Gnomedex - Chris Pirillo and Should TagJag be funded?
July 1st, 2006 | by Sean |Chris and 3 VCs on stage
Chris gives the elevator pitch
new look and feel thanks to liquid orb
300 searches ou tthere that output rss
make your own - tag is your own - functional more than anythign else
organize by category - through the feeds -
todd cochrane launched blubrry with rss search
easily readable urls - push the query throiugh the different rss feeds
takes advantage of opml
export and import for an aggregator
wants to grow this out - a lot of promise
everything you hear of UGC is bullshit - how do you gen revs?
wants to be able to set it up to share rev thru google adsense id, etc. etc. - splitting 50% of traffic to the person generating the content. Pay people for the traffic they send out
mobile and search based
will people look for mobile rss searches - one place to subscribe to - tagjag responsible - filtering and clustering latrer
feedback to chris from vcs
Jeff Clavier
should it be funded - vc, angels, audience
why does he need funding? - bootstrapping
there is nothign wrong with bootstrapping a company that fulfills needs and dreams
angels and vcs dont necessarily want you to take the money
what does he want to achieve
why did he do it - why is he the best person to do that - VC - always a thought to competition - will it be a better solutioin that wink?
vc’s will want you to give 100% of your time
how to solve in the context of the team
in cool idea stage but not vc funded stage - rally free and bootstrap - evolve from neat idea to long term sustainable biz
dont position it as raising a bunch of money
if you suck we will tell you
chit chat - see progression - not 1 event - a process through time
take adv of where the trajectory of the biz goes
