Local statup RedBeacon won the big prize at TechCrunch50 but there were other local startups or startups with some location element there:
- CitySourced
- Yext
- Clixtr
- Localbacon
- refmob
- Mota
- Theswop
For those that were there or watched the video online . . . What was your favorite and why?
Or more generally, beyond local, which startup did you think was most promising. From among those I’ve seen (and I haven’t seen all the presentations), for me it’s Clicker.
September 16, 2009 at 5:16 pm
AnyClip – by far
oDesk
YourVersion (waiting version 2.0 when/if it is released)
Clicker
Threadsy
One to keep an eye on – Yext (claim to be generating $20m already??? Hmmm!!?)
September 16, 2009 at 6:22 pm
Kudos to TechCrunch for making the entire event available online, and at no charge. I watched almost all of it. And kudos to all the finalists — several amazing examples of huge progress with very limited time and money.
I base my opinion on what I would use/pay for.
I’d use CitySourced (use my iPhone to report potholes, trash, etc.) and hope/pray that my local city did too.
I’d also consider using CrowdFlower (Mechanical Turk w/ metrics); iTwin (Internet-enabled thumb drive), StorySomething (personalized kids books)
Not sure I’d use any of the others.
On the local front, I didn’t get Yext. It wasn’t clear what they did that is new and different (pay-per-call or ???). I commented on RedBeacon earlier. Sounds like ServiceMagic to me.