January 30, 2008
There are quite a few people that have lots of wisdom and experience to share, but don't have time to create a blog of their own. Last year, we did the same offering and got great posts from Janis Machala, John Calian, Ian Lurie and Christopher Johnson. How it works? You send me your text by email and I post for you. That's it! What topics to write? Anything that is useful for a startup or an entrepreneur (or entrepreneur-to-be): Business Law, Marketing, Business Strategy, Recruiting, R&D, Funding, Financial, Real Estate, International, etc. Sorry, but no technical posts on Windows vs. Linux. There are enough of those already on the Web. Any writing guidelines? Yes, two. First, use a personal voice ("I" instead of "we") and write as if you were writing to a friend. Second, assume you are writing to somebody that is just getting started and you'll give him the ultimate advice on that topic. Personal success/failures stories are always better than hypothetical situations. Don't hesitate in contacting me if you have an idea but don't know how to develop it. We can work together and do some back-and-forth to flush it out.
January 29, 2008
The great Ignite Seattle is back (after a long pause). This is a "life hacking" event where 16 people present for 5 minutes on topics that range from how to buy a car, how to open a startup, hacking chocolate and many interesting topics for geeks in general. It's also a great networking event. Right now until Feb/10 you can submit your talk to present at Ignite Seattle on February/19. I strongly recommend to anyone who's not afraid of making a fool of himself. If you are thinking on presenting, read my version of how *not* to do it.
January 25, 2008
[Marcelo's Note: Two days ago I blogged about all the healthcare startups in Seattle. Bob Crimmins wrote an excellent comment and I asked him to convert it to a blog post] Spring boarding off of Marcelo’s salient post about the apparent abundance of healthcare startups in Seattle, I wanted to add a few observations. Speaking as one of the founders of iMedExchange (a social network exclusively for physicians), I and my fellow comrades have been watching this space actively for a few years. Here are some thought about why healthcare, why Seattle and why now. Why Healthcare? At $2 trillion dollars and growing, the US healthcare industry is the single largest non-military market on the planet. It's also one of the most complex and one of the most broken industries. In terms of administrative technology (as opposed to clinical tech) the healthcare industry has lagged virtually every other industry of any significance. In fact, despite endless studies that purport to show that electronic medical records systems reduce costs, reduce mistakes and generally improve the quality of care, the rate of adoption remains glacial. Add to the mix a broad movement toward consumer-directed healthcare, a kludgey claim reimbursement process, government mandates, regulatory compliance issues, the fact that everyone, everywhere needs it all the time, recession or not, and about a hundred other factors and it's easy to see why healthcare is an attractive industry -- lots of opportunities. Why now? An obvious factor is an aging population -- which means many more sick people along with lots of new opportunities to treat them... and sell them a ton of stuff. But, actually, it's not really a "now" thing... unless "now" covers the last hand full of years. There have been a truck load of healthcare startups coming out of Seattle for at least the last half dozen years, including OneHealthPort, MedOrder, ClearMed, OnHealth (acquired by WebMD), PracticePartner, TransVerio, 3DGrid Healthcare Solutions, and a bunch of others that I can't quite recall at the moment -- some have come and gone. A couple of more recent forays not on your list are Clarity Health and PeerWisdom. As for why Seattle? I'm not sure, actually. There are some significant healthcare related players up here, including Harbor View, Seattle Cancer Center, Frazier Health Ventures, WellPoint, even Overlake Hospital has a venture fund. Combined with the tech influence of Microsoft, Adobe, Amazon and others I suppose it’s a pretty rich target environment. I also suspect that other major technical market might also be hot beds of healthcare startups, e.g., New Your, San Francisco, Boston, etc. As for us over at iMedExchange, we're taking a different tact from the vast majority of healthcare startups. While most healthcare startups are go after clinical information management or chasing the healthcare consumer, we're focused on the doctors as people. By providing a value add social networking context for doctors to connect we're aiming to build the most useful place on the Web for physicians. Good luck to all the Seattle startups out there, healthcare or otherwise!!
---- Bob Crimmins is the Founder and CTO of iMedExchange.
January 23, 2008
I've always been fascinated with the fact that certain industries of an industry end up agglomerating themselves in the same region. As in Internet startups in San Francisco, car makers in Detroit, advertising agencies in New York, movie studios in LA, etc. But if you look at sub-segments of an industry this happens as well, you can certainly making multiple trend cases for Seattle. Case in point: Web-based Health/Wellness startups. While working on categorizing the startups for next month's SSI, I found a curiosity to the say the least. There are quite a few startups tacking social network or services for the health conscious. If you look at the list below, the founders come mostly from tech companies, so we can't blame this cluster on some major drug maker. What could it be then? Here are some startups from the list that fit that criteria: Healia Personalized health search engine iMedExchange Online community for physicians Limeade Online wellnes system for employees RealSelf Review and information on anti-aging products Sweat365 Social network for athletes to track daily routines Trusera Social network for people to find health information Zeenami Help people achieve personal goals like lose weight or quit smoking Any web-health startup in Seattle that I'm missing?
