Comments on: Y Europe’s First Startup, Soup.io http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/30/y-europes-first-startup-soupio/ Startup and Technology News Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:36:08 -0800 hourly 1 By: Der Kurier hat mich beschnitten | Daniel Gebhart http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/30/y-europes-first-startup-soupio/comment-page-1/#comment-2851729 Der Kurier hat mich beschnitten | Daniel Gebhart Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:29:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/30/y-europes-first-startup-soupio/#comment-2851729 [...] für das Gap geschossen habe an den Kurier zu schicken für ein Story über seinen Sieg beim Techcrunch Award (herzliche [...] [...] für das Gap geschossen habe an den Kurier zu schicken für ein Story über seinen Sieg beim Techcrunch Award (herzliche [...]

]]> By: YEurope #1: soup.io - Sebastian Mosers Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/30/y-europes-first-startup-soupio/comment-page-1/#comment-2640295 YEurope #1: soup.io - Sebastian Mosers Blog Sun, 01 Mar 2009 21:36:59 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/30/y-europes-first-startup-soupio/#comment-2640295 [...] Soup.io wurde in Posts bei TechCrunch, Read/WriteWeb und Mashable als weiterer “Life Aggregator” präsentiert und [...] [...] Soup.io wurde in Posts bei TechCrunch, Read/WriteWeb und Mashable als weiterer “Life Aggregator” präsentiert und [...]

]]> By: YEurope #1: soup.io « Sëbastian’s Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/30/y-europes-first-startup-soupio/comment-page-1/#comment-2523575 YEurope #1: soup.io « Sëbastian’s Blog Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:08:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/30/y-europes-first-startup-soupio/#comment-2523575 [...] Soup.io wurde in Posts bei TechCrunch, Read/WriteWeb und Mashable als weiterer “Life Aggregator” präsentiert und [...] [...] Soup.io wurde in Posts bei TechCrunch, Read/WriteWeb und Mashable als weiterer “Life Aggregator” präsentiert und [...]

]]> By: yashke.com » Blog Archive » Znamy już zwycięzców Seedcamp 2008 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/30/y-europes-first-startup-soupio/comment-page-1/#comment-2475522 yashke.com » Blog Archive » Znamy już zwycięzców Seedcamp 2008 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:56:48 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/30/y-europes-first-startup-soupio/#comment-2475522 [...] – wiedeński startup finansowany przez europejski klon Y Combinator - YEurope. Bardzo fajnie wykonany [...] [...] – wiedeński startup finansowany przez europejski klon Y Combinator – YEurope. Bardzo fajnie wykonany [...]

]]> By: Tech Info Vietnam » MyBlogLog của Yahoo! thêm vào tính năng dòng hoạt động http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/30/y-europes-first-startup-soupio/comment-page-1/#comment-2015262 Tech Info Vietnam » MyBlogLog của Yahoo! thêm vào tính năng dòng hoạt động Tue, 04 Mar 2008 02:21:19 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/30/y-europes-first-startup-soupio/#comment-2015262 [...] vụ nổi tiếng nhất với doanh thu gần đây khoảng 5 triệu đô la Mỹ. Plaxo, Soup.io, Iminta, Spokeo, ProfileLinker, MyLifeBrand, Fuser, 30Boxes, Mugshot, Readr và Second Brain đều [...] [...] vụ nổi tiếng nhất với doanh thu gần đây khoảng 5 triệu đô la Mỹ. Plaxo, Soup.io, Iminta, Spokeo, ProfileLinker, MyLifeBrand, Fuser, 30Boxes, Mugshot, Readr và Second Brain đều [...]

]]> By: till http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/30/y-europes-first-startup-soupio/comment-page-1/#comment-1714704 till Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:15:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/30/y-europes-first-startup-soupio/#comment-1714704 Soup.io kind of is like tumblr, but on the other side, I really like the interface (it's very KISS) and the fact that you can do so much with it without signing up, importing etc.. Especially the "no sign up" part is a great plus, since everyone else tries to profile the user right from the start. For me, this is also the first time that watching a "livestream" has been almost as addictive as Flickr's explore. Soup.io kind of is like tumblr, but on the other side, I really like the interface (it’s very KISS) and the fact that you can do so much with it without signing up, importing etc.. Especially the “no sign up” part is a great plus, since everyone else tries to profile the user right from the start.

For me, this is also the first time that watching a “livestream” has been almost as addictive as Flickr’s explore.

