Comments on: Israel’s LabPixies Offers Highly Awesome Widgets http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/15/israels-labpixies-offers-highly-awesome-wigets/ Startup and Technology News Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:09:21 -0800 hourly 1 By: Gifts http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/15/israels-labpixies-offers-highly-awesome-wigets/comment-page-1/#comment-2419374 Gifts Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:31:31 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=18923#comment-2419374 It's my guess that the only truly profitable widgets (or widgets companies) will be the ones that make business app type widgets. Games are fun, but companies (larger media type companies with lots of traffic) will be able to have their own IT dept create them considering how easy the tools are becoming to create these little things. It’s my guess that the only truly profitable widgets (or widgets companies) will be the ones that make business app type widgets. Games are fun, but companies (larger media type companies with lots of traffic) will be able to have their own IT dept create them considering how easy the tools are becoming to create these little things.

]]> By: Gadgeteer10 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/15/israels-labpixies-offers-highly-awesome-wigets/comment-page-1/#comment-2379900 Gadgeteer10 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:26:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=18923#comment-2379900 I really like their widgets, with the new advertising channel they should show some nice revenues. I really like their widgets, with the new advertising channel they should show some nice revenues.

]]> By: Eyal Gura http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/15/israels-labpixies-offers-highly-awesome-wigets/comment-page-1/#comment-2376165 Eyal Gura Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:45:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=18923#comment-2376165 These guys really rocks. Very focused and smart. We like the blue one the most! :) These guys really rocks. Very focused and smart.

We like the blue one the most!

:)

]]> By: Kiter http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/15/israels-labpixies-offers-highly-awesome-wigets/comment-page-1/#comment-2376072 Kiter Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:17:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=18923#comment-2376072 I think their hangman app is the best there is. I think their hangman app is the best there is.

]]> By: Fabrice Grinda http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/15/israels-labpixies-offers-highly-awesome-wigets/comment-page-1/#comment-2375762 Fabrice Grinda Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:18:16 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=18923#comment-2375762 Why I invested in Lab Pixies http://www.fabricegrinda.com/?p=384 A few months ago, I had dinner at Le Colonial with Mark Gerson (the founder of Gerson Lehrman Group and Joe Sigelman (the founder of Office Tiger). As an aside, I was introduced to Mark by Jeremy Levine from Bessemer as they are investors in both Gerson Lehrman and OLX. Joe was the TA in one of my math classes in Princeton! We decided to find young, smart aggressive people to find early stage startups for us outside of the beaten path. In Israel, we started working with Yaron Carni who introduced us to Lab Pixies. Lab Pixies is one of the largest widget companies, and a leader for for iGoogle, Live and Netvibes. They are not as well known as Slide or RockYou given their focus on iGoogle rather than Facebook, but they are a fantastic company. The company has 41 million unique visitors per month and over 750 million monthly gadget views and the gadgets are awesome. The leading gadgets are ToDo List, Sudoku, Weather, Babylon Translation Box, Birthday Reminder and Backjack. We were impressed by the team of 10 great engineers based in Tel Aviv and decided to invest $1 million in the company. Ran, Oded, Nir, Udi: make it happen! Why I invested in Lab Pixies

http://www.fabr...inda.com/?p=384

A few months ago, I had dinner at Le Colonial with Mark Gerson (the founder of Gerson Lehrman Group and Joe Sigelman (the founder of Office Tiger). As an aside, I was introduced to Mark by Jeremy Levine from Bessemer as they are investors in both Gerson Lehrman and OLX. Joe was the TA in one of my math classes in Princeton!

We decided to find young, smart aggressive people to find early stage startups for us outside of the beaten path. In Israel, we started working with Yaron Carni who introduced us to Lab Pixies.

Lab Pixies is one of the largest widget companies, and a leader for for iGoogle, Live and Netvibes. They are not as well known as Slide or RockYou given their focus on iGoogle rather than Facebook, but they are a fantastic company. The company has 41 million unique visitors per month and over 750 million monthly gadget views and the gadgets are awesome. The leading gadgets are ToDo List, Sudoku, Weather, Babylon Translation Box, Birthday Reminder and Backjack.

We were impressed by the team of 10 great engineers based in Tel Aviv and decided to invest $1 million in the company.

Ran, Oded, Nir, Udi: make it happen!

]]> By: Liza Hausman http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/15/israels-labpixies-offers-highly-awesome-wigets/comment-page-1/#comment-2375728 Liza Hausman Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:54:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=18923#comment-2375728 Worth noting that LabPixies use Gigya's technology to allow uses to grab and share these widgets. Gigya distributes widgets for any developer or advertisers, no matter what the platform. Worth noting that LabPixies use Gigya’s technology to allow uses to grab and share these widgets. Gigya distributes widgets for any developer or advertisers, no matter what the platform.

