41–50 of 155 posts
iSpy ( http://iSpyApp.com ) is a Real World Game that gets you off your ass and OUT experiencing life. Its a location based scavenger hunt game that uses photography to make exploration fun and social, anytime, anywhere. http://bit.ly/ispyapp [iTunes Link]
Waiting on hold sucks. You call, navigate the prompts to the right department and then wait on hold, listening to terrible music and reminders of your importance.
We want to spin that around.
Instead, you tell us who you want to talk to at Verizon (eg someone in the billing dept) and we'll have them call you.
In making it, we've tried to be guided by YC's "make something useful" reminder, along with the importance of solving a real pain.
Created with Paul Singh (hn:paulsingh). We'd love your feedback, and please take it for a spin!
PS: We're adding companies as quickly as possible, but if we're missing one that you use, please let us know and we'll bump it up the list.
Edited to improve elevator pitch win quotient.
GuideMe users create a structured question for their specific dining situation and ask their social networks as well as the GuideMe community who then all give suggestions back on GuideMe making it easy to aggregate, organize and see information about the places suggested. Your friends often give the best personal recommendations along with great tips and stories to go with it.
For people not from San Francisco, it can always be tough to find out where to go to get an outstanding meal.
I don't have a startup myself, but I nominate Dustin Curtis' LifePath ( http://lifepath.me ). It's not launched, but it looks cool.
I'm with Appfluence. I'm part of a team of 5 (mostly Stanford grads) taking on an innovative visual approach to project management. We've been selected as one of 11 winners for the Stanford BASES Forge competition, out of 50 competitors. This is how we are describing ourselves:
Priority Matrix is an innovative visual management tool that organizes your tasks, ideas, and priorities. Priority Matrix is fast, flexible, and connected to the cloud: allowing you to take your ideas with you wherever you go. Priority Matrix lets you plan individually or collaboratively on multiple platforms in multiple dimensions. Get it today at appfluence.com.
We hope to get considered. This is my contact: hai@appfluence.com
Cheers,
Hai
Zazu's ( http://getzazu.com ) heading over to the Bay Area from Boston right around then to meet people. We'd love to be there, it'd be an absolutely spectacular way to meet people! Oh right, should probably tell y'all what we do: We're building Jarvis from Iron Man -- though we're starting a little less grandiose and building the world's most kickass alarm clock.
Is it free? Is there a paid version where a real live person reads my message to me?
In fact, now I think I might hack this up to run as an timer on my laptop.
Where can I buy zazu?
I don't have a startup myself, but I nominate Dustin Curtis' LifePath ( http://lifepath.me ). It's not launched, but it looks cool.
But that's just a landing page, not a product. We(at least, I) don't even have an idea what it is