]]> By: Sebastian http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/30/y-europes-first-startup-soupio/comment-page-1/#comment-1714447 Sebastian Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:04:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/30/y-europes-first-startup-soupio/#comment-1714447 I'm not a part of this team, but I'm an Austrian entrepreneur, too. So, here we go: Competition: Of course, there's a lot of competition going on. But none of the Silicon Valley-startups concentrates on the European market. And yes, the European market is different from the Silicon Valley. Even more - the Austrian is different from the UK market, which is different from the French market. Europe is a difficult area for Silicon Valley-startups. So: Yes, Soup.io has a lot of competition if you look at it from a worldwide view. In Europe itself, Soup.io only competes with German Twitter-clones. So the question here is if they can manage to compete with German Twitter clones, rather than with FriendFeed. -- YEurope is a pretty interesting idea. No, they haven't got the experience Paul Graham has, but they are there, they have a several good people on board, and they fund very interesting projects. And please rate each of them separately. Soup.io is a lot different from the second start-up I know from YEurope (which still is in private beta). I don't know about Soup.io's business model, but they sure have one. Paul Böhm, the founder of YEurope, isn't like Paul Graham, funding whatever looks funny. (Services like WriteWith, which are just plain useless, have to compete with the big guys, have no business model and no chance of success.) I’m not a part of this team, but I’m an Austrian entrepreneur, too. So, here we go:

Competition: Of course, there’s a lot of competition going on. But none of the Silicon Valley-startups concentrates on the European market. And yes, the European market is different from the Silicon Valley. Even more – the Austrian is different from the UK market, which is different from the French market.
Europe is a difficult area for Silicon Valley-startups.
So: Yes, Soup.io has a lot of competition if you look at it from a worldwide view. In Europe itself, Soup.io only competes with German Twitter-clones.

So the question here is if they can manage to compete with German Twitter clones, rather than with FriendFeed.

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YEurope is a pretty interesting idea. No, they haven’t got the experience Paul Graham has, but they are there, they have a several good people on board, and they fund very interesting projects.

And please rate each of them separately. Soup.io is a lot different from the second start-up I know from YEurope (which still is in private beta). I don’t know about Soup.io’s business model, but they sure have one. Paul Böhm, the founder of YEurope, isn’t like Paul Graham, funding whatever looks funny. (Services like WriteWith, which are just plain useless, have to compete with the big guys, have no business model and no chance of success.)

]]> By: micfo.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/30/y-europes-first-startup-soupio/comment-page-1/#comment-1714441 micfo.com Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:02:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/30/y-europes-first-startup-soupio/#comment-1714441 Sound good, there is no need of sign-up, I will have look on this. Sound good, there is no need of sign-up, I will have look on this.

]]> By: Peter http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/30/y-europes-first-startup-soupio/comment-page-1/#comment-1714352 Peter Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:11:22 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/30/y-europes-first-startup-soupio/#comment-1714352 As the comments before said, it's an already overcrowded market, with little to no chance of any of these startups actually generating revenue (which becomes an important question once *all* that investment Yeurope puts in runs out). How is this any different and how can they expect to compete with what Friendfeed, Tumblr, Facebook, Google, 30boxes, blah, blah, blah and blah are already doing in this space AND turn profit? As I also thought when Yeurope was first announced, a Ycombinator clone without a the experience and network Paul Graham brings, especially in a market as hard as Europe, leaves me asking Whybother? All in all though, best of luck, hopefully this post gets them some investment to keep them going. As the comments before said, it’s an already overcrowded market, with little to no chance of any of these startups actually generating revenue (which becomes an important question once *all* that investment Yeurope puts in runs out). How is this any different and how can they expect to compete with what Friendfeed, Tumblr, Facebook, Google, 30boxes, blah, blah, blah and blah are already doing in this space AND turn profit?

As I also thought when Yeurope was first announced, a Ycombinator clone without a
the experience and network Paul Graham brings, especially in a market as hard as Europe, leaves me asking Whybother?

All in all though, best of luck, hopefully this post gets them some investment to keep them going.

]]> By: Edwin Khodabakchian http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/30/y-europes-first-startup-soupio/comment-page-1/#comment-1714020 Edwin Khodabakchian Wed, 31 Oct 2007 06:13:11 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/30/y-europes-first-startup-soupio/#comment-1714020 A very nice user experience: the fact that you can incrementally build you soup and get instant feedback regarding the changes you are making is really nice. I am however unsure about the value of the result. I think that activity streams are much more valuable in the context of application like facebook because facebook has enough context to aggregate and filter this information. A very nice user experience: the fact that you can incrementally build you soup and get instant feedback regarding the changes you are making is really nice. I am however unsure about the value of the result. I think that activity streams are much more valuable in the context of application like facebook because facebook has enough context to aggregate and filter this information.

