On 05/01/2010, at 4:45 PM, Alex Dong wrote: >> so who needs to find "connectors" and how badly do they need it? > Spot on, Dylan. This is exactly what we're hoping to learn from > silicon beach community.
well we wouldn't mind finding the key influencers within our target corportations/organisations who are looking at new web technology . If we could filter based on the domain name of the persons professional email address and could filter out the marketing type people, I'd consider paying for that. > > Alex > > On Jan 5, 4:08 pm, Dylan Jay <d...@pretaweb.com> wrote: >> On 05/01/2010, at 2:54 PM, Alex Dong wrote: >> >> >> >>> #4. Our current goal is to help people to find "influencers" and >>> "connectors" within a community. ( The Tipping Point, anyone? ) The >>> whole internet could be one community, this google group could be >>> one, >>> a 300-employee company or a 150,000-people corporation all can be >>> treated as a community. As long as there are people, there are >>> needs >>> to find each other, to connect. >> >> so who needs to find "connectors" and how badly do they need it? >> >> >> >> >> >>> Having said all these, the engine still needs significant >>> improvements >>> on both accuracy and scalability. We're still trying to find our >>> first beachhead. Please give twendly.com 5 minutes, play around with >>> it and share with us your answer to this question: >> >>> --------------------------------------------------------- >>> What does Twendly.com enable you to do? >>> --------------------------------------------------------- >> >>> Cheers, >>> Alex >> >>> On Jan 5, 12:27 pm, "Hendro Wijaya" <hendro_wij...@hotmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> Hey Tim, >> >>>> This is just my thought and I might be wrong. >> >>>> 1. Twitter is half-fad. >>>> I can't see how Twitter will grow through the same trajectory like >>>> Facebook. >>>> They won't die, but, won't be as mainstream and active in the >>>> consumer >>>> space. >>>> The most sustainable use cases I see people using Twitter are: >>>> business >>>> self-interest (tweet their blog post, deals, etc) and once-in-a- >>>> blue-moon >>>> real-time news. >>>> Effect on Twendly: sustainable value proposition. Why would I, as >>>> consumer, >>>> keep using it? I only use Twitter Search Engine when there is an >>>> earthquake >>>> (or some real-time news that I care). >> >>>> 2. Tech-acquisition as the only way out. >>>> Continue from 1. Without sustainable value proposition, I think it >>>> will be >>>> hard to monetize and leave you with tech-acquisition as the only >>>> way out. >>>> For me, that is a very risky bet unless you think you guys can >>>> build >>>> something way better than Google, Bing and Twitter in this space >>>> (e.g. >>>> Etherpad's case). >> >>>> 3. Solve real problem. >>>> I personally made this mistake and it's been a valuable lesson. >>>> Based on my own experience and your video about HiveMind, I think >>>> asymmetric-knowledge is a real problem in enterprise. I think it >>>> will worth >>>> more in long run if you guys focus on solving that. >> >>>> Again, I might be absolutely clueless and please feel free to >>>> enlighten me. >> >>>> -Hendro >> >>>> -------------------------------------------------- >>>> From: "Tim Bull" <tbull...@googlemail.com> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 8:27 AM >>>> To: "Silicon Beach Australia" <silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com >> >>>> Subject: [SiliconBeach] Long time SB member, new entrepreneur >>>> seeking your >>>> assitance on ideas for our site >> >>>>> Hi All, >> >>>>> Thought I'd re-introduce myself - I've been a long time lurker in >>>>> this >>>>> community (I was one of the early sign ups when Elias launched >>>>> it). >> >>>>> Recently, I quite my job of 15 years at PwC and co-founded >>>>> http://www.binaryplex.comwithAlex Dong - we are focussed on the >>>>> problem of expertise location. Initially we thought this would >>>>> primarily be an Enterprise play and have collected some interest >>>>> in >>>>> this space along the way, but we are wondering now if there might >>>>> be a >>>>> consumer play here instead. >> >>>>> We've created a new Twitter search enginehttp://twendly.comwhichis >>>>> indexing Twitter users and using our underlying people search >>>>> engine >>>>> to demonstrate the concept. >> >>>>> I'd really appreciate anyone here who could spare a few minutes to >>>>> have a quick look and a poke around at it and let us know your >>>>> thoughts either through the feedback link on the site, or e-mail >>>>> me at >>>>> tim.b...@binaryplex.com. >> >>>>> To give you a taste, a search for silicon beach >>>>> http://twendly.com/?q=silicon+beach >>>>> reveals these are the people who've tweeted most about it over the >>>>> past 12 months. If you view this on the site you'll see both a >>>>> relevancy rank and a histogram. >> >>>>> #1 Mick Liubinskas @liubinskas | Australia Web business builder >>>>> for >>>>> Pollenizer - global, early stage tech, services company. >> >>>>> #2 Pieter Peach @ppeach | Melbourne, Australia Learning to build >>>>> things. Doctor intrigued by the web & decision making. Founder, >>>>> SimpleSponsorship.com. >> >>>>> #3 Mike Casey @mikecasey | T: -33.923693,151.19054 Director at >>>>> GradConnection, Tech startup fan, HR tourist, internet analytics >>>>> machine. Yet another R1b1b2a1a2f >> >>>>> #4 Ian C @aussie_ian | Sydney I love travel, the web, and music! >> >>>>> #5 Daniel Purchas @danpurchas | iPhone: -33.893589,151.146988 >>>>> Director of a Graduate Recruitment Online Marketing Company >> >>>>> #6 John Haining @johnhaining | Sydney, Australia Dad, Business >>>>> Owner, Entrepreneur, Dashing Geek :) >> >>>>> #7 ryancross @ryancross | Sydney, Australia a geek, duh! >> >>>>> #8 Tom Voirol @voirol | Sydney Online strategy, social media and >>>>> user experience consultant. Husband, MBA student, kitty litter box >>>>> cleaner. >> >>>>> #9 IPitch Australia @IPitchAU | Sydney, Australia Where Australian >>>>> entrepreneurs and startups come to pitch ideas, find investment >>>>> and >>>>> get the latest industry news >> >>>>> #10 socialmediameme @socialmediameme | Social Media Strategies >> >>>>> Would appreciate any feedback you could give us and suggestions on >>>>> which direction we should take this idea - our gut instinct is >>>>> that >>>>> there IS a play here in the consumer space, but your thoughts and >>>>> feedback would really help. >> >>>>> Cheers, >> >>>>> Tim >> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the >>>>> Silicon Beach >>>>> Australia mailing list. >> >>>>> Guidelines on discussion:http://tr.im/ujKF >> >>>>> No lurkers! 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