Comments on: uTest Gets $1.7M for Crowd-Sourced Quality Assurance http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/ Startup and Technology News Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:46:11 -0800 hourly 1 By: Quick Thoughts for 12.18.07 — Shooting at Bubbles http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/comment-page-1/#comment-2776281 Quick Thoughts for 12.18.07 — Shooting at Bubbles Mon, 01 Jun 2009 04:06:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-2776281 [...] uTest Gets $1.7M for Crowd-Sourced Quality Assurance :: TechCrunch - this actually one Web 2.0 business that makes sense to me but maybe that’s just the developer in me [...] [...] uTest Gets $1.7M for Crowd-Sourced Quality Assurance :: TechCrunch – this actually one Web 2.0 business that makes sense to me but maybe that’s just the developer in me [...]

]]> By: Alex Gromes http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/comment-page-1/#comment-2595538 Alex Gromes Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:33:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-2595538 "We have been doing software QA for some product companies in the US — however, we do it the “old fashioned” and as some people like to call it — the “unsexy” way. We read specification, write test plan documents, do strict regression tests, test coverage for each new builds etc etc. uTest looks like it is aimed at software vendors not willing to invest in creating a quality product. The use case seems to be the following: a) Think of a product b) Write some code c) Hope it will work — oops! it does not d) Get it QA-ed (uTest, tryBeta!) e) Fix or patch bugs that get discovered — ones that don’t lie along to bite the customers later I think this is not the way Software QA and Software Engineering ought to be. For a serious QA team — please visit http://www.atishae.net/. We will help you deliver a better product, faster! " What a shameless advertisement of own services by cursing others. Looking at there website, I would suggest them to get it QAed once :p Utest has really open up opportunity for a development company to reach testers from across the globe. Testing is done with more open and wide perspective, rather then a specified format of a company environment. Reach mass cannot be more easy and cost effective. And since its a competitive business for Testers, everyone would take some extra intiative to get hold of nasty bugs. 'the “unsexy” way' - LOL, If you cant produce interest in your services you are not required. “We have been doing software QA for some product companies in the US — however, we do it the “old fashioned” and as some people like to call it — the “unsexy” way. We read specification, write test plan documents, do strict regression tests, test coverage for each new builds etc etc.

uTest looks like it is aimed at software vendors not willing to invest in creating a quality product. The use case seems to be the following:
a) Think of a product
b) Write some code
c) Hope it will work — oops! it does not
d) Get it QA-ed (uTest, tryBeta!)
e) Fix or patch bugs that get discovered — ones that don’t lie along to bite the customers later

I think this is not the way Software QA and Software Engineering ought to be.

For a serious QA team — please visit http://www.atishae.net/. We will help you deliver a better product, faster!
”

What a shameless advertisement of own services by cursing others. Looking at there website, I would suggest them to get it QAed once :p

Utest has really open up opportunity for a development company to reach testers from across the globe. Testing is done with more open and wide perspective, rather then a specified format of a company environment. Reach mass cannot be more easy and cost effective.

And since its a competitive business for
Testers, everyone would take some extra intiative to get hold of nasty bugs.

‘the “unsexy” way’ – LOL, If you cant produce interest in your services you are not required.

]]> By: Continued Investment in New England « 128icg’s Weblog http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/comment-page-1/#comment-2565659 Continued Investment in New England « 128icg’s Weblog Sat, 13 Dec 2008 09:50:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-2565659 [...] the crowdsourcing QA startup that lets companies rely on external developers to help them identify bugs, has closed a $5 million Series B funding round led by Longworth [...] [...] the crowdsourcing QA startup that lets companies rely on external developers to help them identify bugs, has closed a $5 million Series B funding round led by Longworth [...]

]]> By: windowsuTest Raises Million More For Crowdsourced Bug Testing | 82123 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/comment-page-1/#comment-2553599 windowsuTest Raises Million More For Crowdsourced Bug Testing | 82123 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:35:00 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-2553599 [...] the crowdsourcing QA startup that lets companies rely on external developers to help them identify bugs, has closed a million Series B funding round led by Longworth Venture [...] [...] the crowdsourcing QA startup that lets companies rely on external developers to help them identify bugs, has closed a million Series B funding round led by Longworth Venture [...]

]]> By: Can Crowdsourcing Reduce QA Costs? at Fragmental.tw http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/comment-page-1/#comment-2553250 Can Crowdsourcing Reduce QA Costs? at Fragmental.tw Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:44:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-2553250 [...] offering is how it is going to be faced by the market. As an example, see this misinformed piece at the first article published by Techcrunch on it: The uTest offering makes a lot of sense to me and I expect it will be warmly embraced for several [...] [...] offering is how it is going to be faced by the market. As an example, see this misinformed piece at the first article published by Techcrunch on it: The uTest offering makes a lot of sense to me and I expect it will be warmly embraced for several [...]