]]> By: Andrey S. http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/30/y-europes-first-startup-soupio/comment-page-1/#comment-1713287 Andrey S. Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:40:00 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/30/y-europes-first-startup-soupio/#comment-1713287 Recently has found in the Internet very interesting service PageZest.com http://www.pagezest.com the Simple and easy homepage. There already there are links to all most popular sites and services. All is conveniently distributed on blocks. On a site registration is not necessary, there there are searchers (Google, Yahoo), the blog and a social network. There is even a section "video tools" and "interesting services", it is very useful! What is necessary? I with pleasure have put this site as a homepage, and to you I advise! Recently has found in the Internet very interesting service PageZest.com http://www.pagezest.com the Simple and easy homepage. There already there are links to all most popular sites and services. All is conveniently distributed on blocks. On a site registration is not necessary, there there are searchers (Google, Yahoo), the blog and a social network.

There is even a section “video tools” and “interesting services”, it is very useful!

What is necessary?

I with pleasure have put this site as a homepage, and to you I advise!

]]> By: Steve Ballmer http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/30/y-europes-first-startup-soupio/comment-page-1/#comment-1713267 Steve Ballmer Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:32:16 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/30/y-europes-first-startup-soupio/#comment-1713267 This soup is sour and cold. Have I ever told you people that this "social" stuff is a fad? ttp://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com This soup is sour and cold.
Have I ever told you people that this “social” stuff is a fad?

ttp://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com

]]> By: Chris R. http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/30/y-europes-first-startup-soupio/comment-page-1/#comment-1713217 Chris R. Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:14:49 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/30/y-europes-first-startup-soupio/#comment-1713217 I think it's a shame that there are only 5 comments here to give the big "we don't care" to Europeans. They're people too. I think it’s a shame that there are only 5 comments here to give the big “we don’t care” to Europeans. They’re people too.

]]> By: John McCrea http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/30/y-europes-first-startup-soupio/comment-page-1/#comment-1713183 John McCrea Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:00:49 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/30/y-europes-first-startup-soupio/#comment-1713183 Oh, great. A feature-reduced clone or a feature-reduced clone of Plaxo Pulse. Check out recent TechCrunch coverage: http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/22/plaxo-launches-pulse-widget/ Oh, great. A feature-reduced clone or a feature-reduced clone of Plaxo Pulse. Check out recent TechCrunch coverage: http://www.tech...s-pulse-widget/

]]> By: Jon http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/30/y-europes-first-startup-soupio/comment-page-1/#comment-1713127 Jon Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:35:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/30/y-europes-first-startup-soupio/#comment-1713127 May the best streamer win! Would be fun to see a startup that creates a new shift in the marketplace instead of another "me too". Jon May the best streamer win! Would be fun to see a startup that creates a new shift in the marketplace instead of another “me too”.

Jon

]]> By: Jessica Mah http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/30/y-europes-first-startup-soupio/comment-page-1/#comment-1712783 Jessica Mah Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:39:41 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/30/y-europes-first-startup-soupio/#comment-1712783 There's so much competition, yet these startups keep on flying out the door with something not all that different. It then comes down to marketing... picking the right groups of people who'll benefit from the site. docstoc also came out today - first thing I thought was, "isnt this sort of like scribd?" But their focus on professional documents definitely helps. Let's see if this european version of y combinator goes anywhere. There’s so much competition, yet these startups keep on flying out the door with something not all that different. It then comes down to marketing… picking the right groups of people who’ll benefit from the site.

docstoc also came out today – first thing I thought was, “isnt this sort of like scribd?” But their focus on professional documents definitely helps.

Let’s see if this european version of y combinator goes anywhere.

]]> By: Petri Pokka http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/30/y-europes-first-startup-soupio/comment-page-1/#comment-1712781 Petri Pokka Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:39:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/30/y-europes-first-startup-soupio/#comment-1712781 It actually looks pretty nice, but I think new startups are over-concentrating on lifestreaming. Niche is narrow enough without twenty services competing for users. It actually looks pretty nice, but I think new startups are over-concentrating on lifestreaming. Niche is narrow enough without twenty services competing for users.

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