Comments on: Getting Your Startup on TechCrunch http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/09/getting-your-startup-on-techcrunch/ Startup and Technology News Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:22:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Omar's Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/09/getting-your-startup-on-techcrunch/#comment-1195606 Omar's Blog Fri, 09 Mar 2007 22:34:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/09/getting-your-startup-on-techcrunch/#comment-1195606 <strong>Web 2.0 Enterprise Forum...</strong> Techcrunch, the Web 2.0 news blog (and number 3 highest ranked blog on Technorati), just announced a new forum on their site called “Company Reviews.” It is a simple concept: entrepreneurs post descriptions of their Web 2.0 startups, and ev... Web 2.0 Enterprise Forum…

Techcrunch, the Web 2.0 news blog (and number 3 highest ranked blog on Technorati), just announced a new forum on their site called “Company Reviews.” It is a simple concept: entrepreneurs post descriptions of their Web 2.0 startups, and ev…

]]> By: David Mackey http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/09/getting-your-startup-on-techcrunch/#comment-697136 David Mackey Fri, 12 Jan 2007 03:34:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/09/getting-your-startup-on-techcrunch/#comment-697136 I really like the new forums. They were a great idea and greatly increase site stickiness. I really like the new forums. They were a great idea and greatly increase site stickiness.

]]> By: Brussels Information Architects http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/09/getting-your-startup-on-techcrunch/#comment-694490 Brussels Information Architects Thu, 11 Jan 2007 13:58:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/09/getting-your-startup-on-techcrunch/#comment-694490 <strong>Getting Your Startup on TechCrunch...</strong> If you are looking to expose your latest web application to a larger community then perhaps you may want to take advantage of the new TechCrunch Forums, which will allow entrepreneurs to introduce their startups to the community. We continue to review ... Getting Your Startup on TechCrunch…

If you are looking to expose your latest web application to a larger community then perhaps you may want to take advantage of the new TechCrunch Forums, which will allow entrepreneurs to introduce their startups to the community.
We continue to review …

]]> By: Maxcon http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/09/getting-your-startup-on-techcrunch/#comment-692438 Maxcon Thu, 11 Jan 2007 02:56:53 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/09/getting-your-startup-on-techcrunch/#comment-692438 Mike - lol...you better patent this before I beat you to the hammer, we are 3 hours (NY) ahead of you guys. Nick - Totally disconnected, I can no longer connect to any site. This is happening only in the forums. Mike - lol…you better patent this before I beat you to the hammer, we are 3 hours (NY) ahead of you guys.
Nick - Totally disconnected, I can no longer connect to any site.
This is happening only in the forums.

]]> By: Nick Gonzalez http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/09/getting-your-startup-on-techcrunch/#comment-691959 Nick Gonzalez Thu, 11 Jan 2007 00:29:41 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/09/getting-your-startup-on-techcrunch/#comment-691959 By disconnected from the internet, do you mean you can no longer connect to any site on the internet, or just thoughout the forums? Sounds like an odd by very serious problem. Please send me an email to Nick at techcrunch.com. By disconnected from the internet, do you mean you can no longer connect to any site on the internet, or just thoughout the forums? Sounds like an odd by very serious problem. Please send me an email to Nick at techcrunch.com.

]]> By: Michael Arrington http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/09/getting-your-startup-on-techcrunch/#comment-691950 Michael Arrington Thu, 11 Jan 2007 00:27:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/09/getting-your-startup-on-techcrunch/#comment-691950 Maxcon - you are actually getting disconnected from the Internet? Or is your browser just closing, or a freeze? We're looking into this, any additional facts would be appreciated. If we've found a way to actually disconnect people from the Internet I intend to patent it immediately. :-) Maxcon - you are actually getting disconnected from the Internet? Or is your browser just closing, or a freeze? We’re looking into this, any additional facts would be appreciated. If we’ve found a way to actually disconnect people from the Internet I intend to patent it immediately. :-)

]]> By: Maxcon http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/09/getting-your-startup-on-techcrunch/#comment-691835 Maxcon Thu, 11 Jan 2007 00:04:04 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/09/getting-your-startup-on-techcrunch/#comment-691835 Mike On the forum, I get disconnected from the internet after clicking two or three links. Any answers. Thanks. Mike
On the forum, I get disconnected from the internet after clicking two or three links. Any answers. Thanks.

]]> By: Brent http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/09/getting-your-startup-on-techcrunch/#comment-691682 Brent Wed, 10 Jan 2007 23:15:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/09/getting-your-startup-on-techcrunch/#comment-691682 There should be a way to rate (perhaps the ever subtle thumbs up thumbs down) the companies profiled in the forums so that the most liked go to the top, as I'm interested in checkin em out but too lazy to scroll. A democratization of startup announcements if you will....has the chance to be a digg and reddit killer Granted that takes the ease out of running the tech crunch forum...and they're all 2nd tier companies (in Mike's view) anyways....just a thought There should be a way to rate (perhaps the ever subtle thumbs up thumbs down) the companies profiled in the forums so that the most liked go to the top, as I’m interested in checkin em out but too lazy to scroll.

A democratization of startup announcements if you will….has the chance to be a digg and reddit killer

Granted that takes the ease out of running the tech crunch forum…and they’re all 2nd tier companies (in Mike’s view) anyways….just a thought

]]> By: Amit http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/09/getting-your-startup-on-techcrunch/#comment-691524 Amit Wed, 10 Jan 2007 22:27:22 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/09/getting-your-startup-on-techcrunch/#comment-691524 Nice service,Mike. -Amit http://www.ipatrons.com Nice service,Mike.

-Amit
http://www.ipatrons.com

]]> By: Paul Freet http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/09/getting-your-startup-on-techcrunch/#comment-691270 Paul Freet Wed, 10 Jan 2007 21:25:47 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/09/getting-your-startup-on-techcrunch/#comment-691270 Ted - saying what you are like puts your product in context. There's nothing wring with that. If I say we are like salesforce.com, but with a great free edition, lots of web 2.0 features and not just for salespeople - what's wrong with that? Ted - saying what you are like puts your product in context. There’s nothing wring with that.

If I say we are like salesforce.com, but with a great free edition, lots of web 2.0 features and not just for salespeople - what’s wrong with that?

]]> By: Ajay Singh http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/09/getting-your-startup-on-techcrunch/#comment-691221 Ajay Singh Wed, 10 Jan 2007 21:10:53 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/09/getting-your-startup-on-techcrunch/#comment-691221 What is your definition of a Startup? What is your definition of a Startup?

]]> By: Josh http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/09/getting-your-startup-on-techcrunch/#comment-690975 Josh Wed, 10 Jan 2007 20:18:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/09/getting-your-startup-on-techcrunch/#comment-690975 Couldn't agree more with the post. I am just hoping the forums don't turn into mlm/get-rich-quick heaven. Good moderators will help keep that from happening. Couldn’t agree more with the post.

I am just hoping the forums don’t turn into mlm/get-rich-quick heaven. Good moderators will help keep that from happening.

]]> By: Ted Rheingold http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/09/getting-your-startup-on-techcrunch/#comment-690785 Ted Rheingold Wed, 10 Jan 2007 19:43:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/09/getting-your-startup-on-techcrunch/#comment-690785 Simple words of advice that I see done wrong all too often: Say what your company does, not what it doesn't. Say what you are, not what you are like. Simple words of advice that I see done wrong all too often:

Say what your company does, not what it doesn’t.

Say what you are, not what you are like.

]]> By: Nathan Kaiser http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/09/getting-your-startup-on-techcrunch/#comment-690655 Nathan Kaiser Wed, 10 Jan 2007 19:29:11 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/09/getting-your-startup-on-techcrunch/#comment-690655 Great idea. I checked it out and there were quite a few interesting sites. Some though... Well time will tell. Congratulations on the addition. Great idea. I checked it out and there were quite a few interesting sites. Some though… Well time will tell.

Congratulations on the addition.

]]> By: Sridhar Vembu http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/09/getting-your-startup-on-techcrunch/#comment-690389 Sridhar Vembu Wed, 10 Jan 2007 18:16:03 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/09/getting-your-startup-on-techcrunch/#comment-690389 TechCrunch is where it is because of the obsessive profiling of start-up companies. Traditional journalists overdo the scepticism of new players and underdo it for established players, understandable because most new companies and initiatives will fail, so in a statistical sense, their scepticism is valid. TechCrunch has taken a more optimistic, almost an evangelical approach, with the mission to cover as many ventures as possible, providing fledgling new ventures that crucial initial spark; what they make of that initial spark is up to them. The forums section is a cool addition, giving even more fledgling companies that opportunity. The good karma of introducing so many new companies and products is what comes back multiplied several fold as traffic to TechCrunch. Sridhar TechCrunch is where it is because of the obsessive profiling of start-up companies. Traditional journalists overdo the scepticism of new players and underdo it for established players, understandable because most new companies and initiatives will fail, so in a statistical sense, their scepticism is valid. TechCrunch has taken a more optimistic, almost an evangelical approach, with the mission to cover as many ventures as possible, providing fledgling new ventures that crucial initial spark; what they make of that initial spark is up to them.

The forums section is a cool addition, giving even more fledgling companies that opportunity. The good karma of introducing so many new companies and products is what comes back multiplied several fold as traffic to TechCrunch.

Sridhar

]]> By: Jim Kukral http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/09/getting-your-startup-on-techcrunch/#comment-690341 Jim Kukral Wed, 10 Jan 2007 18:04:03 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/09/getting-your-startup-on-techcrunch/#comment-690341 Here's a good piece about "why" everyone needs to pitch to Techcrunch, yeah, I wrote it :) It's still relevant. http://www.mpdailyfix.com/2006/12/techcrunch_makes_us_better_mar.html Here’s a good piece about “why” everyone needs to pitch to Techcrunch, yeah, I wrote it :) It’s still relevant.

http://www.mpdailyfix.com/2006.....r_mar.html

]]> By: matthew http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/09/getting-your-startup-on-techcrunch/#comment-689892 matthew Wed, 10 Jan 2007 16:25:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/09/getting-your-startup-on-techcrunch/#comment-689892 forget google and youtube, my startup is a ratemypoo.com killer forget google and youtube, my startup is a ratemypoo.com killer

]]> By: New TechCrunch Forums gives second chance to the no writes » Make You Go Hmm http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/09/getting-your-startup-on-techcrunch/#comment-689738 New TechCrunch Forums gives second chance to the no writes » Make You Go Hmm Wed, 10 Jan 2007 15:42:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/09/getting-your-startup-on-techcrunch/#comment-689738 [...] TechCrunch went 1.0 old school recently with the release of their own TechCrunch Forums. Michael Arrington explains one good use for the forums already: … is the area reserved for entrepreneurs to introduce their startups to the community. The category was opened over the weekend. As of the time I’m writing this two days later, forty-three startups have posted there, generating nearly three hundred user comments. We’re watching the category closely and will be writing about many of the startups that are getting a lot of attention there. [...] [...] TechCrunch went 1.0 old school recently with the release of their own TechCrunch Forums. Michael Arrington explains one good use for the forums already: … is the area reserved for entrepreneurs to introduce their startups to the community. The category was opened over the weekend. As of the time I’m writing this two days later, forty-three startups have posted there, generating nearly three hundred user comments. We’re watching the category closely and will be writing about many of the startups that are getting a lot of attention there. [...]

]]> By: smorty71 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/09/getting-your-startup-on-techcrunch/#comment-689017 smorty71 Wed, 10 Jan 2007 12:21:50 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/09/getting-your-startup-on-techcrunch/#comment-689017 How 'bout rewarding the submission that got that forum rolling? :) You've covered Spokeo, ProfileLinker. Why not Profilactic? http://forums.techcrunch.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=87 How ’bout rewarding the submission that got that forum rolling? :) You’ve covered Spokeo, ProfileLinker. Why not Profilactic?

http://forums.techcrunch.com/f.....hreadID=87

]]> By: Cann.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/09/getting-your-startup-on-techcrunch/#comment-688920 Cann.com Wed, 10 Jan 2007 11:51:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/09/getting-your-startup-on-techcrunch/#comment-688920 so what do you suggest, go back to drawing board, or continue development and tweak things.... after everyone on the forum pretty much dismissed our site :( so what do you suggest, go back to drawing board, or continue development and tweak things…. after everyone on the forum pretty much dismissed our site :(

