DISQUS

I should get free coffee because I am trying to change the world, one website at a time. jarrod[at]slamwire[dot[com

Congrats to everyone involved in this project, what a cool idea! I will start things off with my reaction to each pitch, as if it was given to me... you know, in an elevator...

Transpondr: A very solid biz idea. I would, however, remove the word "count" from your elevator pitch. It over simplifies what you are doing, and as someone hearing that I think "count? I can do that! Why do I need you?" Solid product though.

LogoBid: This is a new twist on a type of site that has existed for a while (elance.com comes to mind). I do like your angle on helping the artist build up their portfolio (that is a real selling point to them) but my doubts are: A) artists will continue to create logos if they are rejected more than a few times, and B) that companies will flock to this when there are more established options. My suggestions: retool the idea to focus a little more on the artist. Expand on that "portfolio builder" idea and give them some tools to build an online portfolio, which will encourage them to stick around if they get rejected a few times ("hey, at least I am building a cool portfolio on here").

Publicitr: Your pitch is very poor. At first, I thought it was a solution for small companies who need PR (which is a great idea) but truthfully, it doesn't seem like what you do can be considered PR. And although I am sure your product is cool, after reading that, I have no idea what you do other than offer a convoluted SEO solution, and those are a dime a dozen.

Siphs: I wasn't aware that this service wasn't available to smaller publishers and companies. That is a good sign that you have a good idea. Word of mouth marketing is a hot industry.

Zambino: this is a FANTASTIC idea, and its a wonder no one has done this before. I am not sure if it will work longterm, but it could, and I can guarantee that marketers will give this a shot. Very good pitch also. Maybe a tad wordy, but excellent.

wow... that didn't take long for that one to bomb out.

Thats what happens when you are a Prime Time Player on the internet. You run out of bandwidth. That means you are attracting more people to your site than you had planned for. So I guess congrats are in order!

This is an AWESOME post. I have been ranting for a long time that the music industry is morphing into something that survives on tangible products (t-shirts and what not) and live shows. Gone are the days that a band sells plastic disks with their music on it. It's too easy to duplicate, as you point out. To be a rock star these days, you have to be an entrepreneur to market your bands live shows and make money that way. The recipe for a successful musician in the future is 1 part Axel Rose, 1 part Steve Jobs.

This is a great post! I am going to share it with some of my colleagues.

My Nominations
realtorclix - realtorclix.com - (Niche and Miscellaneous Social Networks)

yardbarker - yardbarker.com - (Sports and Fitness)

igoogle - www.google.com - (Start Pages)

Grooveshark - grooveshark.com - (Music)

Realtorclix.com in the niche social network category.

We are a social networking site for real estate professionals that gives our members the tools to blog, advertise listings, chat, and network with one another.

nomination for Niche Social Network: realtorclix.com

Nomination: Realtorclix.com

About a year ago, I posted about how Vista could be Microsoft's Alamo. With all of the hype surrounding it and more wolves knocking at the door (google, Mac) they absolutely had to get it right. After endless setbacks for the release of the OS, it seems they still didn't even improve on XP, much less reinvent themselves as they previously said they would. The door is WIDE open for another operating system to take hold.

I did the same thing that you did, Steve, when I read that Facebook had gotten it's valuation... I did the "per user" math. However, I couldn't find a consensus number on how many users they have. According to the oft-wrong wikipedia... they have 42 million. Either way.. its an astronomical number. $600 per user? Lets say it IS 42 million. That is still around $350 per user, which sets a WILD precedent. Who would have thought when Newscorp bought myspace that it would be a STEAL at 500+ million.

good stuff. It will be interesting to see what emerges from that conference. My guess is that 2-3 projects become instant "hot commodities" just for being spoke highly of at TC40. It will be an all-out death match to get into the next one they have.

any speculation on what phone carriers may be involved when it rolls out?

This is an excellent post that I have forwarded to my entire team.

Wonder if the next gen iphone will use google OS?

Funny stuff. T-minus 2 weeks until big papa google makes this a non-issue

This is a great post, and you can get alot of information by looking at the common theme's in each guys comments. Inspirational.

This subject has come up before, and my position has not changed. While working in the valley has it's advantages, I find the idea that you can't make things happen outside of California sort of ironic. The internet is the one industry where location is irrelevant. While it may be a much slower climb when you do it outside the valley, I believe you set yourself up for long term success better when you can stay out of the arms race.

I'd like an invite. This sounds like an interesting spin on the music sharing industry.

This could have some serious shockwaves for new projects in the future. The forthcoming "web 3.0" movement of third-party data categorization will dealt a serious blow if this goes through. Hopefully the judge in this case understands what is at stake.

Since the internet is new, let’s look at an example with a more traditional media: TV. If NBC broadcast live from a baseball game and someone jumps in front of the camera and blurts out that Bill Murphy's wife is sleeping around on him, does Bill have the right to sue NBC?

Internet searches act like a TV camera that is perpetually on a live feed. They aren't creating what you see, only transmitting it as it comes. Google will have some high powered lawyers on this and I am sure they will win, but in the off chance that they lose, the slope has just gotten slippery.

Great stuff steve. So far, google calendar has done everything I need in a very efficient way. It did, however, take some SERIOUS time (and a few not-so-succesful hacking attempts) to get GooCal to sync up with my windows mobile devices calendar. Just in case anyone was curious, ogg sync is a beautiful thing.