January 22, 2008
January 17, 2008
This blog is growing really fast. Faster than I feel comfortable with because this growth puts pressure on me to write better, more often and more valuable content. Some stats worth sharing: - Users receiving updates via email: 80
- Feed subscribers: 200-300 (108 from Google Reader)
- Last 30 days:
- 2,510 Unique Visitors
- 6,250 Page Views
- In-bound links: 119 (Technorati)
- Technorati Rank: 162,356
January 15, 2008
If you are thinking about founding or joining a startup, or if you already have (or work for) a startup, you should take a look at these resources: 1) Northwest Entrepreneur Network www.nwen.org NWEN is a non-profit organizations focused on providing entrepreneurs with online tools, seminars, networking events and other resources for all kinds of entrepreneurs at different stages of developing their startup. The Venture Breakfast is a must go if you are just getting started and need to get some connections going. Some of their seminars and talks are very good, although sometimes they are less interesting for Technology startups. They also put together two interesting annual events: The Entrepreneur University (EU) at the fall and the Early Stage Investment Forum (ESIF) in the spring. EU is very interesting. You can see a few entrepreneurs talk and meet lots of interesting people. ESIF was not so great in 2007, but is one of the biggest events in town.
2) Washington’s Technology Association
www.wsa.org The WSA is a non-profit organization representing more than 1,000 member technology companies and providing resources, training, seminars, events and a whole lot more with regards to policy making, technology, networking and entrepreneurship. They have not been very strong on the “startup” focus, but they are moving more into better serve local startups and entrepreneurs. Their flagship events are the Industry Achievement Awards and the Investment Forum.
3) Alliance-of-Angels
www.allianceofangels.com AoA is also a non-profit which is subdivision of the Technology Alliance group. They are composed of angel investors (and a few VCs) and they are mostly focused on their monthly luncheon where 4 startups have to pitch to about 50-60 people. Most of the folks at AoA are ex-Microsoft. They also provide seminars and trainings for entrepreneurs and have recently tipped their toes into the blog water. Now, you should absolutely try to get your company through the AoA submission process and the number one reason is not because of funding, but to get Rebecca Lovell, AoA program manager, feedback on your slides and pitch.
4) Keiretsu Forum - Seattle Chapter
www.k4seattle.com Keiretsu (a.k.a. K4) is a for-profit organization that focuses on deal-flows, i.e., bringing startups in front of angel investors. The tough part of K4 is the price tag to present at their Forum meetings. For a bootstrapped startup is probably a no-go, but if you can afford you should consider the possibility of raising money. The biggest mistake a company can do is to present too early on Keiretsu. Keiretsu has a very wide range of investors, so, expect lots of strange questions on your Tech startup pitch.
5) Seattle 2.0 Blog
www.seattle20.com
I have to list ourselves, don’t I? Seattle 2.0 is about bringing information to tech entrepreneurs, investors and service providers from entrepreneurs, investors and service providers. We post about events, news, awards, and from time to time we have guest bloggers writing intelligent meaningful posts (as opposed to what I write). We don’t have a job board (yet) and we don’t organize events (yet). It’s a must subscribe blog if you are (or will be) an entrepreneur or investor, or thinking about joining a startup.
6) Seattle Tech Startup
www.seattletechstartups.com STS is a group created by the founders of BillMonk. The core of the STS is their distribution list which I believe to have more than 500 people from all kinds of backgrounds. There is a lot of discussion about technology, server hosting, PR, web design, etc. It’s totally worth subscribing to, although you should expect the traditional flood of emails from time to time, flame-wars, and the “me too” messages which add very little value (e.g. “I agree with Bob<eom>”). STS also organizes sporadic events where a few entrepreneurs give a talk on some technology.
7) nPost
www.npost.com nPost is the startup for startups. It was founded by Nathan Kaiser and in case you have a startup and haven’t met Nathan, you should. They organize events, have lots of resources on their site -- including interviews with entrepreneurs -- and have a few exclusive distribution lists. nPost also has one of the best job boards for startups.
8) MIT Enterprise Forum
www.mitwa.org The MITEF are most about training and a dinner for networking. The topics they cover are quite varied and most of the time not of very much value for an entrepreneur, although they are mostly interesting overall.
9) Other Investment Groups
There are quite a few investment groups like the Puget Sound Venture Club (the oldest?), Zino Society (Wine + Investment, isn’t there a law against drinking and driving companies?), The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), Tacoma Angel Network (TAN), etc.
