Top 35 Startups In Tech that TechCrunch missed out on – August 2012(startupplays.com)
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Top 35 Startups In Tech that TechCrunch missed out on – August 2012
http://www.startupplays.com/blog/top-35-startups-in-tech-that-techcrunch-missed-out-on-%E2%80%93-august-2012/
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My favorite part of the description:
"Believe it or not it’s hundreds, and they all live around the planet in different timezones."
Its actually 20m.
~Also, to the person who made this app, I may install it for fun, so I'm not bashing the idea, just the funny math. Its another way to build a more random network.
"Believe it or not it’s hundreds, and they all live around the planet in different timezones."
Its actually 20m.
~Also, to the person who made this app, I may install it for fun, so I'm not bashing the idea, just the funny math. Its another way to build a more random network.
It seems that a big part of the value prop is that 1) it assumes there is some connection in terms of feelings experienced among people born on the same day (essentially a higher-fidelity astrology) and 2) that if you live in a later time zone, you can find out what is coming next by viewing the feelings of those in an earlier time zone. If one assumes that #1 has some truth to it, one has to wonder what will cause people in earlier time zones to use the app, since they don't get to take advantage of #2.
jaredsohn, very well and clearly put!
about what you say that one needs to wonder... the answer could be something like this...
the world is round, so where one starts counting timezones, or even where the day starts is kind of relative and a simple man made assumption
this means that there's always earlier as well as later timezones wherever you are in the world... i think its quite clearly explained at blog.feelzr.com
Off topic, but if I get one more modal popup on a website I'm going to scream. Are javascript modals the new popup?
Some of those look pretty neat, but I have to constantly fight the urge to think "fly-by-night" whenever I see a name ending with "ly" or "me" or "zr" or replacing an i with a y.
TechCrunch tends to only cover startups for a reason. They won't just say "This startup exists". They'll say you reach a certain number of users, raise money or do a deal with a major partner. Why should they cover that a new social app or dashboard has launched? TheNextWeb does a little more of this but still this is how journalism works.
How come all the startups mentioned here are websites? I have nothing against them, but I would imagine that there are some startups out there that are less of a hit-or-miss and more about the product that has some engineering novelty to it.
The term 'startup' has become a buzzword used to define websites providing social or media services. Not that these sites aren't necessarily providing anything of use, but when I hear someone use the term 'startup' I don't know if they're talking about a company or just a product.
2600Hz is building a communications platform and happens to have a website.
This is why I like browsing the diversity of kickstarter.
Really happy to see my product Jetstrap on there. Thanks for the mention!
Just a tip fwiw. I like the idea of what you're doing with Jetstrap. But asking me to sign in with Twitter, gMail etc without screen shots or a short video isn't a good idea. Guessing if you had a short video your signup rate could soar.
Thanks, that's a great point.
How is #29, AwesomeShare (not even launched) a top 35-missed startup? Its an idea that’s been done over and over and over again. It doesn’t even look well done.
Thanks for mentioning http://getsummer.com - I would love to hear everyone's feedback about the product :)
Thanks for featuring http://Diggsy.com - we really appreciate it. If anyone has any questions or looking for information on what we are working on, hit us up.
We're launching http://www.billberries.com soon. With Billberries, you will actually enjoy managing your bills!
I remember using designers.mx when their content was focusing on music. It's really nice to see that they scaled. Also, the UI is really nice.
Opscotch.com is launching this week. Check us out if you have a chance. We are a new kind of online debate platform.
What about http://vooza.com/ ?
Hmm, is this a problem with techcrunch or these startups PR departments?
Sweet! This is great. Almost like betali.st
wow, actually some pretty sweet startups here!
Great article!
thanks for the mention of infocaptor
>Drynk.me is the easiest way to catalog, share, and discover alcoholic beverages. From beer, cosmos to ‘on the rocks’, see what friends and followers are experiencing and saying about their drinks. The platform will allow users to post pictures and/or videos with a geo-location tag of the drink they are enjoying and add their thoughts about with the option to push it through to other social spheres.
Good lord, does EVERYTHING have to be a geotagged social experience?
Good lord, does EVERYTHING have to be a geotagged social experience?
The ratio of social companies to success must be crazy. So many more people building Foursquare for X instead of building the next Kickstarter, Square, Skype or Spotify. Kickstarter isn't that crazy of an idea or even to build but people are instead building niche mobile social apps.
Yea, but I bet the ratio of original ideas vs screaming at a large market and picking up the scrapes is lower on the success-o-meter.
I can understand why people are going after the location based social thing, as foursquare is lame and there is nothing much better. But to tie it into such a specific area is insane.
Where my inailedthat.com startup? A website that allowed people to post pictures of the people they have slept with?
Are any of these actually making money? Or is just they have pretty names and websites?
We at 2600Hz are both making money and have a pretty website!
who cares about making money these days, just kidding ;-)
Nilesh
BTW, we do http://www.infocaptor.com
Nilesh
BTW, we do http://www.infocaptor.com
How is this a Top Startup? This seems like a very novel idea to me. Some of these companies sound interesting but I think this list needs a little editing.