Comments on: What’s Next For Bebo’s Founders: Back To Birthday Alarm

By: Buy and Sell Ireland

Buy and Sell Ireland — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:06:31 +0000

$4 million a year says that it is neccessary.

By: The Far Edge » Blog Archive » What Michael Birch Did after Selling Bebo and How He Thinks You Should Celebrate Your Birthday

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:15:06 +0000

[...] mission. It was fitting since Birch’s next project was his pre-Bebo project, a site called Birthday Alarm. Nine months later, Harrison is about to turn 34, Charity:Water is turning three, and Birch has [...]

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By: Pamela

Pamela — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:17:52 +0000

I am a Paid member, but have not been able to pull up their website for the past 3 months or contact anyone at the company due to no listings. It would be great if someone would contact me so that I can use their service again, especially since i paid for a whole year!! Does anyone know the company phone number?

By: Facebook Destroys Lucrative Birthday Reminder Industry « RedLegg

Facebook Destroys Lucrative Birthday Reminder Industry « RedLegg — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:08:55 +0000

[...] are big business. Bebo founders Michael and Xochi Birch started their social network Bebo with a simple birthday reminder service. That service had 100 million users at one point and still brings in $4 million per year in revenue [...]

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By: Kleszczów

Kleszczów — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:01:49 +0000

web 2.0 Rulez

By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » Bebo創業者の次の一手は古巣の「Birthday Alarm」

TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » Bebo創業者の次の一手は古巣の「Birthday Alarm」 — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:26:33 +0000

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By: Petey

Petey — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:54:07 +0000

It seems that the birthday alarm web 2.0 thingy is just plain unnecessary….

I mean, seriously, there are like 100 ways to remember someone’s birthday. It seems to me that making another widgety web two point o-eey website for it is a waste of time.

By: Andy Wong

Andy Wong — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:51:42 +0000

If they really got 4m a year with the birthdayalarm business, they must have done pretty good marketing job among competitors. I guess, probably charging a fee rather than free service make them more appealing to users. Still hardly believe they earn 4 m a year for that simple and thin service, probably the tax office can tell.

By: A J

A J — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:28:54 +0000

Michael,

I know this is ‘out of context’ here. Check out this ars-technica article about how journalists(bloggers) were threatened by Metallica:

http://arstechn...-our-music.html

By: Painters london

Painters london — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:20:42 +0000

Delve Networks is still putting the pieces together on some of the functionality publishers have come to expect,

By: LOL@Mik

LOL@Mik — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:52:36 +0000

LOL…

Mik is right… When I was a child (an orphan one) I was selling matches. That will be my story when I go BIG.

This is of course the way it’s got to be with every entrepreneur. They’re all guys working in their garages.

By: AlarmLocator.com

AlarmLocator.com — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:05:05 +0000

the future will have thousands of open social birthday app widgets that users will be able to use for free. glad the gentleman is still in the game. he and his wife have the financial momentum to become major players in the online world if they strategically place there bets in the right place. experience tells us that they know how to play the game and are Very Very Lucky as well. http://BirthdayLocator.com

By: Mik

Mik — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:58:41 +0000

I thought these guys where so poor before Bebo that they had to live in their parents house while working on bebo, no we hear that had another business making $4M/year? I don’t get it.

By: Internet un negocio recurrente Loogic.com

Internet un negocio recurrente Loogic.com — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:56:40 +0000

[...] me quedo tras leer el Techcrunch que los fundadores de Bebo comenzaron en 2001 con una web de alertas de cumpleaños y envío de [...]

By: james

james — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:55:58 +0000

A lot less useless with Facebook around!

By: Peter Urban

Peter Urban — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:34:26 +0000

Wow, I didn’t know Bebo sold for that much – congratulations!
Re Birthday alarm, It’s amazing how much a simple service like that can make without much effort. We’re looking for an E-card service to integrate into Doorbell (sales software) and Buzzer (personal contact manager) on our SmibsNet. Michael Birch: Give me a shout at twitter.com/peterurban if you’re interested to offer options for integration.

By: Happy Birthday Domains

Happy Birthday Domains — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:22:30 +0000

… and when you’ve been alarmed what’s more cool than saying happy birthday with http://www.Happ...hdayDomains.com

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:20:36 +0000

4mil/year ?
i’m gonna shoot myself right now.
man this guy does brilliant business.

By: Andy McLoughlin

Andy McLoughlin — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:56:57 +0000

Well done Michael (Birch). One of the nicest and most down-to-earth entrepreneurs you could hope to meet.