10) Venture Capitalists
There are all kinds and shapes of VCs for all kinds and shapes of startups. Some suck, some are ok, some are great, but all of them are expecting handsome returns on their investment, so if you are in a 10 million dollar market you might skip VCs because they won’t invest on your business. Here are a few for you to check out: Fluke Ventures, Ignition Partners, Madrona Ventures, Maveron, Monster, OVP, Seapoint, Second Avenue Partners, Voyager, Vulcan, etc.
11) Law Firms
There is no shortage of law firms around here, and no shortage of individual lawyers. The questions that come up are always like “Go with big firm or small boutique?”, “Local or national?”. The fact is that it matters very little, at least for the basic corporate stuff. It matters when you are trying to raise funds to get a well connected lawyer, or when you are on a very specific space where the business deals require complicated terms. Some of the more well known firms, include: Davis Wright Tremaine, Dorsey & Whitney, Perkins Coie, Stanislaw Ashbaugh, Stoel Rives, Summit Law Group, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.
12) Other Events
There is a lot going on in Seattle and vicinity right now. A few groups/events worth mentioning include: Open Coffee (organized by Andy Sack of Judy’s Book every Tuesday 8:30 AM at Louisa's), Lunch 2.0 (organized by Josh Maher), Ignite Seattle (organized by Brady Forrest of O’Reilly Radar), Gnomedex (Once a year all geek event put on by Chris Pirillo), Biznik (a business networking site), StartPad (put together by Mike Koss including a wiki, events and pay-per-month office space)
13) Blogs by those who walk the walk
By far, the best resource an entrepreneur can get is to learn by the mistake and successes of others doing similar things. And, thankfully, there is no lack of good entrepreneurs blogging openly about their challenges and achievements. Amongst the best blogs you can subscribe to (check Seattle Blog List for a more comprehensive list), you can find: Andy Sack (Judy’s Book), Glenn Kelman (Redfin), Marcelo Calbucci (aka me)(Sampa), Kevin Merritt (blist), Bryan Starbuck (TalentSpring), Dave Schappell (TeachStreeet) and many more.
14) Press Bloggers
Of course I could not skip the John Cook’s Venture Blog (Seattle P-I) and Brier Dudley (Seattle Times)
January 10, 2008
Event: nPost Networking Event for Tech Startups [link] Date: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 Time: 6:00 PM Venue: Del Rey, Seattle Price: Free
January 10, 2008
Here is another exclusive for Seattle 2.0 readers... Sun Microsystems is hosting an all day event next Wednesday (Jan/16) in Bellevue with Scott McNealy to talk about their products and roadmap. Here is their invite: Sun Microsystems would like to extend a personal invitation to IT Executives of the Seattle 2.0 blog to participate in and attend an Executive Briefing that we are hosting in Bellevue next Wednesday January 16th 8a – 6:30p. This is an exclusive invite only event that we have the opportunity to host once annually in the Seattle area and is normally reserved for large Seattle accounts and their top IT Executives. We have been able to secure a few additional invites in support of our Start Up/Web 2.0 community in Seattle to demonstrate our commitment to the Start Up community. Our top Sun executives, including Scott McNealy – Chairman of Sun's Board will be presenting. There is no charge for the event and we plan it to be at capacity.
Please email Michael Katz ( Michael.katz@sun.com) for additional details and to register for the event. This event is not open to the press. And the Agenda: 8:00-8:30 AM Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:30-8:45 AM Executive Welcome
8:45-10:15 AM Sun's Corporate Vision and Strategy Brian Wilson, Distinguished Director & CTO - Market Development
10:15-10:30 AM Break
10:30-5:30 PM Hourly briefings from top subject matter experts on a number of topics by best in class presenters - includes a working lunch
10:30-11:30 AM Sun Storage Roadmap and Strategy Chris Wood, CTO Global Storage Practice
11:30-11:45 AM Break Bring Lunch back to room
11:45-12:45 PM x86 and x64 Strategy Tom Malak, x64 Specialist
12:45-1:00 PM Break
1:00-2:00 PM Solaris 10 Angel Comacho, Technical Marketing Manager
2:00-2:20 PM Break
2:10-3:10 PM UltraSPARC Nick Suh, Senior Field Development Manager, Systems Marketing
3:10-3:20 PM Break
3:20-4:20 PM Executive Conversation Scott McNealy, Sun Microsystems Chairman of the Board
4:20-4:30 PM Break
4:30-5:30 PM Virtualization Serge Nadon, Solaris Ambassador
5:30-7:00 PM Wine and Cheese Reception
January 10, 2008
Joe McCarthy of InterRelativity made a great suggestion. Why not create a list of links with great content for entrepreneurs and startups? And here it is. The list has only one link so far (which was suggested by Joe BTW) and I'm sure you know of at least one or two great articles or blog posts you've read on the past that deserve to be on that list. If you do, send it to me at marcelo@sampa.com.
