mike | Shared With: Everyone - May 07 2008 | seattle, startups, marketing
April Seattle 2.0 list is out. Faves is now in the top 10 (#9 by Alexa rank only).
Now with 282 companies on just this Seattle-based list, is it any wonder that web 2.0 companies are having a hard time getting heard above the noise? Now I can understand the importance of positioning and marketing:
- Provide a UNIQUE service (i.e. worth talking about)
- that somebody NEEDS
- and REACH them with targeted messages that
- EXPLAIN (briefly) how your product addresses their need.I don't know anything about 80% of the companies here - and I make it a point to follow Seattle startups!
- mike | Shared With: Everyone - 16 days ago | startups, seattle, npr, startpad
ResuceTime on NPR
Quoted: Outsource your daily task and stop making to-do lists in favor of don't do lists — these are just two of Timothy Ferriss' tips for a shorter work-week. The author of <em>The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich,</em> offers guidelines for a plush Blackberry-free life.
ShareViewed: 8 Times - mike | Shared With: Everyone - 21 days ago | startups, seattle, rescuetime, blogs
Tony's really good blog post about bootstrapping the financing of a web 2.0 startup. I like his definition of the 3 milestones your company has to reach.
ShareViewed: 28 Times - mike | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 11 2008 | amazon, startpad, startups, seattle, web development, aws
An AWS evangelist is going to be hanging out at Startpad once a month starting June 24th!
ShareViewed: 12 Times - mike | Shared With: Everyone - May 22 2008 | seattle, startups, sFive
I stopped in at sFive's event last night. AoA's Rebecca Lowell gave a great presentation. Dylan Rosario (self-proclaimed inventor of the pop-under ad) also showed off his fleeQ.com search engine widget.
I was happy to see Ron And Martina from European Weekly were there as well - I hope they can hook up with a good web developer to help them update their site.
ShareViewed: 5 Times - mike | Shared With: Everyone - May 12 2008 | seattle, startups
May 21st startup event.
Quoted: What: Are you an Early Stage Startup? This free event is a must attend.
Panel of experts, at designated stations will provide candid 5 minute reviews of your business. (Marketing, Financials, 30 second elevator, etc...) Come down to the U-District and get real feed back on your Exec Summary and network with other start-ups.ShareViewed: 5 Times - mike | Shared With: Everyone - May 02 2008 | education, startups, seattle, teachstreet, tutor
TeachStreet went "LIVE" on April 21. The site looks great - and I hope really useful. It's dedicated to helping you find local instructors for virtually any subject/topic/skill (think - find local music instructor).
Quoted: TeachStreet: Connecting Inquiring Minds with Inspiring Instructors in local face-to-face settings.
ShareViewed: 6 Times - mike | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 29 2008 | seattle, startups, wishpot, vc, rob monster, curious office
Wishpot gets an additional $1M in funding and Rob Monster takes a board seat.
Curious Office has been an early investor since Sept 2007 - looks like they converted into this A round.
ShareViewed: 4 Times - mike | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 25 2008 | web 2.0, seattle, startups
Good survey of the Web 2.0 scene in Seattle. Sampa and Ontela featured.
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ShareViewed: 23 Times - mike | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 19 2008 | events, startpad, seattle, calendar, startups
WSGR also is listing their talk at StartPad on their events calendar.
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