Memeoirs Raises $300K To Turn Your Facebook Conversations Into A Book

Re:Memeoirs Raises $300K To Turn Your Facebook Conversations... by nakedrobot2 on Tuesday February 18, 2014 @11:21AM (#7258945)

Well, uh, nice, ok, but.... come on!

How about some REAL INNOVATION, PEOPLE?

Not this warmed-over, iterative solipsism. Our technology is circling the drain of self-perpetuating narcisism. Investors are a spineless bunch who shy away from anything actually "new and daring". What happened to the "V" in "Venture Capital"? You know the part where you are actually taking a RISK on something?

/rant

No offense intended to the Memeoirs guys personally.

"I saw the best minds of my generation, writing spam filters" -Neal Stephenson

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Re:Memeoirs Raises $300K To Turn Your Facebook Conversations... by regularjack on Tuesday February 18, 2014 @11:51AM (#7259178)

Memeoirs co-founder here.

I think I understand where this is coming from because I too sometimes feel the same. However, I also believe it's possible to create value with technology that is not a major innovation.

That said, the value Memeoirs creates is the perpetuation of people's "digital letters". We don't want to live in a world where there is no tangible written communication and we believe we are not alone.

I would also like to point out that this was not VP money. Our investor is an Italian printing group who does not usually invest in other companies.

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Re:Memeoirs Raises $300K To Turn Your Facebook Conversations... by lowmagnet on Tuesday February 18, 2014 @11:47AM (#7259145)

It's now 'V' for 'Vanity', stroking egos for profit.

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