trips exciting with local guides who enjoys hosting and having new friends. For travelers, a volunteer guide means not only a local perspective but also assistance when traveling; for local guides, touring with foreigners let you rediscover your home towns.
How It Works:
Their service is totally free! It only takes you a few minutes to create your profile which you can post a request, book a request and participate in the discussion forums. Whether you are interested in meeting local guide or hosting travelers, Hi Everywhere is where friendships happen.
More at:http://www.hieverywhere.com/
PicoCool is a site that's dedicated to bringing you tiny bytes and obscure content from the world of peer media
What Company Is Offering:
PicoCool is a site that's dedicated to bringing you tiny bytes and obscure content from the world of peer media, social networks and subcultures. Cool content from real people.
How It Works:
PicoCool is the first site to focus on the content being created by people on social networks and through peer media. It's not about who's popular or who has the most points, it's about the things we create, the ideas we have, and the creative or daily minutiae that makes us human.
They cover underground trends, subcultures, art, human experiences, products, innovations, philosophies, digital living, the obscure and the tiny. Somewhere in the undiscovered and the mundane lives real brilliance. PicoCool is about uncovering these microscopic moments when things first begin.
More at:http://picocool.com/
PicoCool is a site that's dedicated to bringing you tiny bytes and obscure content from the world of peer media, social networks and subcultures. Cool content from real people.
How It Works:
PicoCool is the first site to focus on the content being created by people on social networks and through peer media. It's not about who's popular or who has the most points, it's about the things we create, the ideas we have, and the creative or daily minutiae that makes us human.
They cover underground trends, subcultures, art, human experiences, products, innovations, philosophies, digital living, the obscure and the tiny. Somewhere in the undiscovered and the mundane lives real brilliance. PicoCool is about uncovering these microscopic moments when things first begin.
More at:http://picocool.com/
MadWhips lets you easily upload, store, organize and showcase your priceless car pictures
What Company Is Offering:
MadWhips lets you easily upload, store, organize and showcase your priceless car pictures.
Are you an avid photographer or gifted car spotter? Can you identify any sports car on the
street in under 0.25 seconds? When you return from a vacation, are 80% of your photos
pictures of nice cars? Do you frequent car shows or race tracks?
At MadWhips, they understand that spotting a special car on the street is truly an exhilarating
and emotional experience, often creating a vivid memory that lasts a lifetime. Our system
allows you to upload your pictures, easily classify them, and showcase them to the world.
How It Works:
MadWhips lets you quickly upload as many photos as you like of your car, your friend’s
car, your neighbour's new Ferrari, or even the 150 photos you took at the car show, tuner-
fest, or car cruise last weekend.
At MadWhips your submissions are highly valued and they take the responsibility of storing and showcasing your pictures very seriously. Your pictures will always be available, and easily accessible. Even 20 years from now, when a conversation comes up about that insane Lamborghini you once spotted while on vacation, you can quickly pull up the photo(s). If you have photos of a make or model that does not exist, upload your pictures into an unclassified album, and send a quick email to the MadWhips team with the new make and model information.
Think of car spotting as the equivalent of the paparazzi photographing celebrities. They photograph them profusely, and everywhere. Car spotting is no different. People all around the world love to take and see candid pictures of cool especially modified and exotic cars! MadWhips lets you upload all your awesome car photos online for everyone to enjoy for a long time.
More at:http://www.madwhips.com/
MadWhips lets you easily upload, store, organize and showcase your priceless car pictures.
Are you an avid photographer or gifted car spotter? Can you identify any sports car on the
street in under 0.25 seconds? When you return from a vacation, are 80% of your photos
pictures of nice cars? Do you frequent car shows or race tracks?
At MadWhips, they understand that spotting a special car on the street is truly an exhilarating
and emotional experience, often creating a vivid memory that lasts a lifetime. Our system
allows you to upload your pictures, easily classify them, and showcase them to the world.
How It Works:
MadWhips lets you quickly upload as many photos as you like of your car, your friend’s
car, your neighbour's new Ferrari, or even the 150 photos you took at the car show, tuner-
fest, or car cruise last weekend.
At MadWhips your submissions are highly valued and they take the responsibility of storing and showcasing your pictures very seriously. Your pictures will always be available, and easily accessible. Even 20 years from now, when a conversation comes up about that insane Lamborghini you once spotted while on vacation, you can quickly pull up the photo(s). If you have photos of a make or model that does not exist, upload your pictures into an unclassified album, and send a quick email to the MadWhips team with the new make and model information.
Think of car spotting as the equivalent of the paparazzi photographing celebrities. They photograph them profusely, and everywhere. Car spotting is no different. People all around the world love to take and see candid pictures of cool especially modified and exotic cars! MadWhips lets you upload all your awesome car photos online for everyone to enjoy for a long time.
More at:http://www.madwhips.com/
BeenVerified---Now You Can Trust Internt Profiles
What Company Is Offering:
The BeenVerified Identity and Credential Verification process is a patent pending system that starts by requiring all potential members to submit their credit card as part of the initial authentication process. Once they have confirmed that the person exists and is a real person, they then have them run through their Identity verification process which for US members is done by taking a 3 minute questionnaire with questions that only the holder of that credit card could possibly know. For international members, they are required to submit a substantial amount of documentation to authenticate them. They then run every potential member’s data through a 50-point risk based, scoring model that further decreases the likelihood of that user not being who they claim. Potential members who do not pass our margin of safety are not allowed into our system even if the possibility of them being who they claim is still likely.
How It Works:
They utilize their patent pending process to verify your identity, validate your credentials, and then help you present them to the world. Their sign up and verification process takes less than 5 minutes and is free for 6 months if you sign up before December 31st.
