Top 35 Startups In Tech that TechCrunch missed out on – August 2012
"feelzr connects you with all the people around the world born on the same day as you."
How is this a Top Startup? This seems like a very novel idea to me. Some of these companies sound interesting but I think this list needs a little editing.
Off topic, but if I get one more modal popup on a website I'm going to scream. Are javascript modals the new popup?
Got this chrome alert when visiting badgety:
"www.badgety.com contains content from deqbyyq.ru, a site known to distribute malware. Your computer might catch a virus if you visit this site."
Some of those look pretty neat, but I have to constantly fight the urge to think "fly-by-night" whenever I see a name ending with "ly" or "me" or "zr" or replacing an i with a y.
TechCrunch tends to only cover startups for a reason. They won't just say "This startup exists". They'll say you reach a certain number of users, raise money or do a deal with a major partner. Why should they cover that a new social app or dashboard has launched? TheNextWeb does a little more of this but still this is how journalism works.
How come all the startups mentioned here are websites? I have nothing against them, but I would imagine that there are some startups out there that are less of a hit-or-miss and more about the product that has some engineering novelty to it.
Really happy to see my product Jetstrap on there. Thanks for the mention!
How is #29, AwesomeShare (not even launched) a top 35-missed startup? Its an idea that’s been done over and over and over again. It doesn’t even look well done.
Thanks for mentioning http://getsummer.com - I would love to hear everyone's feedback about the product :)
Thanks for featuring http://Diggsy.com - we really appreciate it. If anyone has any questions or looking for information on what we are working on, hit us up.
We're launching http://www.billberries.com soon. With Billberries, you will actually enjoy managing your bills!
I remember using designers.mx when their content was focusing on music. It's really nice to see that they scaled. Also, the UI is really nice.
Opscotch.com is launching this week. Check us out if you have a chance. We are a new kind of online debate platform.
What about http://vooza.com/ ?
Hmm, is this a problem with techcrunch or these startups PR departments?
Sweet! This is great. Almost like betali.st
wow, actually some pretty sweet startups here!
Great article!
thanks for the mention of infocaptor
>Drynk.me is the easiest way to catalog, share, and discover alcoholic beverages. From beer, cosmos to ‘on the rocks’, see what friends and followers are experiencing and saying about their drinks. The platform will allow users to post pictures and/or videos with a geo-location tag of the drink they are enjoying and add their thoughts about with the option to push it through to other social spheres.
Good lord, does EVERYTHING have to be a geotagged social experience?
Where my inailedthat.com startup? A website that allowed people to post pictures of the people they have slept with?
Are any of these actually making money? Or is just they have pretty names and websites?
Awesome list, thanks for adding Instatrip up!