]]> By: update newsuTest Raises Million More For Crowdsourced Bug Testing | 82123 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/comment-page-1/#comment-2553203 update newsuTest Raises Million More For Crowdsourced Bug Testing | 82123 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:36:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-2553203 [...] the crowdsourcing QA startup that lets companies rely on external developers to help them identify bugs, has closed a million Series B funding round led by Longworth Venture [...] [...] the crowdsourcing QA startup that lets companies rely on external developers to help them identify bugs, has closed a million Series B funding round led by Longworth Venture [...]

]]> By: Internet newsuTest Raises Million More For Crowdsourced Bug Testing | 82123 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/comment-page-1/#comment-2552876 Internet newsuTest Raises Million More For Crowdsourced Bug Testing | 82123 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:58:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-2552876 [...] the crowdsourcing QA startup that lets companies rely on external developers to help them identify bugs, has closed a million Series B funding round led by Longworth Venture [...] [...] the crowdsourcing QA startup that lets companies rely on external developers to help them identify bugs, has closed a million Series B funding round led by Longworth Venture [...]

]]> By: uTest Raises $5 Million More For Crowdsourced Bug Testing http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/comment-page-1/#comment-2552829 uTest Raises $5 Million More For Crowdsourced Bug Testing Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:00:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-2552829 [...] brings the startup’s total funding to around $7.8 million after a $2.3 million Series A round last year and some early seed [...] [...] brings the startup’s total funding to around $7.8 million after a $2.3 million Series A round last year and some early seed [...]

]]> By: » Blog Archive » Cobra por los defectos encontrados http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/comment-page-1/#comment-2491312 » Blog Archive » Cobra por los defectos encontrados Sat, 04 Oct 2008 11:54:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-2491312 [...] la motivación en un equipo de testing. Podéis entrar más información en: http://www.utest.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/ This entry was posted on Friday, October 3rd, 2008 at 12:53 pmand is filed under [...] [...] la motivación en un equipo de testing. Podéis entrar más información en: http://www.utest.com http://www.tech...lity-assurance/ This entry was posted on Friday, October 3rd, 2008 at 12:53 pmand is filed under [...]

]]> By: » Do You Recognize Today’s (tomorrow’s) Affiliate Marketer? - John Andrews - johnon.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/comment-page-1/#comment-1983009 » Do You Recognize Today’s (tomorrow’s) Affiliate Marketer? - John Andrews - johnon.com Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:05:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1983009 [...] modern monetization effort you may not recognize as affiliate marketing. Take a look at utest.com, currently promoted on TechCrunch and other places as a new startup applying crowd sourcing to the problem of software [...] [...] modern monetization effort you may not recognize as affiliate marketing. Take a look at utest.com, currently promoted on TechCrunch and other places as a new startup applying crowd sourcing to the problem of software [...]

]]> By: Utest: Bug Marketplace « Nataniel. Notas sobre as TIC http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/comment-page-1/#comment-1982984 Utest: Bug Marketplace « Nataniel. Notas sobre as TIC Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:57:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1982984 [...] uma empresa veio terceirizar serviços de segurança em software. Quem descobrir um bug, basta estar ligado ao marketplace da utest e ganhar com isso. [...] [...] uma empresa veio terceirizar serviços de segurança em software. Quem descobrir um bug, basta estar ligado ao marketplace da utest e ganhar com isso. [...]

]]> By: uTest Now Open for Business: Get Paid to Find Software Bugs : http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/comment-page-1/#comment-1982771 uTest Now Open for Business: Get Paid to Find Software Bugs : Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:21:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1982771 [...] It’s open bug hunting season over at uTest which is rolling out its QA marketplace and community. [...] [...] It’s open bug hunting season over at uTest which is rolling out its QA marketplace and community. [...]

]]> By: uTest Now Open for Business: Get Paid to Find Software Bugs http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/comment-page-1/#comment-1982762 uTest Now Open for Business: Get Paid to Find Software Bugs Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:01:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1982762 [...] It’s open bug hunting season over at uTest which is rolling out its QA marketplace and community. [...] [...] It’s open bug hunting season over at uTest which is rolling out its QA marketplace and community. [...]

]]> By: Karel Soupal http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/comment-page-1/#comment-1921086 Karel Soupal Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:57:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1921086 I have also written a review of how do I see the service ... <a href="http://ework.cz/utestcom-review" rel="nofollow">here</a> I have also written a review of how do I see the service … here

]]> By: Karel Soupal http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/comment-page-1/#comment-1921080 Karel Soupal Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:55:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1921080 I have also written a review of how do I see the service ... <a>here</a> I have also written a review of how do I see the service … here

]]> By: Karel Soupal http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/comment-page-1/#comment-1879257 Karel Soupal Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:14:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1879257 I have mixed feelings about this and I basically agree with Lucas (#23) and #5 but also with Mayank (#26) ... only time will show ... In the meantime you can consider using our Software Testing services ... http://ework.cz I have mixed feelings about this and I basically agree with Lucas (#23) and #5 but also with Mayank (#26) … only time will show … In the meantime you can consider using our Software Testing services … http://ework.cz