1.Sign up takes less than two minutes. You will first be allowed to choose your own personalized BeenVerified Profile Web Address. Then enter your personal information and credit card details which we will use as part of the identity verification process. We will NOT charge your credit card anything and simply request it as one of our many layers of security and verification.
2.After sign up, you will receive access to your BeenVerified Member Console. Members residing in the United States will have the ability to verify their identity through an automated questionnaire. Our international users are simply required to send physical documentation proving their identity. Once we have verified your identity you may start adding verified credentials to your profile.
How Is It Different:
A GetVerified request is better than a background check because it takes the liability, hassle, and cost of running a background check off of your shoulders. If the person you are hiring agrees to become a BeenVerified member, they are doing so voluntarily and on their own accord and using their own money to do so. Additionally, they also gain the benefit of having a BeenVerified account for life which can then be used by your business as a marketing tool. Instead of running the background check and never using it again, you turn it into a positive piece of marketing for your staff to present to potential clients and colleagues.
More at:http://www.beenverified.com/
The BeenVerified Identity and Credential Verification process is a patent pending system that starts by requiring all potential members to submit their credit card as part of the initial authentication process. Once they have confirmed that the person exists and is a real person, they then have them run through their Identity verification process which for US members is done by taking a 3 minute questionnaire with questions that only the holder of that credit card could possibly know. For international members, they are required to submit a substantial amount of documentation to authenticate them. They then run every potential member’s data through a 50-point risk based, scoring model that further decreases the likelihood of that user not being who they claim. Potential members who do not pass our margin of safety are not allowed into our system even if the possibility of them being who they claim is still likely.
How It Works:
They utilize their patent pending process to verify your identity, validate your credentials, and then help you present them to the world. Their sign up and verification process takes less than 5 minutes and is free for 6 months if you sign up before December 31st.
1.Sign up takes less than two minutes. You will first be allowed to choose your own personalized BeenVerified Profile Web Address. Then enter your personal information and credit card details which we will use as part of the identity verification process. We will NOT charge your credit card anything and simply request it as one of our many layers of security and verification.
2.After sign up, you will receive access to your BeenVerified Member Console. Members residing in the United States will have the ability to verify their identity through an automated questionnaire. Our international users are simply required to send physical documentation proving their identity. Once we have verified your identity you may start adding verified credentials to your profile.
How Is It Different:
A GetVerified request is better than a background check because it takes the liability, hassle, and cost of running a background check off of your shoulders. If the person you are hiring agrees to become a BeenVerified member, they are doing so voluntarily and on their own accord and using their own money to do so. Additionally, they also gain the benefit of having a BeenVerified account for life which can then be used by your business as a marketing tool. Instead of running the background check and never using it again, you turn it into a positive piece of marketing for your staff to present to potential clients and colleagues.
More at:http://www.beenverified.com/
Toggl is a free, online timetracker for consultants, programmers, designers, etc
What Company Is Offering:
Toggl is a free, online timetracker perfect for anyone who needs to manage their work hours: consultants, programmers, designers, etc.
With Toggl, there is no limit to the number of projects or users; this basic functionality is free. Users can invite as many people to Toggl as they wish with no charge.
How It Works:
In the text field you can enter words or parts of words that apply to the usernames, users' full names, clients' and projects' names. You can exclude results if you add a "-" sign in front of a word.
Toggl has some built-in filters you can use to view reports for certain time periods (such as today, yesterday, this week, last week etc), but you can also set the period manually using the date fields or calendar buttons. Then there are filters for viewing general user or project statistics for a given period as well as weekly views for both. There is also the custom filter described below.
The best way to use Toggl's time tracking is to divide your bigger tasks into smaller ones that you can track and complete independently. If the task is very time consuming but cannot be divided into smaller parts, you can create a new task with the same name each day and close it in the evening. That way you'll be able to keep track of how much time was spent on that task on a daily basis.
More at:http://www.toggl.com/
Toggl is a free, online timetracker perfect for anyone who needs to manage their work hours: consultants, programmers, designers, etc.
With Toggl, there is no limit to the number of projects or users; this basic functionality is free. Users can invite as many people to Toggl as they wish with no charge.
How It Works:
In the text field you can enter words or parts of words that apply to the usernames, users' full names, clients' and projects' names. You can exclude results if you add a "-" sign in front of a word.
Toggl has some built-in filters you can use to view reports for certain time periods (such as today, yesterday, this week, last week etc), but you can also set the period manually using the date fields or calendar buttons. Then there are filters for viewing general user or project statistics for a given period as well as weekly views for both. There is also the custom filter described below.
The best way to use Toggl's time tracking is to divide your bigger tasks into smaller ones that you can track and complete independently. If the task is very time consuming but cannot be divided into smaller parts, you can create a new task with the same name each day and close it in the evening. That way you'll be able to keep track of how much time was spent on that task on a daily basis.
More at:http://www.toggl.com/
Clippz.com is the first website to offer high quality mobile video to a massive audience, without the need for a mobile network
What Company Is Offering:
Clippz was formed to take advantage of the functionality gap between highly specified mobile devices and the relatively low specification wireless networks that are implemented by wireless carriers. As a result, Clippz has become the market leader in off-carrier mobile video.
How It Works:
Clippz.com is the first website to offer high quality mobile video to a massive audience, without the need for a mobile network. You can download videos to your PC and then transfer them to your mobile device using Bluetooth, USB or by writing to a memory card and inserting it into the device.
As you don't have to use a mobile network for delivery, none of the usual restrictions apply. Video quality is determined by the ability of each device and not by the restraints of the mobile network. The vast majority of devices we support are not on 3G mobile networks, yet the performance levels are usually better than 3G levels.
