For the past few years, being the “Twitter for FILL-IN-THE-BLANK” has been a popular trend among startups. Now, we’re starting to see a shift. Several new startups are launching as the “Foursquare for FILL-IN-THE-BLANK.” And big brands are actually starting to take notice.
Miso is an iPhone app that incorporates the “check-in” idea with watching movies [...]
Tags: Apps, Badges, Bazaar, Big Time, Fre, Hot Potato, Hot Tub, Ins, Iphone, Mgm Studios, Miso, Ncaa Tournament, Realtime, Rotten Tomatoes, Starbucks, Startups, Sweepstakes, Time Machine, Tub Time, Twitter
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Sun, March 28 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
I didn’t have the same problems at SXSW this year that some people did. Was it too crowded at some events? Sure. But there were plenty of alternative things to do. Did some of the keynotes bomb? Yes. But there were plenty of other things to listen to. Did AT&T fail? No. Actually, they did [...]
Tags: Amp, Bomb, Creators, Fatigue, Hell, Hot Potato, Ins, Job, Keynotes, Loopt, Lot, Midst, Surprise, Twitter, Two Services, Venue
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Sat, March 20 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Pixelpipe, the service that lets you syndicate text, audio, video and image files to 120 different social networks, blogs and sites, is adding geolocation functionality to its site with a Foursquare integration. The true virtue of Pixelpipe’s service is the fact that it lets you publish all types of files to various social networks and [...]
Tags: Android, Api, Butterfield, Centralized Place, Ceo, Competitor, Facebook, Functionality, Hot Potato, Image Files, Mobile Devices, New Release, Page Sort, Profiles, Social Networks, Startups, Syndicate, True Virtue, Venue, Web Applications
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Sun, March 14 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Back in November of last year, the location-based social event service Hot Potato launched at our Realtime CrunchUp. Today, they’ve taken what was a solid service, and made it a lot better with a number of upgrades.
First and foremost, there is a new iPhone application that just went live in the App Store. With a [...]
Tags: Api, Austin Texas, Best Of Both Worlds, Case Basis, Click Of A Button, Future Events, Hot Potato, Integration, Iphone, Location Based Service, Metadata, Sxsw Festival, Techcrunch, Third Party, Tweets, Unveiling, Upload Photos, User Interface, Venue, Videos
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Fri, March 12 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
In case it wasn’t obvious, being an entrepreneur is risky business. Even those that get investments have a relatively small likelihood of a successful exit. So early-stage investment firm First Round Capital has a plan to alleviate some of the risk: an entrepreneur’s exchange fund.
For those not aware, an exchange fund in this regard is [...]
Tags: Company Founders, Entrepreneur, Exchange Fund, Financial Benefit, Hot Potato, Interview Techniques, Investment Firm, Josh Kopelman, Likelihood, Management Strategies, Managing Director, Michael Spencer, Mobile Payment, Portfolio Companies, Risky Business, Rockyou, Sales Leads, Stage Investment, Technical Management, Xobni
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Fri, January 29 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments