After the end of startup weekend in Boulder, Colorado, last July the voting site deemed VoSnap was yet to be unveiled. Well, over a month later it’s finally open to the public. VoSnap.com is a web app that lets a user ask a simple question, pre…

1.)Marie Bedford
19 Long Plough
Aston Clinton
Buckinghamshire
England
HP22 5HB
2.)Daniel Vargas
34 Third St
Wharton, NJ 07885, U.S.A

Step 2: Now take the number one name off the list that you see above, move the other names up
(2 becomes 1,)and add YOUR name as #2 on the list.

Step 3: Change anything you need to, but try to keep this article as close to the original as
possible. Now, post your amended article to at least 200 newsgroups. (I think there are close to
24,000 groups.) All you need is 200, but remember, the more you post, the more money you
make!
This is perfectly legal! If you have any doubts, refer to title 18 Sec.1302 & 1241 of the Postal
Lottery Laws. Keep a copy of these steps for yourself, and whenever you need money, you can
use it again and again.
PLEASE REMEMBER that this program remains successfull because of the honesty and integrity
of the participants and by them carefully adhering to the directions. Look at it this way, if you are
of integrity, the program will contionue, and the money that so many others hace recieved will
come your way, too.
NOTE: You may want to retain every address and name sent to you, either on computer or hard
copy and keep the notes people send you. This VERIFIES that you are truley providing a
service.(Also, it might be a good idea to wrap the dollar bill in dark paper to reduse the risk of
theft.)
So, as each post is downloaded, and the directions carefull followed, 2 members will be
reimbursed for thier participation as a list developer with $10.00 each. Your name will move up the
list geometrically so that when your name reachs the #1 position, you will be recieving thousands
of dollars in cash!!! What an oppurtunity for only $20.00 ($10.00 for each of the 2 people listed
above.) Send it now, add your own name to list, and your in business!
~~DIRECTIONS~~FOR HOW TO POST TO NEWSGROUPS~~
STEP 1: You do not need to re-type this letter to your own posting. Simply put your cursor at the
begining of this letter and drag your cursor to the bottom of this document, and select “copy” from
the edit menu. This will copy the entire letter into the computers memory.
Step 2: Open a blank “notepad” file and place your cursor at the top of the blank page. Form the
edit menu, select “paste”. This will place a copy of the letter into the notepad so that it can add
your name into the bottom of the list, and then change the numbers on the list.
Step 3: Save your new notepad file as a “.txt” file. If you want to do your postings in different
settings, you’ll always have this file to go back to.
Step 4: Use netscape or internet explorer and try to search for various newsgroups (on-line
forums, message board, chat sites, discussions).
Step 5: Visit these message boards, and post this article as a new message by highlighting the text
of this letter and selecting “PASTE” from, the edit menu. Fill in the subject, this will be the hedder
that everyone sees as they scroll through the list of postings in a particular group, click the post
message button. Your done with your first one! Congratulations…Thats it! All you have to do is
jump to different newsgroups and post away, after you get the hang of it, it will take about 30
seconds for each news group! **REMEMBER, THE MORE NEWSGROUPS YOU POST IN,
THE MORE MONEY YOU WILL MAKE!! BUT YOU HAVE TO POST A MINIMUM OF
200** That is it! You will be recieving money from around the world within days! You may
eventually want to rent a P.O. Box due to the large amount of mail you will recieve. If you wish to
stay annonymous, you can invent a name to use, as long as the post man will deliver it. **JUST
MAKE SURE ALL THE ADDRESSES ARE CORRECT**
Now the why part: out of 200 postings, say I only recieve 10 replies (a very low example). So then
I made $100.00 with my name at #2 on the letter. Now, each of the 10 persons who sent me $10.00
make the minimum of 200 postings, each with my name at #1 and only 10 persons resopnd to each
of the origional 10, this is an additional $100.00 for me. So either way your ganna make a profit of $180 dollars, The thing to remember is: do you realize that thousands of
people all over the world are joining the internet and reading these articles every day! JUST LIKE
YOU ARE NOW!! So, can you afford $20.00 and see if it really works?? I think so…People have
said, “what if the plan is played out, and no one sends you the money?” Well they won’t be getting any money, because the original poster of this document will take them off the list if they do not send the money and Anyway, it is
only $20.00 for a chance at thousands. Estamites are at 20,000 to 50,000 new users, every day,
with thousands of those joining the actual internet. Remember, play fairly and honestly, and this will
really work. You would not want someone to cheat you the same way you may be cheating.

Gibt es Interesse im September in Hamburg das erste deutsche Startup Weekend zu machen? Ähnlich wie dieses in Boulder, Colorado, das gerade stattgefunden hat und wo 70 Teilnehmer zusammen das Unternehmen vosnap gegründet haben?
Bei einem Startup Week…

ego-driven intelligence that shackles you

Is there any other kind?

Add I’m from Georgia BTW.

I had a fantastic time participating in Startupweekend. I witnessed (and hopefully contributed to) some pretty amazing discussions and decision making. On Friday, I walked in the door hoping for no more than good experience. If the product actually proves to be successful - BONUS!

Your comment is so typical of the ego-driven intelligence that shackles you.

Thanks for all the horsepucky ‘marketing’ you’ve done helping spammers in your so-called career.

The Startup Weekend event, which took place last weekend, is about to launch the result of their collaborative efforts today: Vosnap. (thanks to Gwen for the heads up!). VoSnap is a social voting tool that reduces time wasted on decision-making,…

To understand it, experience it. Go do a startupweekend. Its free, can be done with any amount of people, and the end goal can be anything. There is no barrier to entry. There is no reason to not do it in your neck of the woods. Get out from behind your keyboards and blogs, and go do it.

At the end of the day, its an experience. Which, by definition, is always great for some, mediocre for some, and sucks for others. And will always be critiqued, positively and negatively, by outsiders.

Plus, everyone who was not there, but wanted to share in the experience in some way shape or form, was given the opportunity through the live feed and blogs. And, all feedback was read and evaluated. In the spirit of startupweekend, if you are wanting to have one in your town, Im sure the participants would be happy to discuss what they thought went well and what could have been done better.

Talk from experience about experience. At the end of the day, if you feel like you missed out, then go do it your way. We did it our way, and not one person walked out disappointed in the experience. Its 2am Monday morning, I have to get up in 4 hours for work, and I am still thinking about the people I met (not the company we built) in last 3 days. How many times in one’s life is that true?

Now, the whole blog/promote/post/stream thing seems a little “precious” to me, but hey, have fun.

Being a part of so much creative energy would surely be a thrill. I think the product itself is less than secondary. Sometimes in life it’s the trip, not the destination. And what a grand trip.

Way to go team!

The bottom line is that too may Web 2.0 startups are attacking the same “problems” but are failing to understand how crucial differentiation is to success. In markets with low barrier to entry, differentiation can’t be slight or superficial - it has to be significant. There is plenty of room for success in competitive markets. First-mover advantage has actually been shown to have little impact on long-term success, but entrepreneurs should not underestimate the importance of differentiation.