How Is It Different:
Clippz is network independent. Delivery of the video does not touch a mobile network, so your choice of carrier is irrelevant. The only exception to this rule is if you have a Verizon cell phone. Verizon is legendary for crippling its phones to disable Bluetooth file transfer. However you can still use the memory card option for Verizon phones.
More at:http://clippz.com/
Clippz was formed to take advantage of the functionality gap between highly specified mobile devices and the relatively low specification wireless networks that are implemented by wireless carriers. As a result, Clippz has become the market leader in off-carrier mobile video.
How It Works:
Clippz.com is the first website to offer high quality mobile video to a massive audience, without the need for a mobile network. You can download videos to your PC and then transfer them to your mobile device using Bluetooth, USB or by writing to a memory card and inserting it into the device.
As you don't have to use a mobile network for delivery, none of the usual restrictions apply. Video quality is determined by the ability of each device and not by the restraints of the mobile network. The vast majority of devices we support are not on 3G mobile networks, yet the performance levels are usually better than 3G levels.
How Is It Different:
Clippz is network independent. Delivery of the video does not touch a mobile network, so your choice of carrier is irrelevant. The only exception to this rule is if you have a Verizon cell phone. Verizon is legendary for crippling its phones to disable Bluetooth file transfer. However you can still use the memory card option for Verizon phones.
More at:http://clippz.com/
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Why Dyslexics Make Great Entrepreneurs
It's not clear whether dyslexics develop their special talents by learning to negotiate their disability or whether such skills are the genetic inheritance of being dyslexic. It's a question Shaywitz plans to explore, along with trying to change the way dyslexia is viewed in the educational system and the business world. One project at the center will be an education series to train executives to recognize outside-the-box thinkers who don't perform well on standardized tests.
Shaywitz recently tested a well-known CEO (whom she declined to identify) for dyslexia. The man confessed that he'd hired an outside company to help identify future leaders within the organization by administering a reading test. "'The irony is,' I told him, 'you're eliminating and sifting out all the people like yourself who might actually be the ones to be creative and make a difference.'"
Coping Skills
That kind of rejection, along with a penchant for creativity, may help explain why so many dyslexics are inclined to become entrepreneurs. Julie Logan, a professor of entrepreneurship at Cass Business School in London, believes strongly in the connection.
In a study to be published in January, Logan found that 35% of entrepreneurs in the U.S. show signs of dyslexia, compared to 20% in Britain. Logan attributes the gap to a more flexible education system in the U.S., vs. rigid tracking in British schools, and better identification and remediation methods. "Most of the people in our study talked about the role of the mentor and how important that had been," Logan says. "The difference seems to be somebody who believes in you in school."
The broader implication, she says, is that many of the coping skills dyslexics learn in their formative years become best practices for the successful entrepreneur. A child who chronically fails standardized tests must become comfortable with failure. Being a slow reader forces you to extract only vital information, so that you're constantly getting right to the point. Dyslexics are also forced to trust and rely on others to get things done—an essential skill for anyone working to build a business.
Via-BusinessWeek
Shaywitz recently tested a well-known CEO (whom she declined to identify) for dyslexia. The man confessed that he'd hired an outside company to help identify future leaders within the organization by administering a reading test. "'The irony is,' I told him, 'you're eliminating and sifting out all the people like yourself who might actually be the ones to be creative and make a difference.'"
Coping Skills
That kind of rejection, along with a penchant for creativity, may help explain why so many dyslexics are inclined to become entrepreneurs. Julie Logan, a professor of entrepreneurship at Cass Business School in London, believes strongly in the connection.
In a study to be published in January, Logan found that 35% of entrepreneurs in the U.S. show signs of dyslexia, compared to 20% in Britain. Logan attributes the gap to a more flexible education system in the U.S., vs. rigid tracking in British schools, and better identification and remediation methods. "Most of the people in our study talked about the role of the mentor and how important that had been," Logan says. "The difference seems to be somebody who believes in you in school."
The broader implication, she says, is that many of the coping skills dyslexics learn in their formative years become best practices for the successful entrepreneur. A child who chronically fails standardized tests must become comfortable with failure. Being a slow reader forces you to extract only vital information, so that you're constantly getting right to the point. Dyslexics are also forced to trust and rely on others to get things done—an essential skill for anyone working to build a business.
Via-BusinessWeek
OurStage is the only democratic competition where the fans decide who's best in emerging entertainment
What Company Is Offering:
OurStage is the only democratic competition where the fans decide who's best in emerging entertainment. That means fans have the real voice - because our patent-pending judging system eliminates cheaters. Artists get a fair shot. The bottom line is, if you're really the best, the fans will drive you to the top.
They are the only place online where the fans, and only the fans, decide who's great in music and film. 100% fair, 100% democratic, 100% about talent.
OurStage gives away great prizes each month to talented musicians - like festival slots, mentor sessions with established artists, and $5,000 Grand Prize every month.OurStage was started and funded by enthusiasts and angel investors who are really passionate about one thing: bringing true democracy to entertainment. Their aim is to make sure that artists gets a fair shot... and that fans can find emerging artists they’ll love.
How It Works:
As an artist, your first step is to upload your music or video and decide which channel competition to enter. Then, fans judge the work side by side with the work of others. Our unique judging capability (called Peer Relative Ranking, but don't worry about that) makes sure that each piece is judged fairly by the real audience no rigging, no cheating, no celebrity judges. At the end of each month, the top 20 and the top 10 in each channel go head-to-head in a special judging channels to determine the winner of that channel, and then a site-wide judging contest to determine our Grand Prize winner. For more information about that, see the Judging section below! As a fan, all you have to do is listen to some great music and give feedback about just how great you think it is. You can win prizes too for doing this .
