Insight in Creating a Profitable Startup Company

Startups.
Have you thought of starting your own business ?
Or have you already started your own business ?

You have a great idea.
You have a great team to start with (Best case scenario)
You are ready to gear up and kick start your startup.
So you have everything in place....
What else is required ?

Idea + team + ? = Profit

In the following video,David Heinemeier Hansson,
creator of the Ruby on Rails framework and Partner at 37Signals
will be sharing his insights in creating a profitable startup company.

Your Turn.
What's your view ?

You have 5 Minutes

What are you really good at ?
Or are you an expert in something ?
How about sharing it with the rest of the world in 5 minutes ?
Well, here comes 5min







The concept behind 5min is really simple: share your own expertise video from arts, business, fashion, sports, health, tech to food with the rest of the world in no more than 5 minutes. Alright, so what's so special about 5min ? The special video player created by 5min allows you to watch any video in slow motion or frame by frame whenever you feel the need to rewind back.















Now less the talk and more the action.
Share your expertise with the world in 5min.
Shoot. Post. Share. all in 5min.
Got 5min?

The Clone Wars

First the originals....
Digg,SlideShare,YouTube
Now the clones....

#1 Clone: menéame
Where do you digg for the latest news ? Digg you say?
Want a Spanish version you say ?
Here comes the Spanish alternative of Digg - menéame





















Any difference you say ?
Not much of a difference in contrast with Digg, except its in Spanish.
Will it become the next Digg ?
Or will it not ?

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#2 Clone: SlideBurner
Where do you normally share your presentations on the web?
Or where do you normally backup your presentations ?
SlideShare ?
How about an alternative ?
Here comes SlideShare's Europe cousin - SlideBurner


















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#3 Clone: MyVideo

Where do you normally hunt for videos online ?
YouTube ?
How about trying the German YouTube - MyVideo




















Will these clones eventually emerge as the replacements ?
Or will they not ?
Remember how Facebook came about and disrupt the game in the social networking sites ?
Just when Friendster and MySpace are getting comfortable, Facebook changes the rules of the game.

So will the clones survive ?
Or will they fad out ?
What do you think ?

Online Video Wars

Rejoice YouTube video viewers.....
Rejoice online video lovers....
Here comes more online video portals for your viewing....
All coming to bite off You-tube's share of audience....

Startup #1:







So what's so special about hulu ?
hulu offers full length shows like The Office, Prison Break, Bionic Woman, House and Bones, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Miami Vice, Arrested Development,The Simpsons, Family Guy, King of the hill.....and according to hulu, they had partnered with E! Entertainment, FUEL TV, SciFi Network and USA Networks to bring more shows to the site.









































Alright, what's the catch you say ? hulu is currently available in private beta, only to residents in the united states. So, if you live in the united states, give it a go and share with us.

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Startup #2:






So, what's so special about VuMe ?
All kinds of user generated video exactly like YouTube.....However, user get paid for the videos they created and uploaded, based on how well their content had performed.













Alright, what's the catch you say ? Though this model of getting paid for posting video is differentiating them from the other online video sharing site, how long will it take other online video sharing site existing or new startups to copy this model as well ? Will you or the audience still want to come back VuMe as before ?

What do you think ?

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