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January 3, 2008

THU 3 JAN

Nominate your startup to Webware 100 By Marcelo Calbucci

    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.

 

 

January 7, 2008

MON 7 JAN

Seattle Startup Index - Dec/2007 By Marcelo Calbucci

 

    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 9, 2008

WED 9 JAN

Start-up Junkies: Exclusive seats for Seattle 2.0 readers By Marcelo Calbucci

 

    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 10, 2008

THU 10 JAN

WSA Investment Forum is looking for early-stage companies By Marcelo Calbucci

 

    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.

 

THU 10 JAN

Event: 13th WSA Industry Achievement Awards By Marcelo Calbucci

 

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.

 

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