January 10, 2008
Event: The 13th Annual Industry Achievement Awards [link] Date: Thursday, February 7, 2008 Time: 5:00 - 9:00 PM Venue: Westin Hotel, Seattle Price: Until Jan/17: Members $115, non-memembers $195. After Jan/17: Members $145, Non-members $230 Presenters: Awards will be given on the following categories: - Breakthrough Technology of the Year: Next IT, TravellingWave, Zumobi
- Business Product of the Year: Bio Password, Tableau Software, Formotus
- Consumer Product or Service of they Year: Picnik, Redfin, Yapta
- Service Provider of the Year: Slalom Consulting, GrapeCity, Ramp Group
- Technology Innovator of the Year: Fred Brown (Next IT), Bryan Mistele (Inrix), Brian Roundtree (SNAPin)
- Best use of Technology in the Goverment Non-Profit or Education Sector: eCityGov Alliance, King County District Court and Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
- Technology Leader of Tomorow: Jeniffer Chen, William Yip, Travis Duell.
January 10, 2008
Yesterday the Washington's State Association (WSA) started accepting applications for their annual Investment Forum that happens in April. Different from previous years, they joined forces with the Alliance of Angels to get more early-stage companies showcasing their new idea to investors. This is not the place to present your company if all you have is an idea, but if you have a beta product or is about to launch a beta product on the next 6 months or so, this might be a great opportunity to get to present to a bunch of investors at once. From my own (painful) experience, talking with investors takes a lot of time and resources and if you can give a presentation to several investors at once is definitely a time saver. The flip side is that if you screw up your presentation you screw up for all of them at once. To prevent that, make sure you presented to a least 2 investors (at separate occasions) and get their feedback so you can adapt the presentation/pitch to what investors are more interested in knowing. Anyway, the deadline to submit your application is February 8. Leah Van Zee (lvanzee at-wsa.org) is the event organizer and can answer specific questions not addressed at the site.
January 9, 2008
This is a first for the Seattle 2.0 blog, but Steve Groenier, Sr. Director of Marketing, and Ron Wiener, CEO of Earth Class Mail gave about 50 seats exclusively to readers of this blog to attend the sneak preview of "Start-Up Junkies" a reality show giving the behind the scene view of life on a start-up. The event will be on the Microsoft Conference Center Wednesday (Jan/16) next week @ 7:30 PM. How do you get one of the exclusive Seattle 2.0 reserved seats? Simple, send email to jessica.grimes@earthclassmail.com with this subject line "Start-Up Junkies: Invited by Seattle 2.0". And, no, Paris Hilton will not be there. Here is more info about the event.
January 7, 2008
Welcome to the New Year with a new list of the Seattle startups indexed by their Alexa and Compete ranking. This edition is called December/2007 because it reflects the data of that month. Since I get a lot of complaints every time I publish this new list, I hope anyone reading this list understands that Alexa, Compete and pretty much every Internet stats service (comScore, Hitwise, Quantacast, etc.) have huge margins of errors because of their sample-based nature. So, take this list with a grain of salt and use it for fun only. | # | Company | Alexa