More at:http://www.ourstage.com/
OurStage is the only democratic competition where the fans decide who's best in emerging entertainment. That means fans have the real voice - because our patent-pending judging system eliminates cheaters. Artists get a fair shot. The bottom line is, if you're really the best, the fans will drive you to the top.
They are the only place online where the fans, and only the fans, decide who's great in music and film. 100% fair, 100% democratic, 100% about talent.
OurStage gives away great prizes each month to talented musicians - like festival slots, mentor sessions with established artists, and $5,000 Grand Prize every month.OurStage was started and funded by enthusiasts and angel investors who are really passionate about one thing: bringing true democracy to entertainment. Their aim is to make sure that artists gets a fair shot... and that fans can find emerging artists they’ll love.
How It Works:
As an artist, your first step is to upload your music or video and decide which channel competition to enter. Then, fans judge the work side by side with the work of others. Our unique judging capability (called Peer Relative Ranking, but don't worry about that) makes sure that each piece is judged fairly by the real audience no rigging, no cheating, no celebrity judges. At the end of each month, the top 20 and the top 10 in each channel go head-to-head in a special judging channels to determine the winner of that channel, and then a site-wide judging contest to determine our Grand Prize winner. For more information about that, see the Judging section below! As a fan, all you have to do is listen to some great music and give feedback about just how great you think it is. You can win prizes too for doing this .
More at:http://www.ourstage.com/
Brio---Web Conferencing Tool
What Company Is Offering:
Brio is a web meeting service built with collaboration in mind for individual professionals and small businesses. With Brio, you can instantly communicate and collaborate through an easy-to-use, easy-to-access online personal meeting room.
How It Works:
Brio operates inside most popular web browsers, so you can start a meeting without worrying if others have a compatible system or the right software.
Whether it is an ad-hoc meeting with remote colleagues or a sales call, Brio gives you the tools to conduct a meeting as if you were in the same room. See how you can reduce travel costs, save time and increase productivity by using Brio today.
Unique Features:
Host unlimited online meetings with up to 3 meeting participants.
Interact with easy-to-use screen sharing, chat and whiteboards.
Access your meeting instantly with a personalized, easy-to-remember URL.
Distribute documents and files to meeting participants.
Use integrated VoIP, teleconferencing and multi-point video.
More at:http://labs.adobe.com/
Brio is a web meeting service built with collaboration in mind for individual professionals and small businesses. With Brio, you can instantly communicate and collaborate through an easy-to-use, easy-to-access online personal meeting room.
How It Works:
Brio operates inside most popular web browsers, so you can start a meeting without worrying if others have a compatible system or the right software.
Whether it is an ad-hoc meeting with remote colleagues or a sales call, Brio gives you the tools to conduct a meeting as if you were in the same room. See how you can reduce travel costs, save time and increase productivity by using Brio today.
Unique Features:
Host unlimited online meetings with up to 3 meeting participants.
Interact with easy-to-use screen sharing, chat and whiteboards.
Access your meeting instantly with a personalized, easy-to-remember URL.
Distribute documents and files to meeting participants.
Use integrated VoIP, teleconferencing and multi-point video.
More at:http://labs.adobe.com/
Pet-files is a social network for pets and pet lovers
What Company Is Offering:
Pet-files is a social network for pets and pet lovers.
How It Works:
It allows you to:
Create unlimited profile pages for your pets.
Publish unlimited photos of your pets.
Publish unlimited videos of your pets.
Create beautiful slideshows for your blog.
Present your adoptable and for-sale pets.
Comment, rate and send private messages.Send lovable e-cards to your friends
Pet-files is user-friendly, easy to use, fun, and it will be free for ever!
More at:http://www.pet-files.com/
Pet-files is a social network for pets and pet lovers.
How It Works:
It allows you to:
Create unlimited profile pages for your pets.
Publish unlimited photos of your pets.
Publish unlimited videos of your pets.
Create beautiful slideshows for your blog.
Present your adoptable and for-sale pets.
Comment, rate and send private messages.Send lovable e-cards to your friends
Pet-files is user-friendly, easy to use, fun, and it will be free for ever!
More at:http://www.pet-files.com/
The Southeast Venture Conference
The Southeast Venture Conference (SEVC) announces the first round of companies selected to present at the upcoming conference scheduled for February 27th-28th, 2008 at the Ritz Carlton in Tysons Corner, Virginia.
The companies will present to an audience of regional and national investors and executives. A total of 40 companies are expected to be showcased at the second annual conference. Currently, there is over $40 billion under management represented by investors already registered for the conference.
The first round of announced presenting companies include:
Camero - Vienna, VA; www.camero-tech.com
clearTXT - Morrisville, NC; www.cleartxt.com
Cybera - Franklin, TN; www.cybera.com
Cyveillance - Arlington, VA; www.cyveillance.com
Digitalsmiths - Beaufort, SC; www.digitalsmiths.com
FortiusOne - Arlington, VA; www.fortiusone.com
Kajeet - Bethesda, MD; www.kajeet.com
M3 Technology Group - Charlotte, NC; www.m3tg.com
NovaVision - Boca Raton, FL; www.novavision.com
Passport Health Communications - Franklin, TN; www.passporthealth.com
Prenova - Marietta, GA; www.prenova.com
Real Digital Media - Sarasota, FL; www.realdigitalmedia.com
Recordant - Alpharetta, GA; www.recordant.com
Ruckus Networks - Herndon, VA; www.ruckus.com
Steelbox Networks - Atlanta, GA; www.steelbox.com
Suniva - Atlanta, GA; www.suniva.com
Yap - Charlotte, NC; www.yapme.com
More on these presenting companies can be found at www.seventure.org
The companies will present to an audience of regional and national investors and executives. A total of 40 companies are expected to be showcased at the second annual conference. Currently, there is over $40 billion under management represented by investors already registered for the conference.