]]> By: Harry http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/15/israels-labpixies-offers-highly-awesome-wigets/comment-page-1/#comment-2375720 Harry Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:49:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=18923#comment-2375720 Sweet I love my widgets and I hope this company continues to create new and innovated widgets. Sweet I love my widgets and I hope this company continues to create new and innovated widgets.

]]> By: LabPixies raises 1 million in funding | Widgets Lab http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/15/israels-labpixies-offers-highly-awesome-wigets/comment-page-1/#comment-2375665 LabPixies raises 1 million in funding | Widgets Lab Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:10:47 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=18923#comment-2375665 [...] via Techcrunch Technorati Tags: labpixies,widget startup,widget money,widget funding Sphere: Related Content [...] [...] via Techcrunch Technorati Tags: labpixies,widget startup,widget money,widget funding Sphere: Related Content [...]

]]> By: Shabir Ahamed http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/15/israels-labpixies-offers-highly-awesome-wigets/comment-page-1/#comment-2375663 Shabir Ahamed Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:10:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=18923#comment-2375663 how about checking out www.ezridez.com a new startup based on highly customizable and interactive widget. car enthusiasts will love it even more. read about it on its blog http://ezridez.blogspot.com how about checking out http://www.ezridez.com a new startup based on highly customizable and interactive widget. car enthusiasts will love it even more.
read about it on its blog http://ezridez.blogspot.com

]]> By: HmmConvenient http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/15/israels-labpixies-offers-highly-awesome-wigets/comment-page-1/#comment-2375581 HmmConvenient Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:55:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=18923#comment-2375581 How do you make money with these again? How do you make money with these again?

]]> By: ac http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/15/israels-labpixies-offers-highly-awesome-wigets/comment-page-1/#comment-2375406 ac Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:28:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=18923#comment-2375406 What I find truly interesting with this company are the following numbers: - 41 million people a month view their widgets - 10 employees - self financed (+ $1 million from angels lately) By definition, a start-up must be lean. At a time where the dumbest web 2.0 ideas can raise millions (or tens of millions), it is refreshing to see a true start-up. Lately, VCs tend to forget that a small team of focused and hungry founders/employees is a (the?) key to success. Within 2, 3 years, bloated start-ups will collapse under their own weight while companies such as LabPixies will probably be still here and will be the ones providing a handsome return to their founders and investors... PS: Surprised by the previous comments on Israeli start-ups! Has everyone already forgotten about success such as ICQ?? Israel has been producing quite a few successful start-ups for a quite a long time. What I find truly interesting with this company are the following numbers:
– 41 million people a month view their widgets
– 10 employees
– self financed (+ $1 million from angels lately)

By definition, a start-up must be lean. At a time where the dumbest web 2.0 ideas can raise millions (or tens of millions), it is refreshing to see a true start-up. Lately, VCs tend to forget that a small team of focused and hungry founders/employees is a (the?) key to success.

Within 2, 3 years, bloated start-ups will collapse under their own weight while companies such as LabPixies will probably be still here and will be the ones providing a handsome return to their founders and investors…

PS:
Surprised by the previous comments on Israeli start-ups! Has everyone already forgotten about success such as ICQ?? Israel has been producing quite a few successful start-ups for a quite a long time.

]]> By: SheeshPatrol http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/15/israels-labpixies-offers-highly-awesome-wigets/comment-page-1/#comment-2375391 SheeshPatrol Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:20:47 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=18923#comment-2375391 the widget market reminds me of barry bonds, amazing numbers, huge growth , but one gigantic asterisks , in the case of the widget market: THEY DON'T PRODUCE ANY MONEY. the widget market reminds me of barry bonds, amazing numbers, huge growth , but one gigantic asterisks , in the case of the widget market:

THEY DON’T PRODUCE ANY MONEY.

]]> By: Vinay http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/15/israels-labpixies-offers-highly-awesome-wigets/comment-page-1/#comment-2375360 Vinay Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:32:58 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=18923#comment-2375360 I love their iGoogle Theme : http://www.google.co.uk/help/ig/art/artists/pocoyo.html !! One of the best! They have a todo widget for iGoogle as well which is one of the most used. Way to go LabPixies! Cheers! I love their iGoogle Theme : http://www.goog...sts/pocoyo.html !! One of the best!

They have a todo widget for iGoogle as well which is one of the most used.

Way to go LabPixies!

Cheers!

