Comments on: Startups in trouble – Revver, BlueDot, Vizrea, Exbiblio http://startupsquad.com/2006/12/20/startups-in-trouble-revver-bluedot-vizrea-exbiblio/ Tech and Money Blog Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:58:13 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: StartupSquad » Blog Archive » Revver Shakeup Take 2: CEO Steven Starr is out http://startupsquad.com/2006/12/20/startups-in-trouble-revver-bluedot-vizrea-exbiblio/#comment-2616 StartupSquad » Blog Archive » Revver Shakeup Take 2: CEO Steven Starr is out Fri, 08 Jun 2007 13:10:14 +0000 http://startupsquad.com/2006/12/20/startups-in-trouble-revver-bluedot-vizrea-exbiblio/#comment-2616 [...] Revver, the video sharing startup which was struggling at best most of the time, has now gone through another management shakeup - CEO Steven Starr has stepped down. Kevin Wells, the company’s chief operating officer takes over for Starr. Kevin Wells had joined in as the COO during the last management shakeup, about which I had written here. [...] [...] Revver, the video sharing startup which was struggling at best most of the time, has now gone through another management shakeup – CEO Steven Starr has stepped down. Kevin Wells, the company’s chief operating officer takes over for Starr. Kevin Wells had joined in as the COO during the last management shakeup, about which I had written here. [...]

]]> By: Foo http://startupsquad.com/2006/12/20/startups-in-trouble-revver-bluedot-vizrea-exbiblio/#comment-2613 Foo Fri, 09 Feb 2007 03:09:06 +0000 http://startupsquad.com/2006/12/20/startups-in-trouble-revver-bluedot-vizrea-exbiblio/#comment-2613 Techzoogle has a good writeup on failed web 2.0 companies of 2006. You might want to check the article out. http://techzoogle.com/where-are-all-the-good-web-20-companies-going/ Techzoogle has a good writeup on failed web 2.0 companies of 2006. You might want to check the article out.

http://techzoogle.com/where-are-all-the-good-web-20-companies-going/

]]> By: StartupSquad » Blog Archive » Searchles goes for another angel funding round http://startupsquad.com/2006/12/20/startups-in-trouble-revver-bluedot-vizrea-exbiblio/#comment-2614 StartupSquad » Blog Archive » Searchles goes for another angel funding round Fri, 09 Feb 2007 02:15:53 +0000 http://startupsquad.com/2006/12/20/startups-in-trouble-revver-bluedot-vizrea-exbiblio/#comment-2614 [...] Keeping up with the feature addition momentum, Searchles introduced bunch of features today that makes its Groups feature more robust including controls around participation, and management dashboards. Also taking a cue from Digg, Searchles has added “top groups” and “top people” lists to the front page. Obviously account activity, quality and relevancy of posts, and size of the network will govern who gets pushed to the front page. In my PoV, groups in the Top Group lists get to remain on the top longer ’cause of their presence on the front page getting them more traffic. As a downside they can be easy targets for spam bookmarks that can destroy the community effect. Someone has to be always watching out for what gets added to a group, which won’t be an easy task for high traffic groups. Still, Searchles team is putting in lot of effort in a saturated market where some of the startups(like Bluedot) are already feeling the heat. [...] [...] Keeping up with the feature addition momentum, Searchles introduced bunch of features today that makes its Groups feature more robust including controls around participation, and management dashboards. Also taking a cue from Digg, Searchles has added “top groups” and “top people” lists to the front page. Obviously account activity, quality and relevancy of posts, and size of the network will govern who gets pushed to the front page. In my PoV, groups in the Top Group lists get to remain on the top longer ’cause of their presence on the front page getting them more traffic. As a downside they can be easy targets for spam bookmarks that can destroy the community effect. Someone has to be always watching out for what gets added to a group, which won’t be an easy task for high traffic groups. Still, Searchles team is putting in lot of effort in a saturated market where some of the startups(like Bluedot) are already feeling the heat. [...]

]]> By: Heather Flanagan http://startupsquad.com/2006/12/20/startups-in-trouble-revver-bluedot-vizrea-exbiblio/#comment-2615 Heather Flanagan Tue, 23 Jan 2007 10:34:56 +0000 http://startupsquad.com/2006/12/20/startups-in-trouble-revver-bluedot-vizrea-exbiblio/#comment-2615 This comment isn't directly related, but I have become fascinated by what ex-Microsoft people create in the after-life. Here is a link to a video about it from the Microsoft Alumni Network's After The Holiday Party: http://heatherflanagan.wordpress.com/2007/01/20/you-must-be-the-gandhi/ This comment isn’t directly related, but I have become fascinated by what ex-Microsoft people create in the after-life. Here is a link to a video about it from the Microsoft Alumni Network’s After The Holiday Party:

http://heatherflanagan.wordpress.com/2007/01/20/you-must-be-the-gandhi/

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