500 Startups Adds 21 New Companies

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Post by turoczy » Thu, Jun 09, 2011, 4:31 PM UTC

500 Startups Adds 21 New Companies
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Post by WasabiVentures » Thu, Jun 09, 2011, 5:24 PM UTC

Nice mention for Paul.

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Post by parane » Thu, Jun 09, 2011, 5:31 PM UTC

some really silly names...

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Post by samstokes » Thu, Jun 09, 2011, 5:39 PM UTC

parane wrote: post #3

some really silly names...

Agreed: HelloWorld?

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Post by teh » Thu, Jun 09, 2011, 5:54 PM UTC

Roughly 1/3 of them are a front page with an email box. Nice way to check for interest.

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Post by scottkrager » Thu, Jun 09, 2011, 6:03 PM UTC

AppGrooves - personalized app discovery

BugHerd - site down update:js embed widget for website/design changes/feedback

Cardinal Blue - photo/chat collaboration

Culture Kitchen - cooking classes targeting lower-income immigrant women

DailyAisle - online wedding planning

HelloWorld - auto-generated Github resume

Kibin - online editing marketplace (essays, resumes, etc)

LaunchBit - interactive ebook to launch a minimum viable idea (for non-programmers)

LaunchRock - Viral Launching soon widget

Ovia - online video interviewing

Scoopola - 1/2 price last minute concert/theatre deals

Snapette - photo sharing for fashionistas (bags/shoes)

StoryTree - capture & preserve family memories online

Tout - email templates

Vayable - deals and guides to experiences around the globe

VidCaster - Video websites

Volta - A/B testing for outbound phone calls

VVall - Photo capture with memory analytics?

Welcu - online event planning

Zerply - LinkedIn 2.0

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Post by jjm » Thu, Jun 09, 2011, 6:09 PM UTC

teh wrote: post #5

Roughly 1/3 of them are a front page with an email box. Nice way to check for interest.

This tells me that they're still in the problem/solution discovery process.

Which further tells me they don't have 'traction' or any of the metrics Dave McClure usually looks for (pirate metrics, http://www.slideshare.net/dmc500hats/startup-metrics-for-pir...). Would that be 'Idea stage'?

I could be 100% wrong and then some, but would very much like to know, and how they got funding...

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Post by arepb » Thu, Jun 09, 2011, 6:12 PM UTC

Volta is the one on here I'm most interested in checking out when it's up. They are doing AB testing for outbound phone.

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Post by arfrank » Thu, Jun 09, 2011, 6:14 PM UTC

scottkrager wrote: post #6

AppGrooves - personalized app discovery BugHerd - site down update:js embed widget for website/design changes/feedback Cardinal Blue - photo/chat collaboration Culture Kitchen - cooking classes targeting lower-income immigrant women DailyAisle - online wedding planning HelloWorld - auto-generated Github resume Kibin - online editing marketplace (essays, resumes, etc) LaunchBit - interactive ebook to launch a minimum…

Bugherd, last time I used it, did a js embed widget for website/design changes/feedback. May have changed, but it was a neat idea then.

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Post by scottkrager » Thu, Jun 09, 2011, 6:16 PM UTC

arepb wrote: post #8

Volta is the one on here I'm most interested in checking out when it's up. They are doing AB testing for outbound phone.

Agreed, of that list I signed up for them and then was already using Tout.

I love A/B testing websites, why not sales calls?