Rank | Compete Rank | Average Rank | Index Change | | 1 | iLike | 2,830  | 818 | 1,824 | - | | 2 | Intelius | 3,792 | 103  | 1,947 | - | | 3 | Zillow | 3,582 | 863 | 2,222 | - | | 4 | 43 Things (Robot Co-op) | 4,240 | 1,289 | 2,764 | - | | 5 | SEOmoz | 1,958 | 5,070 | 3,514 | - | | 6 | BuddyTV | 5,316 | 2,244 | 3,780 | - | | 7 | Wetpaint | 4,731 | 3,156 | 3,943 | - | | 8 | WidgetBucks | 4,128 | 4,441 | 4,284 | - | | 9 | ActiveRain | 8,434 | 6,000 | 7,217 | - | | 10 | PayScale | 15,618 | 2,719 | 9,168 | - | | 11 | Farecast | 19,768 | 1,755 | 10,761 | +1 | | 12 | SWiK | 8,875 | 12,981 | 10,928 | -1 | | 13 | Shelfari | 5,043 | 17,215 | 11,129 | - | | 14 | Picnik | 10,184 | 13,343 | 11,763 | +2 | | 15 | Jobster | 23,763 | 3,204 | 13,483 | -1 | | 16 | Jamglue | 17,139 | 10,166 | 13,652 | +2 | | 17 | ImageKind | 16,274 | 15,846 | 16,060 | +3 | | 18 | Mpire | 20,636 | 12,170 | 16,403 | -3 | | 19 | GarageBand.com | 31,654 | 4,448 | 18,051 | - | | 20 | SnapVine | 36,015 | 7,906 | 21,960 | +1 | | 21 | Redfin | 23,639 | 21,219 | 22,429 | +2 | | 22 | BigOven | 42,104 | 4,495 | 23,299 | +5  | | 23 | Bag Borrow or Steal | 44,484 | 4,459 | 24,471 | +1 | | 24 | Urban Spoon | 38,221 | 12,983 | 25,602 | +2 | | 25 | Judy's Book | 42,423 | 9,297 | 25,860 | -3 | | 26 | Faves (ex-BlueDot) | 29,768 | 22,426 | 26,097 | -9  | | 27 | ProgrammableWeb | 22,323 | 33,226 | 27,774 | -2 | | 28 | Sampa | 36,315 | 33,531 | 34,923 | - | | 29 | 3Guppies | 58,073 | 16,279 | 37,176 | - | | 30 | Jott Network | 47,658 | 28,598 | 38,128 | - | | 31 | Trailfire | 49,295 | 35,900 | 42,597 | +2 | | 32 | Jambool | 42,124 | 44,294 | 43,209 | +22 | | 33 | Menuism | 80,061 | 8,412 | 44,236 | +4 | | 34 | nuTsie.com | 53,158 | 38,482 | 45,820 | -3 | | 35 | Ohloh | 25,330 | 66,336 | 45,833 | -3 | | 36 | 43 Places (Robot Co-op) | 63,267 | 33,309 | 48,288 | -1 | | 37 | LiveMocha | 11,514 | 85,898 | 48,706 | -1 | | 38 | FEEDJIT | 35,760 | 62,292 | 49,026 | - | | 39 | Trumba | 106,910 | 13,952 | 60,431 | -5 | | 40 | Lists Of Bests (Robot Co-Op) | 91,003 | 30,102 | 60,552 | -1 | | 41 | Broadband Sports | 95,892 | 34,592 | 65,242 | +3 | | 42 | Yapta | 107,477 | 25,183 | 66,330 | -2 | | 43 | AdReady | 92,183 | 44,361 | 68,272 | +10 | | 44 | Atomic Moguls | 126,100 | 13,936 | 70,018 | -1 | | 45 | LandWatch (SecondSpace) | 129,658 | 11,594 | 70,626 | +1 | | 46 | Popshops | 56,548 | 93,970 | 75,259 | -5 | | 47 | RescueTime | 57,374 | 105,115 | 81,244 | -5 | | 48 | RealSelf | 132,079 | 34,809 | 83,444 | -1 | | 49 | Earth Class Mail | 78,046 | 91,128 | 84,587 | - | | 50 | Treemo | 119,211 | 66,516 | 92,863 | +9 | | 51 | GotVoice | 183,656 | 14,955 | 99,305 | -1 | | 52 | Walk Score | 140,089 | 65,700 | 102,894 | -4 | | 53 | All Consuming (Robot Co-Op) | 126,271 | 80,672 | 103,471 | +2 | | 54 | Biznik | 71,181 | 143,105 | 107,143 | -9 | | 55 | MyTypes | 70,226 | 146,132 | 108,179 | -4 | | 56 | Konnects | 90,046 | 135,383 | 112,714 | +15 | | 57 | Avvo | 181,572 | 57,765 | 119,668 | +1 | | 58 | MerchantOS | 101,091 | 150,041 | 125,566 | -2 | | 59 | Etelos | 165,444 | 93,109 | 129,276 | +11 | | 60 | 43 People (Robot Co-Op) | 146,317 | 116,721 | 131,519 | +2 | | 61 | Healia | 240,726 | 25,018 | 132,872 | -4 | | 62 | NewsCloud | 125,780 | 154,883 | 140,331 | -2 | | 63 | Movaya | 132,784 | 162,482 | 147,633 | +3 | | 64 | EyeJot | 143,645 | 155,904 | 149,774 | +19 | | 65 | nPost | 194,928 | 115,552 | 155,240 | -1 | | 66 | PeepCode | 142,586 | 169,624 | 156,105 | +11 | | 67 | Others Online | 177,125 | 139,294 | 158,209 | +14 | | 68 | Pluggd | 143,937 | 181,728 | 162,832 | -16 | | 69 | Wishpot | 166,216 | 161,129 | 163,672 | -4 | | 70 | Thrift Books | 283,740 | 61,389 | 172,564 | +9 | | 71 | Crush or Flush (IceBreaker) | 265,569 | 80,125 | 172,847 | +3 | | 72 | Cozi | 294,133 | 56,702 | 175,417 | -9 | | 73 | TripHub | 274,614 | 101,118 | 187,866 | -12 | | 74 | Estately | 227,344 | 151,122 | 189,233 | +4 | | 75 | Zoji | 123,599 | 268,910 | 196,254 | - | | 76 | Peppers and Pollywogs | 341,326 | 54,986 | 198,156 | +6 | | 77 | LexBlog | 266,537 | 132,457 | 199,497 | -5 | | 78 | Mercent | 373,694 | 29,462 | 201,578 | -9 | | 79 | PhoneSherpa | 304,695 | 119,353 | 212,024 | +1 | | 80 | Whrrl (Pelago) | 231,297 | 224,738 | 228,017 | -12 | | 81 | Zumobi | 267,444 | 195,443 | 231,443 | +18 | | 82 | Blist | 236,762 | 249,221 | 242,991 | -9 | | 83 | cumu.us | 343,342 | 150,441 | 246,891 | (new) | | 84 | ReelTime | 118,609 | 381,594 | 250,101 | -17 | | 85 | Likewise | 369,928 | 137,139 | 253,533 | +142 | | 86 | goChongo | 152,469 | 359,735 | 256,102 | +8 | | 87 | ResortScape (SecondSpace) | 396,506 | 120,557 | 258,531 | -1 | | 88 | Should Do This (Robot Co-Op) | 297,287 | 223,435 | 260,361 | -12 | | 89 | ZooDango | 323,663 | 205,277 | 264,470 | -2 | | 90 | SmartSheet | 306,254 | 255,064 | 280,659 | -6 | | 91 | Athleon | 238,615 | 327,712 | 283,163 | +20 | | 92 | Robot Co-op (43 Things) | 417,019 | 190,807 | 303,913 | +4 | | 93 | ClearStay.com | 328,156 | 313,988 | 321,072 | (new) | | 94 | mPoria | 396,625 | 265,964 | 331,294 | +35 | | 95 | ListenToYourWife | 551,711 | 164,116 | 357,913 | (new) | | 96 | Jackson Fish Market | 506,487 | 222,056 | 364,271 | -1 | | 97 | Wishlisting | 306,798 | 429,455 | 368,126 | -8 | | 98 | TeachStreet | 538,288 | 200,532 | 369,410 | +6 | | 99 | MixPo | 391,140 | 362,553 | 376,846 | -11 | | 100 | Dashwire | 290,579 | 490,631 | 390,605 | -10 | | 101 | SNAPforSeniors | 574,322 | 219,334 | 396,828 | +8 | | 102 | SimplifyThis | 442,989 | 355,709 | 399,349 | +1 | | 103 | SecondSpace | 484,340 | 345,523 | 414,931 | +2 | | 104 | Instacalc | 408,836 | 425,642 | 417,239 | -13 | | 105 | GridNetworks | 309,542 | 571,955 | 440,748 | -20 | | 106 | Fyreball | 566,715 | 332,761 | 449,738 | +33 | | 107 | Openomy | 385,381 | 533,540 | 459,460 | +16 | | 108 | Jookster | 407,699 | 523,788 | 465,743 | -10 | | 109 | PixPulse | 589,884 | 367,778 | 478,831 | -17 | | 110 | Ripl | 602,110 | 369,985 | 486,047 | -2 | | 111 | FlowPlay | 619,425 | 389,408 | 504,416 | -10 | | 112 | Pelago | 560,254 | 463,709 | 511,981 | -15 | | 113 | YourSports | 523,776 | 518,211 | 520,993 | -7 | | 114 | ActiveWords | 683,497 | 364,903 | 524,200 | -1 | | 115 | TalentSpring | 951,936 | 114,614 | 533,275 | +25 | | 116 | Medio Systems | 670,239 | 397,051 | 533,645 | +8 | | 117 | LiquidPlanner | 565,367 | 512,012 | 538,689 | - | | 118 | Scriptovia | 736,445 | 348,777 | 542,611 | +2 | | 119 | UberSquare | 529,589 | 557,744 | 543,666 | +15 | | 120 | Down2night | 604,823 | 500,881 | 552,852 | -13 | | 121 | InfiniteHoops | 467,223 | 639,559 | 553,391 | -6 | | 122 | PhotoSleeve | 365,866 | 764,748 | 565,307 | -20 | | 123 | ClayValet | 484,773 | 658,470 | 571,621 | -11 | | 124 | FeedWhip | 624,754 | 536,397 | 580,575 | -24 | | 125 | Bill Monk | 292,844 | 900,200 | 596,522 | -4 | | 126 | Paperspine | 898,283 | 294,788 | 596,535 | +80 | | 127 | Linebuzz | 793,783 | 405,238 | 599,510 | -13 | | 128 | Limeade | 684,268 | 517,711 | 600,989 | +57 | | 129 | PrestoGifto | 704,959 | 499,399 | 602,179 | +8 | | 130 | Invitastic (Jackson Fish Market) | 540,642 | 679,822 | 610,232 | -37 | | 131 | OwnYourPhone | 906,979 | 325,652 | 616,315 | -5 | | 132 | Just Cause | 676,999 | 561,339 | 619,169 | -7 | | 133 | Noonhat | 920,869 | 364,513 | 642,691 | -17 | | 134 | Inrix | 844,325 | 455,232 | 649,778 | -15 | | 135 | Melodeo | 1,075,800 | 283,761 | 679,780 | -17 | | 136 | The Phrogram Company | 805,280 | 562,299 | 683,789 | - | | 137 | Diffen | 977,576 | 420,810 | 699,193 | +1 | | 138 | TrenchMice | 902,344 | 499,445 | 700,894 | -5 | | 139 | Versionate | 478,137 | 960,970 | 719,553 | -17 | | 140 | HomeMovie | 844,527 | 611,625 | 728,076 | -13 | | 141 | Cocktail builder | 992,624 | 492,900 | 742,762 | -10 | | 142 | They're Beautiful (Jackson Fish Market) | 845,036 | 657,662 | 751,349 | -14 | | 143 | iMedExchange | 746,340 | 784,593 | 765,466 | +10 | | 144 | Lilipip | 1,357,007 | 215,407 | 786,207 | +53 | | 145 | DreamBox (SchoolSoft) | 695,223 | 907,379 | 801,301 | -13 | | 146 | Nearlyweds | 1,145,168 | 504,153 | 824,660 | -1 | | 147 | GlobalScholar.com | 1,287,999 | 367,748 | 827,873 | (new) | | 148 | inCampus | 1,382,897 | 274,864 | 828,880 | (new) | | 149 | SportsUltra | 1,307,377 | 384,935 | 846,156 | -19 | | 150 | Postacrime | 872,575 | 951,669 | 912,122 | -40 | | 151 | Smart Desktop | 1,121,292 | 713,385 | 917,338 | +41 | | 152 | CalendarData.com | 1,123,033 | 724,128 | 923,580 | -17 | | 153 | Zeenami | 947,902 | 944,580 | 946,241 | -12 | | 154 | You Just Get Me | 1,439,548 | 472,873 | 956,210 | +1 | | 155 | Sweat365 | 1,339,538 | 583,818 | 961,678 | (new) | | 156 | Bus Monster | 1,023,532 | 899,887 | 961,709 | -14 | | 157 | PilotOutlook | 1,309,981 | 643,284 | 976,632 | +6 | | 158 | Formotus | 1,422,467 | 532,235 | 977,351 | -12 | | 159 | Trusera | 1,130,560 | 842,686 | 986,623 | -10 | | 160 | Catch the Best | 1,393,213 | 601,148 | 997,180 | -16 | | 161 | SongSlide | 1,393,976 | 670,553 | 1,032,264 | -14 | | 162 | Cdigix | 1,188,391 | 946,754 | 1,067,572 | -11 | | 163 | SnapTune | 1,470,444 | 847,580 | 1,159,012 | -11 | | 164 | CoolToors | 1,935,921 | 495,354 | 1,215,637 | -16 | | 165 | Illumita | 1,938,670 | 611,244 | 1,274,957 | +12 | | 166 | EVRI | 1,766,175 | 927,238 | 1,346,706 | - | | 167 | CultureMob | 2,341,697 | 409,952 | 1,375,824 | (new) | | 168 | PhoneMyPhone (KeenScreen) | 2,233,430 | 678,449 | 1,455,939 | -14 | | 169 | Digini | 2,204,842 | 785,950 | 1,495,396 | +24 | | 170 | GeoJoey | 2,081,023 | 914,607 | 1,497,815 | +17 | | 171 | Overcast Media | 2,518,495 | 649,263 | 1,583,879 | -2 | | 172 | Poll Stacks | 2,360,305 | 831,090 | 1,595,697 | (new) | | 173 | Ontela | 2,305,224 | 964,683 | 1,634,953 | -9 | | 174 | Metafos | 2,743,541 | 553,981 | 1,648,761 | -14 | | 175 | Audiosocket | 2,802,461 | 690,772 | 1,746,616 | - | | 176 | EmptySpaceAds (KeenScreen) | 2,855,392 | 820,708 | 1,838,050 | -9 | | 177 | GoGoMo | 2,846,855 | 871,787 | 1,859,321 | -4 | | 178 | Style du Jour | 3,016,179 | 808,775 | 1,912,477 | -2 | | 179 | Knouen | 3,036,085 | 874,666 | 1,955,375 | -9 | | 180 | Frigy | 3,089,919 | 871,164 | 1,980,541 | -8 | | 181 | Tesly | 3,147,387 | 908,941 | 2,028,164 | -10 | | 182 | CellTell | 3,387,215 | 702,348 | 2,044,781 | -8 | | 183 | bluekai | 4,035,351 | 454,359 | 2,244,855 | (new) | | 184 | Trendi | 