]]> By: Steven http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/15/israels-labpixies-offers-highly-awesome-wigets/comment-page-1/#comment-2375323 Steven Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:48:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=18923#comment-2375323 I LOVE their facebook apps! They're really cool! I LOVE their facebook apps!
They’re really cool!

]]> By: AviK http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/15/israels-labpixies-offers-highly-awesome-wigets/comment-page-1/#comment-2375319 AviK Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:39:41 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=18923#comment-2375319 @ Subset - it's a bit strange, and they're not even ads for LabPixies. Maybe two people just had the exact same thought? In the same words? :) @ Subset – it’s a bit strange, and they’re not even ads for LabPixies. Maybe two people just had the exact same thought? In the same words? :)

]]> By: Ron http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/15/israels-labpixies-offers-highly-awesome-wigets/comment-page-1/#comment-2375270 Ron Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:51:15 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=18923#comment-2375270 I think I used the LabPixies Widgets on Facebook too. The design was really fun. Also, they have a really cool toolbar that I put all my "To Do"s on. Good luck I think I used the LabPixies Widgets on Facebook too. The design was really fun. Also, they have a really cool toolbar that I put all my “To Do”s on.

Good luck

]]> By: Subset http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/15/israels-labpixies-offers-highly-awesome-wigets/comment-page-1/#comment-2375183 Subset Mon, 16 Jun 2008 06:12:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=18923#comment-2375183 Two identical comments from different users. Is this company using astroturf spam on the comments? Two identical comments from different users. Is this company using astroturf spam on the comments?

]]> By: Vivek http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/15/israels-labpixies-offers-highly-awesome-wigets/comment-page-1/#comment-2375179 Vivek Mon, 16 Jun 2008 06:06:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=18923#comment-2375179 Cool! most amazing widgets i have seen till date Cool! most amazing widgets i have seen till date

]]> By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » イスラエルのLabPixiesのウィジェットは本当にすごい http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/15/israels-labpixies-offers-highly-awesome-wigets/comment-page-1/#comment-2375175 TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » イスラエルのLabPixiesのウィジェットは本当にすごい Mon, 16 Jun 2008 05:51:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=18923#comment-2375175 [...] [原文へ] [...] [...] [原文へ] [...]

]]> By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » イスラエルのLabPixiesのウィジェットは本当にすごい http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/15/israels-labpixies-offers-highly-awesome-wigets/comment-page-1/#comment-2375174 TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » イスラエルのLabPixiesのウィジェットは本当にすごい Mon, 16 Jun 2008 05:51:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=18923#comment-2375174 [...] [原文へ] [...] [...] [原文へ] [...]

]]> By: devinda http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/15/israels-labpixies-offers-highly-awesome-wigets/comment-page-1/#comment-2375151 devinda Mon, 16 Jun 2008 05:30:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=18923#comment-2375151 I say, there is a lot of stuff coming out of Israel right now! Is this the next hotpsot for development and innovation? I say, there is a lot of stuff coming out of Israel right now! Is this the next hotpsot for development and innovation?

]]> By: Orli Yakuel http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/15/israels-labpixies-offers-highly-awesome-wigets/comment-page-1/#comment-2375143 Orli Yakuel Mon, 16 Jun 2008 05:26:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=18923#comment-2375143 Kudos to them. They even have a Techcrunch widget: http://www.labpixies.com/gadget_page.php?id=39 Agree about their interesting ad-gadgets. LabPixies making ads that people actually want to click on. Kudos to them. They even have a Techcrunch widget: http://www.labp..._page.php?id=39

Agree about their interesting ad-gadgets. LabPixies making ads that people actually want to click on.

]]> By: Evangelist http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/15/israels-labpixies-offers-highly-awesome-wigets/comment-page-1/#comment-2375088 Evangelist Mon, 16 Jun 2008 04:30:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=18923#comment-2375088 This company looks very promising to me. If i were a VC, I would definitely pour some money into it. Good luck to them. This company looks very promising to me. If i were a VC, I would definitely pour some money into it. Good luck to them.

]]> By: Russell http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/15/israels-labpixies-offers-highly-awesome-wigets/comment-page-1/#comment-2375056 Russell Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:40:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=18923#comment-2375056 Nice! :) Nice! :)

]]> By: Luke Harvey-Palmer http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/15/israels-labpixies-offers-highly-awesome-wigets/comment-page-1/#comment-2375050 Luke Harvey-Palmer Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:22:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=18923#comment-2375050 I say, there is a lot of stuff coming out of Israel right now! Is this the next hotpsot for development and innovation? I say, there is a lot of stuff coming out of Israel right now! Is this the next hotpsot for development and innovation?

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