]]> By: tru lover http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/09/getting-your-startup-on-techcrunch/#comment-688599 tru lover Wed, 10 Jan 2007 10:33:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/09/getting-your-startup-on-techcrunch/#comment-688599 You forgot to cover the largest technology round in 2006 for a "Mobile VoIP" startup called ((truphone)). I have the product since 3 months when they launched and I have never read about it on your blog. You seem to miss quite a lot. I believe they launched in Fall last year in US and UK and are a mega success story. This is the way mobile communication will go. I love it, it just saved me $2000 on my holiday trip over Christmas. Everybody should now the story about truphone as it is very relevant. just find out yourself on www.truphone.com , these are a the "new kids on the block" going after the old GSM / 3G model with an opensource infrastructure which just beats everything. You forgot to cover the largest technology round in 2006 for a “Mobile VoIP” startup called ((truphone)). I have the product since 3 months when they launched and I have never read about it on your blog. You seem to miss quite a lot. I believe they launched in Fall last year in US and UK and are a mega success story. This is the way mobile communication will go. I love it, it just saved me $2000 on my holiday trip over Christmas. Everybody should now the story about truphone as it is very relevant. just find out yourself on http://www.truphone.com , these are a the “new kids on the block” going after the old GSM / 3G model with an opensource infrastructure which just beats everything.

]]> By: NM http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/09/getting-your-startup-on-techcrunch/#comment-688588 NM Wed, 10 Jan 2007 10:26:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/09/getting-your-startup-on-techcrunch/#comment-688588 You know mike . I dont like your blog now. You know mike . I dont like your blog now.

]]> By: The cat fight begins http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/09/getting-your-startup-on-techcrunch/#comment-688520 The cat fight begins Wed, 10 Jan 2007 10:05:53 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/09/getting-your-startup-on-techcrunch/#comment-688520 Great advice from the Mikee here on how to pitch a submission: http://startups.in/exchange/discussion/25/marketing-evangelism-blogging-in-the-new-economy/ I would hazard a quick caution at this point. Google learned the hard way as are now <a href rel="nofollow">Digg,</a>. Theres great temptation to try and manipulate contests as such. I'm not sure what the answer would be? I will have a think about it. One other point, in contests such as, (user generated) there is no way to rank users themselves thus you have long drawn out comments from retards like (us all) who are out to profit at the same time. Not sure about the solution for this either? But will have a think. anther, scoring should be not for first impressions (how it looks) but whats under the hood. The amount of people who never look under the bonnet (hood) when buying a car, far outstrips those that do, likewise with users on sites. They say things like "I don't like the colour, its not got a stereo, I want one with big wheels. Ive got go faster stripes on mine... So who's going to police the rioters? How to get the cream to rise to the top? else you will just end up wading through yet more crap to get to the crops. agentbleu Great advice from the Mikee here on how to pitch a submission:

http://startups.in/exchange/di.....w-economy/

I would hazard a quick caution at this point. Google learned the hard way as are now Digg,. Theres great temptation to try and manipulate contests as such. I’m not sure what the answer would be? I will have a think about it.

One other point, in contests such as, (user generated) there is no way to rank users themselves thus you have long drawn out comments from retards like (us all) who are out to profit at the same time. Not sure about the solution for this either? But will have a think.

anther, scoring should be not for first impressions (how it looks) but whats under the hood. The amount of people who never look under the bonnet (hood) when buying a car, far outstrips those that do, likewise with users on sites. They say things like “I don’t like the colour, its not got a stereo, I want one with big wheels. Ive got go faster stripes on mine…

So who’s going to police the rioters? How to get the cream to rise to the top? else you will just end up wading through yet more crap to get to the crops.

agentbleu

]]> By: Andrew Michael http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/09/getting-your-startup-on-techcrunch/#comment-688475 Andrew Michael Wed, 10 Jan 2007 09:55:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/09/getting-your-startup-on-techcrunch/#comment-688475 > For anyone who hasn’t seen this... Was there, great conference. Many interesting things were said about TechCrunch. Micro$oft needs better food in their conference buildings though... > For anyone who hasn’t seen this…

Was there, great conference. Many interesting things were said about TechCrunch. Micro$oft needs better food in their conference buildings though…

]]> By: David R. http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/09/getting-your-startup-on-techcrunch/#comment-688448 David R. Wed, 10 Jan 2007 09:49:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/09/getting-your-startup-on-techcrunch/#comment-688448 For anyone who hasn't seen this: http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2006/11/how_to_get_in_t.html For anyone who hasn’t seen this:
http://blog.guykawasaki.com/20....._in_t.html

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