4,317,193 | 828,230 | 2,572,711 | -6 | | 185 | Transmutable | 4,550,874 | 781,590 | 2,666,232 | (new) | | 186 | Jakoba | 5,215,596 | 931,134 | 3,073,365 | -7 | | 187 | AudioFuse | 5,355,337 | 962,878 | 3,159,107 | -7 | | 188 | N2uitive | 6,911,623 | 934,812 | 3,923,217 | -7 | | 189 | NimbleBee | 7,698,887 | 670,148 | 4,184,517 | -7 | | 190 | Investment Yogi | 415,236 | ? | - | -7 | | 191 | izzyMe | 1,233,739 | ? | - | -5 | | 192 | Synapse | 1,274,301 | ? | - | -49 | | 193 | Instant Journalist | 1,508,393 | ? | - | -4 | | 194 | SynerG Software | 1,970,468 | ? | - | +10 | | 195 | Waggle Labs | 2,146,676 | ? | - | -45 | | 196 | Bioscreencast | 2,196,655 | ? | - | -28 | | 197 | Minecode | 2,209,651 | ? | - | -39 | | 198 | Appature | 2,296,270 | ? | - | -33 | | 199 | Yodio | 2,465,226 | ? | - | -9 | | 200 | XoomPad | 2,593,633 | ? | - | -5 | | 201 | MergeLab | 2,651,228 | ? | - | +1 | | 202 | RealityAllStarz | 2,680,057 | ? | - | -1 | | 203 | Conenza | 2,755,290 | ? | - | -44 | | 204 | Zumende | 2,799,078 | ? | - | -10 | | 205 | TrustedWord | 2,904,316 | ? | - | -43 | | 206 | Goose Networks | 3,067,763 | ? | - | -8 | | 207 | iCultur | 3,153,203 | ? | - | +1 | | 208 | PageForest | 3,359,426 | ? | - | -20 | | 209 | Spoken | 3,365,726 | ? | - | -13 | | 210 | FinancialJoe | 3,717,686 | ? | - | -49 | | 211 | Beyond Wine & Cheese | 3,852,408 | ? | - | -6 | | 212 | Collab-O-Matic | 3,870,927 | ? | - | -9 | | 213 | Altus Networks | 3,930,244 | ? | - | -14 | | 214 | Icebreaker | 4,417,199 | ? | - | -4 | | 215 | Biego | 4,512,197 | ? | - | -24 | | 216 | DigWorks | 4,594,730 | ? | - | -9 | | 217 | MobIncentive | 4,859,513 | ? | - | +3 | | 218 | Entering Startup | 5,365,665 | ? | - | -9 | | 219 | Beet Inc. | 5,688,378 | ? | - | -8 | | 220 | HyBlue | 6,738,961 | ? | - | -8 | | 221 | Super Oyester | 7,104,615 | ? | - | -7 | | 222 | CampusChai | 7,765,831 | ? | - | -22 | | 223 | Accelerated Pictures | 7,825,624 | ? | - | -8 | | 224 | Interrelativity | 7,846,947 | ? | - | -8 | | 225 | SiteScout | 9,139,228 | ? | - | -6 | | 226 | HomeSavvi (ex-AlphabetLane) | 9,399,756 | ? | - | (new) | | 227 | Phrasetrain | 11,096,638 | ? | - | -9 | | 228 | Grouped.com | ? | ? | - | -5 | | 229 | VoxPixel | ? | ? | - | +1 | | 230 | Fremont Forward | ? | ? | - | -1 | | 231 | imaPodHead | ? | ? | - | -14 | | 232 | SwitchGear | ? | ? | - | -6 | | 233 | TravellingWave | ? | ? | - | -11 | | 234 | Grads Wanted | ? | ? | - | -3 | | 235 | Human Proxy | ? | ? | - | -22 | | 236 | Alerts.com | ? | ? | - | (new) | | 237 | Chromed | ? | ? | - | (new) | | 238 | GimmeNow | ? | ? | - | -10 | | 239 | Zeebits | ? | ? | - | -14 | | 240 | Foranu | ? | ? | - | (new) | | 241 | Joingle | ? | ? | - | -17 | | 242 | Positive Motion | ? | ? | - | -21 | | 243 | ExtraHop Networks | ? | ? | - | -59 |
January 3, 2008
Happy new year! Here is a great opportunity to nominate your startup for a great award... Webware 100, the CNET's blog award, is accepting nominations starting now until January 25, 2008. They will select 10 companies on 10 different categories: Audio, Browsing, Commerce & events, Communications, Productivity, Publishing & Photography, Search & Reference, Social, Utility & Security and Video. Even if your startup doesn't win, being on the top 10 is guaranteed a fair amount of traffic and PR to your startup. This is for web-based only companies and you must have a public beta.
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