The first round of announced presenting companies include:
Camero - Vienna, VA; www.camero-tech.com
clearTXT - Morrisville, NC; www.cleartxt.com
Cybera - Franklin, TN; www.cybera.com
Cyveillance - Arlington, VA; www.cyveillance.com
Digitalsmiths - Beaufort, SC; www.digitalsmiths.com
FortiusOne - Arlington, VA; www.fortiusone.com
Kajeet - Bethesda, MD; www.kajeet.com
M3 Technology Group - Charlotte, NC; www.m3tg.com
NovaVision - Boca Raton, FL; www.novavision.com
Passport Health Communications - Franklin, TN; www.passporthealth.com
Prenova - Marietta, GA; www.prenova.com
Real Digital Media - Sarasota, FL; www.realdigitalmedia.com
Recordant - Alpharetta, GA; www.recordant.com
Ruckus Networks - Herndon, VA; www.ruckus.com
Steelbox Networks - Atlanta, GA; www.steelbox.com
Suniva - Atlanta, GA; www.suniva.com
Yap - Charlotte, NC; www.yapme.com
More on these presenting companies can be found at www.seventure.org
Invidi ,a provider of targeted advertising for broadband TV services, has raised $25 million in third-round funding
WhatCompany Is Offering:
INVIDI provides cable, satellite and IPTV operators the opportunity to position their services as the most comprehensive source available for targeted television advertising and promotion. INVIDI’s powerful suite of advanced tools enables operators to selectively target television viewers with the same pinpoint accuracy as direct mail and database marketing — without compromising viewer privacy and, thereby, enhancing existing revenue streams and cultivating significant new revenue opportunities.
How It Works:
INVIDI’s proprietary technology enables television service providers to simultaneously deliver multiple and distinct commercial streams to different households or individual set-top boxes during a single commercial break while also controlling reach, frequency and separation of the commercial assets. This increases advertising inventory and revenue opportunities for operators, while providing advertisers and media buyers with the first truly measurable and accountable way to place television advertising in front of the desired viewer demographic. With INVIDI, advertisers can select specific households and individual audience demographics and target them with specific numbers of commercial impressions.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Invidi Technologies Corp., a Princeton, N.J.-based provider of targeted advertising for broadband TV services, has raised $25 million in third-round funding. WPP Group led the round, and was joined by return backers EnerTech Capital, InterWest Partners and Menlo Ventures.
More at:
http://www.invidi.com/
INVIDI provides cable, satellite and IPTV operators the opportunity to position their services as the most comprehensive source available for targeted television advertising and promotion. INVIDI’s powerful suite of advanced tools enables operators to selectively target television viewers with the same pinpoint accuracy as direct mail and database marketing — without compromising viewer privacy and, thereby, enhancing existing revenue streams and cultivating significant new revenue opportunities.
How It Works:
INVIDI’s proprietary technology enables television service providers to simultaneously deliver multiple and distinct commercial streams to different households or individual set-top boxes during a single commercial break while also controlling reach, frequency and separation of the commercial assets. This increases advertising inventory and revenue opportunities for operators, while providing advertisers and media buyers with the first truly measurable and accountable way to place television advertising in front of the desired viewer demographic. With INVIDI, advertisers can select specific households and individual audience demographics and target them with specific numbers of commercial impressions.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Invidi Technologies Corp., a Princeton, N.J.-based provider of targeted advertising for broadband TV services, has raised $25 million in third-round funding. WPP Group led the round, and was joined by return backers EnerTech Capital, InterWest Partners and Menlo Ventures.
More at:
http://www.invidi.com/
Finding the right mobile device just got a lot easier With TryPhone.com
What Company Is Offering:
TryPhone gives you the ability to try before you buy. Use their fully interactive online virtual handsets to test-drive mobile devices, applications, content and services, as well as watch demos - right from the comfort and convenience of your own computer. No pressure, no salespeople, no product uncertainty and no features you don't understand. Try it, then go buy it... on your terms.
How It Works:
TryPhone provides onscreen simulations of handsets and shows how different button presses let you navigate through the user interface. You can try any of the functions simulated, including making a call, taking a photo, adding contacts, or sending text messages. You can also try out some of the customization options, but they don't actually take effect on the phone demo itself. There are also demos of key functions available, so you can use as an online tutorial after the purchase. Perhaps users will also be able to generate their own walkthroughs.
More at:http://www.tryphone.com/
TryPhone gives you the ability to try before you buy. Use their fully interactive online virtual handsets to test-drive mobile devices, applications, content and services, as well as watch demos - right from the comfort and convenience of your own computer. No pressure, no salespeople, no product uncertainty and no features you don't understand. Try it, then go buy it... on your terms.
How It Works:
TryPhone provides onscreen simulations of handsets and shows how different button presses let you navigate through the user interface. You can try any of the functions simulated, including making a call, taking a photo, adding contacts, or sending text messages. You can also try out some of the customization options, but they don't actually take effect on the phone demo itself. There are also demos of key functions available, so you can use as an online tutorial after the purchase. Perhaps users will also be able to generate their own walkthroughs.
