Re:Startup that Predicts Success of Other Startups
by bootload on Monday February 18, 2008 @05:55AM
(#118070)
“Give us some information, and we’ll give you some idea of what the company will be worth in five years”
Which makes me think have they run the software on their own company? But it makes for interesting reading. A quick look around it appears to be positioning itself as doing all things to all parties:
- dating site for startups & engineers
- business reporting (analysts) for VC's
- euro-style-facebook for engineers & entrepreneurs
"... We provide business competition, event, networking and mailing list functionality for real-world groups that support startup communities. For investors, we're building technology to help inform their decisions. ..." [0]
Interesting to see Harj [1] there (with a low id) and ycombinator listed as a Startup but not a direct competitor. [1] Is uNoodle trying to do too much at once? There is another problem with this approach. Startups make new things using Ideas so new that historical data points are no real predictors of success. So how predict such Startups are going to succeed?
Make no mistake, though. The real target for these guys is to set themselves up as middle men for VCs. Mini-blood suckers.
Which makes me think have they run the software on their own company? But it makes for interesting reading. A quick look around it appears to be positioning itself as doing all things to all parties:
- dating site for startups & engineers
- business reporting (analysts) for VC's
- euro-style-facebook for engineers & entrepreneurs
"... We provide business competition, event, networking and mailing list functionality for real-world groups that support startup communities. For investors, we're building technology to help inform their decisions. ..." [0]
Interesting to see Harj [1] there (with a low id) and ycombinator listed as a Startup but not a direct competitor. [1] Is uNoodle trying to do too much at once? There is another problem with this approach. Startups make new things using Ideas so new that historical data points are no real predictors of success. So how predict such Startups are going to succeed?
Make no mistake, though. The real target for these guys is to set themselves up as middle men for VCs. Mini-blood suckers.
[0] http://younoodle.com/about.php
[1] Not very surprising due to the number of Oxford & Entrepreneur alumni ~ http://younoodle.com/profile.php?id=23
[2] http://younoodle.com/group.php?id=74