Archive for May, 2007
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Friday, May 11th, 2007Inluu has been in super secret mode for many months now, but several recent posts on the Inluu blog have revealed the core idea of the project. Inluu stands for “in lieu of you.” The site uses a “human proxy engine” to learn about you and build a map of your memories. […]
The Next Web Conference
Friday, May 11th, 2007Looks like a cool web conference, “The Next Web Conference”, is coming up that features a wide spread of European web 2.0 companies. Worth checking out.
Here is the recent list of submitted startups:
Wakoopa
Submitted by: Wouter Broekhof (Co-founder)
Tagline: Use it, track it, share it
Weblog: blog.wakoopa.com
Visitopia
Submitted by: Atze Zwirs (Managing Director)
Tagline: Visitopia. Where the […]
KillerStartups.com - Launch Here
Thursday, May 10th, 2007On May 3rd, KillerStartups.com passed an impressive milestone - 1,000 Internet startups reviewed after only three months!
KillerStartups has an interesting twist to a normal startup profiler; they let readers vote on what will be a hot company in the future. From video to mobile; nearly 20 startups are profiled each day. Users can submit new […]
MacMeter - Voting on What’s Hot in the Apple/Mac Community
Wednesday, May 9th, 2007Louisville entrepreneur Ben Thomas recently launched MacMeter, his third entry into the web startup world. MacMeter is a niche social voting site where users submit and rank stories about Apple and/or Macs. Ben considers the site to be like Digg, without all the noise.
My reason for creating this site was definitely not to […]
Name Pros - A Resource for ‘Domainers’
Wednesday, May 9th, 2007Who among us has had a frustrating time securing a good URL? I’m guessing just about everyone. While it is one of the most critical components of an internet company’s marketability, the process of finding a good domain is like searching for the Holy Grail. Okay, maybe it’s not quite that bad, […]
The Realignment of America - Why The Future of Tech is Outside the Valley
Tuesday, May 8th, 2007In today’s Wall Street Journal, Michael Barone discusses the realignment of America. It seems that Americans are moving out of the major coastal population centers and transplanting to the Heartland.
The nation’s center of gravity is shifting: Dallas is now larger than San Francisco, Houston is now larger than Detroit, Atlanta is now larger than […]
Startup2.0: Top 15 Euro Web Startups
Tuesday, May 8th, 2007Read/Write Web has another great post about European Web 2.0 startups. This time, they introduce the finalists for Startup2.0, a European competition for the Top 15 Best Web Startups. The event for the finalists will be held in Madrid, and then the final 5 selected will present in Bilbao.
Included in the finalists is Meneame, which […]
Speedpitching
Monday, May 7th, 2007Ever wondered how “speedpitching” works? Line up some investors, line up some entrepreneurs, give them 7 minutes to make their case. Could you be convincing? Here is a video about how it works.
BizNik - Radical Self Promotion
Monday, May 7th, 2007BizNik is a “business-building social network for indie professionals.” Founded in Seattle, WA, Biznik promotes an event centric rather than a chapter centric model of business networking. All of the events I could find seemed to take place in or near Seattle, but there’s nothing to prevent you from starting an event in […]
Harrisonburg, VA getting wired up!
Sunday, May 6th, 2007Business Week has a neat article on the upgrade to IPv6 in Harrisonburg, Virgina. IPv6 is the next “version” of the internet, and it will make way for more IP addresses as the internet expands at phenomenal rates. Over time, all areas will most likely upgrade to this protocol, but one small town in the […]
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