More at:http://www.tryphone.com/
Babelgom is a B2B messaging platform---Connecting Your Trading Partners
What Company Is Offering:
Babelgom is a B2B messaging platform. It transports your messages to/from your partners across various communication protocols (AS2, SMTP, FTP, etc). It transforms messages into/from the respective data standards used by your applications and those of your partners. Babelgom offers the most simple and efficient way to automate data exchange with your trading partners.
How It Works:
Babelgom is a simple and fast online tool to connect multiple applications, internal or external.
It supports a large range of connection needs, including all usual communication protocols and all data transformation requirements. It provides rich management mechanisms, including monitored infrastructure, quality assurance, alert notifications, update management and detailed usage activity reporting. One of its most useful characteristics is that a new exchange flow (called “channel” in Babelgom) can be created from any other flow made by any other Babelgom user, saving days and weeks in information gathering and development efforts.
Babelgom enables data exchange regardless of the technical reqs and proficiencies of a company’s trading partners. No software installation is required. There are three major componenets: the messaging engine which routes, monitors, transformsa dn measures data traffic; the self service, a web based console use to set up parameters and user authorizations; then there’s the catalogue, a repository of all channels created by Babelgom users. Babelgom is offerin its 1.o version at no cost; as it’s in semi private beta, you’ll have to send them an email in order to gain access to the site.
More at:http://babelgom.com/
Babelgom is a B2B messaging platform. It transports your messages to/from your partners across various communication protocols (AS2, SMTP, FTP, etc). It transforms messages into/from the respective data standards used by your applications and those of your partners. Babelgom offers the most simple and efficient way to automate data exchange with your trading partners.
How It Works:
Babelgom is a simple and fast online tool to connect multiple applications, internal or external.
It supports a large range of connection needs, including all usual communication protocols and all data transformation requirements. It provides rich management mechanisms, including monitored infrastructure, quality assurance, alert notifications, update management and detailed usage activity reporting. One of its most useful characteristics is that a new exchange flow (called “channel” in Babelgom) can be created from any other flow made by any other Babelgom user, saving days and weeks in information gathering and development efforts.
Babelgom enables data exchange regardless of the technical reqs and proficiencies of a company’s trading partners. No software installation is required. There are three major componenets: the messaging engine which routes, monitors, transformsa dn measures data traffic; the self service, a web based console use to set up parameters and user authorizations; then there’s the catalogue, a repository of all channels created by Babelgom users. Babelgom is offerin its 1.o version at no cost; as it’s in semi private beta, you’ll have to send them an email in order to gain access to the site.
More at:http://babelgom.com/
Boredat--Locate Your School Or Company
What Company Is Offering:
The idea was to create a place for free speech where users could post their thoughts anonymously. when boredatcolumbia took off, students at other schools began requesting their own boredAt sites as well. jp has since been opening up to different colleges and universities across the country.They are on a mission to democratize the thoughts and ideas of communities, attempting to shed light on the question 'what are the people around you really thinking?'.
How Is It Different:
What makes boredat unique is that there are no signup requirements, accounts, profiles to fill out, or personal information to divulge. students or employees who are physically on campus or in the office can instantly post, chat, and share videos, links, photos, and listings. a thumbs up / thumbs down voting system lets users surface the top content.
More at:http://www.boredat.net/
The idea was to create a place for free speech where users could post their thoughts anonymously. when boredatcolumbia took off, students at other schools began requesting their own boredAt sites as well. jp has since been opening up to different colleges and universities across the country.They are on a mission to democratize the thoughts and ideas of communities, attempting to shed light on the question 'what are the people around you really thinking?'.
How Is It Different:
What makes boredat unique is that there are no signup requirements, accounts, profiles to fill out, or personal information to divulge. students or employees who are physically on campus or in the office can instantly post, chat, and share videos, links, photos, and listings. a thumbs up / thumbs down voting system lets users surface the top content.
More at:http://www.boredat.net/
AdReady--Low Cost Ad Shop
What Company Is Offering:
AdReady is an advertising technology company focused on making online display advertising accessible and effective for advertisers of all sizes. Through AdReady's data-rich library of proven creative, real-time ad customization tools, and intuitive web-based interface, marketers are learning that AdReady makes it easy to build and run effective online display ad campaigns in minutes.
How It Works:
AdRead's goal is to develop a better way to do display advertising that works for marketers at all levels of expertise and all budgets. The company is led by a talented team of internet veterans and backed by Madrona Venture Group.
AdReady has launched a service for small- and really small-sized marketers to get in on the act.
Rather than hiring an ad agency, which typically costs thousands of dollars upfront for creative design,AdReady allows advertisers to pick and customize remarkably professional-looking ads for free.
Sound good? Jump into the AdReady Performance Ad Library right now and create a custom ad that will help you grow your business TODAY! It's free to check it out.
More at:http://www.adready.com/
AdReady is an advertising technology company focused on making online display advertising accessible and effective for advertisers of all sizes. Through AdReady's data-rich library of proven creative, real-time ad customization tools, and intuitive web-based interface, marketers are learning that AdReady makes it easy to build and run effective online display ad campaigns in minutes.
How It Works:
AdRead's goal is to develop a better way to do display advertising that works for marketers at all levels of expertise and all budgets. The company is led by a talented team of internet veterans and backed by Madrona Venture Group.
AdReady has launched a service for small- and really small-sized marketers to get in on the act.
Rather than hiring an ad agency, which typically costs thousands of dollars upfront for creative design,AdReady allows advertisers to pick and customize remarkably professional-looking ads for free.
Sound good? Jump into the AdReady Performance Ad Library right now and create a custom ad that will help you grow your business TODAY! It's free to check it out.