]]> By: Mayank http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/comment-page-1/#comment-1869780 Mayank Mon, 24 Dec 2007 14:27:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1869780 We have been doing software QA for some product companies in the US -- however, we do it the "old fashioned" and as some people like to call it -- the "unsexy" way. We read specification, write test plan documents, do strict regression tests, test coverage for each new builds etc etc. uTest looks like it is aimed at software vendors not willing to invest in creating a quality product. The use case seems to be the following: a) Think of a product b) Write some code c) Hope it will work -- oops! it does not d) Get it QA-ed (uTest, tryBeta!) e) Fix or patch bugs that get discovered -- ones that don't lie along to bite the customers later I think this is not the way Software QA and Software Engineering ought to be. For a serious QA team -- please visit http://www.atishae.net/. We will help you deliver a better product, faster! We have been doing software QA for some product companies in the US — however, we do it the “old fashioned” and as some people like to call it — the “unsexy” way. We read specification, write test plan documents, do strict regression tests, test coverage for each new builds etc etc.

uTest looks like it is aimed at software vendors not willing to invest in creating a quality product. The use case seems to be the following:
a) Think of a product
b) Write some code
c) Hope it will work — oops! it does not
d) Get it QA-ed (uTest, tryBeta!)
e) Fix or patch bugs that get discovered — ones that don’t lie along to bite the customers later

I think this is not the way Software QA and Software Engineering ought to be.

For a serious QA team — please visit http://www.atishae.net/. We will help you deliver a better product, faster!

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/comment-page-1/#comment-1856797 Jeremy Thu, 20 Dec 2007 01:52:06 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1856797 This is very similar to: http://www.trybeta.com/home/ Which I have been using for a while. This is very similar to:

http://www.trybeta.com/home/

Which I have been using for a while.

]]> By: Steve http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/comment-page-1/#comment-1856289 Steve Wed, 19 Dec 2007 21:58:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1856289 They had better be careful: it sounds like a breeding ground for an insane number of dupe, no-repro, & poorly written bugs. The bug triage process can be fairly high-touch even without this problem. They had better be careful: it sounds like a breeding ground for an insane number of dupe, no-repro, & poorly written bugs. The bug triage process can be fairly high-touch even without this problem.

]]> By: Lucas http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/comment-page-1/#comment-1855511 Lucas Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:05:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1855511 It is a new approach and should be considered. Not sure about how NDA can be handled in some cases. Now, is typo considered a bug? :) http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/5074/utesttypoho8.png How much this would be worth? It is a new approach and should be considered. Not sure about how NDA can be handled in some cases.

Now, is typo considered a bug? :)
http://img232.i...testtypoho8.png
How much this would be worth?

]]> By: e. david zotter http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/comment-page-1/#comment-1855409 e. david zotter Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:21:50 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1855409 This is an absolutely fantastic idea. I will definately try it out on multiple projects when it is released - if anything, just to see how well it works! I'm glad to see that social sites are being built for things other than just advertising....or building worthless virtual networks of friends. ....This has real potential. This is an absolutely fantastic idea.

I will definately try it out on multiple projects when it is released – if anything, just to see how well it works!

I’m glad to see that social sites are being built for things other than just advertising….or building worthless virtual networks of friends.

….This has real potential.

]]> By: micfo.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/comment-page-1/#comment-1855060 micfo.com Wed, 19 Dec 2007 11:39:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1855060 Most of the big corporate have their own QA and usability testing unit, I hope it is proposed for small scale software development companies and freelancers. Most of the big corporate have their own QA and usability testing unit, I hope it is proposed for small scale software development companies and freelancers.

]]> By: Mark http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/comment-page-1/#comment-1854440 Mark Wed, 19 Dec 2007 07:26:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1854440 "There are droves of potential testers in countries such as India, China, Russia, Bulgaria, Estonia, etc. " I understand India, China, Russia and Bulgaria included in the list...but why Estonia? I am myself originally from Estonia, but I would not count on our country as a resource pool. Atleast not anymore after companies like Skype and Playtech are consuming most of the professionals. There is a huge lack of specialists for internal market. I would be surprised if it would be possible to outsource even 1000 tester a year from whole country... Mark “There are droves of potential testers in countries such as India, China, Russia, Bulgaria, Estonia, etc. ”

I understand India, China, Russia and Bulgaria included in the list…but why Estonia? I am myself originally from Estonia, but I would not count on our country as a resource pool. Atleast not anymore after companies like Skype and Playtech are consuming most of the professionals. There is a huge lack of specialists for internal market. I would be surprised if it would be possible to outsource even 1000 tester a year from whole country…

Mark

]]> By: MikeW http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/comment-page-1/#comment-1854416 MikeW Wed, 19 Dec 2007 07:17:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1854416 FogBugs should be FogBugz FogBugs should be FogBugz

]]> By: Joe http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/comment-page-1/#comment-1854388 Joe Wed, 19 Dec 2007 06:54:51 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/utest-gets-17m-for-crowd-sourced-quality-assurance/#comment-1854388 Who is Roi Carthy? Nothing about him on the Techcrunch about page. Who is Roi Carthy? Nothing about him on the Techcrunch about page.

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