Profit posted their HOT 50 emerging growth companies recently - two things crossed my mind. It's amazing how you can get caught up in the tech sector and forget that there are a lot of startups in non-tech related spaces that are growing just as aggressively. Maybe I'm getting tunnel vision..
Second thing Simply Audiobooks #36 on the list. Are audiobooks that popular to generate revenues of $6.5MM? And are the Indigos and Amazons of the world really not covering this niche? Granted, their proft margin is negative on those revenues.
9.27.2007
HOT Fi'tty
9.02.2007
rankthisjob.com - t.o.
A friend of mine launched rankthisjob.com recently. A rankmyteachers.com for job hunters. While it's not a new idea, this application if done right, could be very valuable to job hunters. This is a really the one missing piece in the job hunt - you never REALLY know what the company is like until you start working there.
Check out the site and write a review, or look up old colleagues. Let's hope people are open enough to share their opinions on the site.
8.24.2007
Standoutjobs.com - mtl
Ran into this site a while ago - youtube meets monster? Sort of, but there is a lot more value for people who want to find out what companies are REALLY like before joining.
I agree with their About statment - the job (search) market is broken and really inefficient. I liked what I saw - although I think some of the videos looked too amature to me and they might hurt chances of the recruiting company. Does that make sense?
So I know there are other video mashup b-models in the works - youtube+myhood.ca, youtube+autotrader? Sphere: Related Content
8.21.2007
Pownce begging for some dough?
Pounce is asking me to Go Pro! on my account - what do I get? I can send 100MB files and not have to see any ads, all for $20 a year. Let's look at the proposition - I looked for some ads on the page to see how much cleaner it will be - there were none. I can use yousendit.com for free for large files - it involves a few more steps but is pretty easy. $20 a year - this is almost too LOW to think it brings me any value.
I had the same issue pricing my MP3 products - sure you have to price above your variable costs, but you also have to think about the message it sends. After my costs, I wanted to make sure people understood the quality of our tours in every aspect of the product (its sound, look, feel, AND price)
If I pay too little for something, I will think that it's, well, crap :)
I have to preface this note with the fact that I'm pretty big social outcast on Pownce and don't have the network to see the value of this.
Red Canary - a site I found recently. It has a good collection of posts and profiles of startups, mostly in the software space.
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