Comments on: Radar Networks Raises $13 Million B Round; Velocity’s Ross Levinsohn Joins Board

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Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:30:33 +0000

[...] startups and projects are hot right now. (See Radar Networks, Freebase, Blue Organizer, Hakia, even Yahoo). But what do you do if you are a little-known [...]

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The Semantic Hacker One-Million Dollar Challenge — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:18:02 +0000

[...] startups and projects are hot right now. (See Radar Networks, Freebase, Blue Organizer, Hakia, even Yahoo). But what do you do if you are a little-known [...]

By: Igor

Igor — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:19:56 +0000

I would like to be able to get 18 mln for showing subscribe to beta page. According to previous post they are deleloping Twine from April 2006.
This company who invented brand ‘Twine’ for Radar Networks - http://www.igorinternational.com.
I checked how much they charge:
“Our standard 5-week process includes US or Madrid Protocol trademark prescreening of all names presented, competitive analysis, contextual graphic support of leading names, and a range of taglines. The cost for such a process is $45,000.”

To compare - http://www.tiinker.com/ - created by two 20 year old guys without any funding - it is up and running.

Strange crazy world.
Have no assoc with any businesses I mentioned.
Regards

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:14:41 +0000

I’ve followed Nova’s doings for a while. From an initial startup POV, I wonder if he recommends Sun Microsystem’s startup essentials program for getting off the ground. My interest is an x64 server and this seems like the place to go get it for less… http://www.sun.com/startup

By: iCluck SEO

iCluck SEO — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:31:22 +0000

Congrats on all of the funding — the use of AI will only increase. Does anyone know if these bots are powered by Numenta? Whatever happened to Numenta?

By: guest

guest — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:28:06 +0000

does anyone else notice that “Velocity Interactive Group’s” logo and namesake is largely similar to the computer companies “Velocity Micro”… Coincidence?

By: Alex Hammer

Alex Hammer — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:14:53 +0000

Nova Spivack is a visionary and (we’ll wait to see how this endeavor turns out but I believe strongly) also a genius.

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By: James Gillmore

James Gillmore — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:49:20 +0000

I’m interested to see if Twine will be all its cracked up to be.

James
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By: Keith

Keith — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 05:45:00 +0000

Congrats Nova!

By: David Scott Lewis (Zytech Solar, a Going Green 100 Winner)

David Scott Lewis (Zytech Solar, a Going Green 100 Winner) — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 05:41:36 +0000

$$$ well deserved … and well invested (IMO).

As the most active participant in Twine’s private beta (you’ll see this when you receive your invitation), I can attest to the legitimacy of Twine’s aura, both the mystique (imagined) and technological framework (actual).

Semweb (the Semantic Web) is different. Web 3.0 is different. And Twine is different.

On the surface, Twine may look a lot like a Web 2.0 application, something akin to a Facebook, a Yahoo! Group, maybe a JotSpot, perhaps del.icio.us. In fact, it’s the best of all of the above. And, quite frankly, Twine’s familiarity is good news: A new Twinerian has a short learning curve. (Take learning how to fly in Second Life as a counterexample.)

However, Twine is really so much more than a social networking site, social bookmarking site, online discussion group, or wiki. At it’s core, Twine is about the organizing and sharing of knowledge based upon common interests. But discovery is what makes Twine truly unique. And in addition to discovery in a broad sense, I personally view Twine’s matchmaking features as its key advantage.

With Twine, a Twinerian can find business partners, potential employers or employees, or life partners. And it’s all quite simple, something I’ve dubbed “one-click networking and discovery.” Bottom line: Click on a bookmarklet and both people and content matches will follow. Enter Web 3.0.

Recent New York Times column on Twine:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02.....novel.html

My three AlwaysOn Network columns on Twine (listed in chronological order):
http://alwayson.goingon.com/permalink/post/20803
http://alwayson.goingon.com/permalink/post/22937
http://alwayson.goingon.com/permalink/post/23747

(AO column links: doiop.com/Twine, doiop.com/Crunchies and doiop.com/Enterprise3.0)