Re:Ask HN: Are there any innovative startups in the porn/adu...
by rblion on Monday October 20, 2014 @07:32PM
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Thank you so much for all the information you've provided Cindy, I was not expecting this much of a response. I basically got nothing on Reddit.
I'm going to study everything in this thread and use it for my startup. I have some ideas of how human sexuality can be explored through using technology without losing our humanity. Hopefully, we can all change the perception of porn and the dynamics of the industry.
I will post again in due time. :)
Re:Ask HN: Are there any innovative startups in the porn/adu...
by xSync_alan on Tuesday October 21, 2014 @10:27AM
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I'd recommend connecting with a few amazing & sex-positive accounts on twitter.
@cindygallop @makelovenotporn @happyplaytime @mikandistore @oactually @simplysxy @missemmamcg @orgasmatronics @xSyncTech
There are so many more, but that should get you on track to surrounding yourself with people who want to positively effect change through sex tech.
Re:Ask HN: Are there any innovative startups in the porn/adu...
by cindygallop on Tuesday October 21, 2014 @05:19PM
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Terrific! Do email [email protected] when you're ready to talk :)
http://www.fastcompany.com/3029634/bottom-line/the-difficult...
and the Daily Beast:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/05/29/silicon-val...
Silicon Valley welcomes innovation and disruption in every other area of our lives except this one - which is why I gave this short talk at New York Tech Meetup back in Feb on why the Next Big Thing in tech is disrupting sex, and intro-ed Colin Hodge of Down and Dema Tio of Vibease to demo their products (go to sex+tech in player):
http://mlb.mlb.com/media/player/entry.jsp?calendar_event_id=...
and why I organized a 'Changing The World Through Sex' track at Social Media Week New York also in Feb:
http://socialmediaweek.org/newyork/events/?id=139287#.UqhnJP...
You can get a sense of the various #sextech startups who demo-ed in 'Sex Tech Shark Tank' here :)
http://seen.co/event/social-media-week:-sextech-new-york-cit...
We welcome as many people as possible to join us in disrupting sex and porn - for anyone interested, this is my talk on 'The Future Of Porn' at SXSW last year:
http://www.sxsw.com/interactive/news/2013/cindy-gallop-celeb...
and I spell out the business opportunity in my open letter to David Cameron and Silicon Valley published by Wired last year - 'Don't Block Porn, Disrupt It':
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-08/14/cindy-gallop-...
One day I want to start the YCombinator for porn - who's in? :)
http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/15/makelovenotporn-founder-wa...