More at:http://www.adready.com/
Friday, December 14, 2007
PropertyMixer is a unique real estate networking community
What Company Is Offering:
PropertyMixer is a unique real estate networking community. The mission of this community is to bring real estate agents, consultants, builders, researchers, investors and all those who are interested in real estate on one common platform.
How It Works:
PropertyMixer is the only real estate networking portal that will open doors to new business opportunities, will help you maintain your business relationships and renew your professional ties. With a strong focus on community and networking, PropertyMixer provides opportunities for the exchange of any information related with the real estate industry also encouraging people offering auxiliary services like architecture, interior designing, legal help etc to benefit from the community.
PropertyMixer is a platform that provides impetus to professional opportunities, help you grow and maintain your business contacts and get benefited mutually.
Unique Features:
Features:
# Register for FREE and start networking.
# Share ideas, contacts and most importantly business referrals related with real estate.
# Create your own real estate related Mixer (a network of people) and invite others to join.
# Find like-minded business people.
# See who’s there in your address book and invite friends to join.
# Let others find you just by visiting your PropertyMixer profile page.
# Lets you form a Real Estate Social Networking Group along with Business Networking.
More at: http://www.propertymixer.com/
PropertyMixer is a unique real estate networking community. The mission of this community is to bring real estate agents, consultants, builders, researchers, investors and all those who are interested in real estate on one common platform.
How It Works:
PropertyMixer is the only real estate networking portal that will open doors to new business opportunities, will help you maintain your business relationships and renew your professional ties. With a strong focus on community and networking, PropertyMixer provides opportunities for the exchange of any information related with the real estate industry also encouraging people offering auxiliary services like architecture, interior designing, legal help etc to benefit from the community.
PropertyMixer is a platform that provides impetus to professional opportunities, help you grow and maintain your business contacts and get benefited mutually.
Unique Features:
Features:
# Register for FREE and start networking.
# Share ideas, contacts and most importantly business referrals related with real estate.
# Create your own real estate related Mixer (a network of people) and invite others to join.
# Find like-minded business people.
# See who’s there in your address book and invite friends to join.
# Let others find you just by visiting your PropertyMixer profile page.
# Lets you form a Real Estate Social Networking Group along with Business Networking.
More at: http://www.propertymixer.com/
Cellware For Free Mobile Contents Like Ringtones,Wallpaper,Videos
What Company Is Offering:
Cellware was created to offer the users what the mobile content market was lacking - a community environment with a large, diverse selection of FREE mobile content providing the ability to create, edit and then offer your content for profit. Cellware was started in 2007 by a group of creative, experienced internet professionals with the goal to take the community environment and mobile content industry to the next level.
How It Works:
Cellware enables you to create and edit content for your mobile in just a few steps. It is as simple as uploading a file.
You can now turn any piece of music or sound file in your computer into your very own ringtone. You could also create a wallpaper for your phone from an image, photo or animated gif. Why stop there, you can create a video clip with our editor and share it with the world. When you create content with Cellware you can keep it private and share with only your friends and family or posted publicly for everyone in the Cellware community to preview, download and enjoy your masterpiece. Best of all you can do all this for FREE!!
About Founder:
John Ferber, along with his brother Scott, was the Co-Founder of Advertising.com, which was acquired by AOL in 2004. John and Scott were named in 2000 as Entrepreneurs of the Year by Ernst & Young LLP. After taking a one-year hiatus John is back with his inventors cap on developing new Internet-based projects with a focus on fun and compelling entertainment.
More at:http://www.cellware.com/
Cellware was created to offer the users what the mobile content market was lacking - a community environment with a large, diverse selection of FREE mobile content providing the ability to create, edit and then offer your content for profit. Cellware was started in 2007 by a group of creative, experienced internet professionals with the goal to take the community environment and mobile content industry to the next level.
How It Works:
Cellware enables you to create and edit content for your mobile in just a few steps. It is as simple as uploading a file.
You can now turn any piece of music or sound file in your computer into your very own ringtone. You could also create a wallpaper for your phone from an image, photo or animated gif. Why stop there, you can create a video clip with our editor and share it with the world. When you create content with Cellware you can keep it private and share with only your friends and family or posted publicly for everyone in the Cellware community to preview, download and enjoy your masterpiece. Best of all you can do all this for FREE!!
About Founder:
John Ferber, along with his brother Scott, was the Co-Founder of Advertising.com, which was acquired by AOL in 2004. John and Scott were named in 2000 as Entrepreneurs of the Year by Ernst & Young LLP. After taking a one-year hiatus John is back with his inventors cap on developing new Internet-based projects with a focus on fun and compelling entertainment.
More at:http://www.cellware.com/
Yogsudha.com Is to create effective tools for bringing global buyers and sellers to a single trading floor
What Company Is Offering:
Yogsudha.com is a global Business-to-Business import/export service provider. They can help you sell your product or service worldwide and at the same time help you locate suppliers and manufacturers from around the world.
Yogsudha.com is the leader in providing import/export trade sourcing to businesses around the globe. Our high traffic Web site is a crossroad of global importers and exporters..
How It Works:
Their aim is to assist importers and exporters in representing their products and services in the international market place. They believe each business has unique needs and deserves the best. Their technology, marketing skills and highly trained staff are a valuable aspect that we rely upon in meeting your unique needs. Whether you are interested in selling your flagship product or excess stock, or are seeking a manufacturer located on another part of the world Yogsudha.com is the most comprehensive source for your business. The power of e-Business and their knowledge of Information Technology and International Business create effective tools for bringing global buyers and sellers to a single trading floor. We will assist you in communicating and conducting your business with your potential global partners over the Internet. They use the latest technology and Information Systems to make your trade experience a success.
More at:http://www.yogsudha.com/
Yogsudha.com is a global Business-to-Business import/export service provider. They can help you sell your product or service worldwide and at the same time help you locate suppliers and manufacturers from around the world.
Yogsudha.com is the leader in providing import/export trade sourcing to businesses around the globe. Our high traffic Web site is a crossroad of global importers and exporters..
How It Works:
Their aim is to assist importers and exporters in representing their products and services in the international market place. They believe each business has unique needs and deserves the best. Their technology, marketing skills and highly trained staff are a valuable aspect that we rely upon in meeting your unique needs. Whether you are interested in selling your flagship product or excess stock, or are seeking a manufacturer located on another part of the world Yogsudha.com is the most comprehensive source for your business. The power of e-Business and their knowledge of Information Technology and International Business create effective tools for bringing global buyers and sellers to a single trading floor. We will assist you in communicating and conducting your business with your potential global partners over the Internet. They use the latest technology and Information Systems to make your trade experience a success.
More at:http://www.yogsudha.com/
Online Organizer For Entrepreneurs
What Company Is Offering:
The Your Online Organizer Suite (YOO) was designed with the entrepreneur in mind. YOO is an affordable web based tool for new and established entrepreneurs who are seeking a more simplified way to market and operate their businesses. YOO provides tools such as an interactive website with a backend office for tracking clients and events. Task lists, blogging, and email marketing are just a sample of what the product has to offer.
How It Works:
With the Your Online Organizer Suite (YOO) there is no software to install and no program to upgrade. Your Online Organizer is available via the web where their team of developers are constantly at work streamlining the process and making it better.
Unique Features:
The Your Online Organizer eMarketing Suite is a complete end-to-end email marketing solution designed to keep you in touch with your clients. The eMarketing Suite features unlimited mailing lists and email campaigns, autoresponders, and campaign statistics. With our eMarketing Suite, you can always stay in constant contact with your subscribers.
For each email campaign, you can enable or disable link click tracking and email open tracking. You can also embed images as attachments along with each email so recipients aren't prompted to display images by their email client.
More at:http://www.youronlineorganizer.com/
The Your Online Organizer Suite (YOO) was designed with the entrepreneur in mind. YOO is an affordable web based tool for new and established entrepreneurs who are seeking a more simplified way to market and operate their businesses. YOO provides tools such as an interactive website with a backend office for tracking clients and events. Task lists, blogging, and email marketing are just a sample of what the product has to offer.
How It Works:
With the Your Online Organizer Suite (YOO) there is no software to install and no program to upgrade. Your Online Organizer is available via the web where their team of developers are constantly at work streamlining the process and making it better.
Unique Features:
The Your Online Organizer eMarketing Suite is a complete end-to-end email marketing solution designed to keep you in touch with your clients. The eMarketing Suite features unlimited mailing lists and email campaigns, autoresponders, and campaign statistics. With our eMarketing Suite, you can always stay in constant contact with your subscribers.
For each email campaign, you can enable or disable link click tracking and email open tracking. You can also embed images as attachments along with each email so recipients aren't prompted to display images by their email client.
More at:http://www.youronlineorganizer.com/
Mobile Posse Inc., a leading mobile content and advertising solution provider raised $10 million in series B equity financing
What Company Is Offering:
Mobile Posse, Inc. is a privately-held mobile advertising solution provider based in McLean, VA. Using proprietary patents-pending software, Mobile Posse allows marketers to radically enhance reach and conversion rates in a convenient and cost-effective manner while strengthening relationships with the consumer and carriers. Mobile Posse is the first company to rollout and deliver idle screen insertion advertisements in partnership with a U.S. carrier.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Mobile Posse Inc., a leading mobile content and advertising solution provider, announced today that it has raised $10 million in series B equity financing. New investor Softbank Capital led the round, which also included Court Square Ventures, Columbia Capital, and individual investors.
How They Will Use Raised Fund:
The new funding will facilitate commercial implementation with additional carriers as well as expand the depth and breadth of Mobile Posse's advertising sales division.
About VCs:
Court Square Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early- stage communications, information technology, and media companies, with a particular interest in points of convergence between these industries. The firm's deep understanding of its three target sectors stems from the partners' 60 years of operating and investing experience in these areas. Court Square uses this base of experience to support young companies executing the critical transitions from pre-revenue to first sales and accelerating growth.
detail at:www.courtsquareventures.com.
www.colcap.com.
www.softbank.com.
More at:www.mobileposse.com.
Mobile Posse, Inc. is a privately-held mobile advertising solution provider based in McLean, VA. Using proprietary patents-pending software, Mobile Posse allows marketers to radically enhance reach and conversion rates in a convenient and cost-effective manner while strengthening relationships with the consumer and carriers. Mobile Posse is the first company to rollout and deliver idle screen insertion advertisements in partnership with a U.S. carrier.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Mobile Posse Inc., a leading mobile content and advertising solution provider, announced today that it has raised $10 million in series B equity financing. New investor Softbank Capital led the round, which also included Court Square Ventures, Columbia Capital, and individual investors.
How They Will Use Raised Fund:
The new funding will facilitate commercial implementation with additional carriers as well as expand the depth and breadth of Mobile Posse's advertising sales division.
About VCs:
Court Square Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early- stage communications, information technology, and media companies, with a particular interest in points of convergence between these industries. The firm's deep understanding of its three target sectors stems from the partners' 60 years of operating and investing experience in these areas. Court Square uses this base of experience to support young companies executing the critical transitions from pre-revenue to first sales and accelerating growth.
detail at:www.courtsquareventures.com.
www.colcap.com.
www.softbank.com.
More at:www.mobileposse.com.
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