Hi Mike, Great to see you get over the line & launch
Not meaning to smother you with competitors or anything.. two more sites in this space. alphaclone.com => Follow hedge fund strategies etoro.com => Follow FX traders Interesting space this, with lots going on. Even Bloomberg has just open-sourced their API (but not their content!). One of these days I'll finally get my product out. rgds, - matt. On 1 February 2012 15:52, Chris Were <chris.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > Great work Michael. > > I have considered building something similar in the past. I assume you're > well aware of http://profit.ly/ which was founded by a well known US > trader. The limitation with profit.ly is the focus on cash profits, > rather than solid portfolio performance over time - which roboinvest looks > better placed to achieve. However, profit.ly is designed to work across > multiple platforms though, not just Etrade. (As an aside, I strongly > suggest you connect to Interactive Brokers - most of the big traders use IB > and they have an easy to use API). > > Good luck with the project and I'll signup when time permits. > > Chris. > > > On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 7:55 AM, Michael Giles <m...@roboinvest.com> wrote: > >> G'day Silicon Beachers, >> >> Some here will know me, most probably wont. >> >> I wanted to tell the community that my startup Roboinvest (http:// >> roboinvest.com) has officially launched. This recent article summed >> us up pretty well - >> http://www.mybanktracker.com/bank-news/2012/01/29/social-investing-matures-roboinvest-thinks-recipe/ >> . >> >> I founded the company 18 months ago in Melbourne, then 12 months ago >> did a stint at RPI (college in upstate New York - http://rpi.edu), >> then 6 months ago moved the company to New York City where i am >> currently based. I have raised a small amount of funding and have an >> E-2 visa. >> >> To give you a quick elevator pitch, Roboinvest is a US based social >> investing platform, with direct integration to E*TRADE, that allows >> self directed investors (we call followers) to "look over the >> shoulder" of verified top investors (we call leaders) in real time, >> using a subscription based pay-to-follow model, that's statistically >> proven to increase profitability by 66%. >> >> Essentially followers get to see what leaders are investing in, the >> second the leader does a trade. >> >> If finance and investing is your thing, please check it out and send >> me your feedback - i would love to hear it! >> >> Also, for any fellow Aussies in NYC that i havent met or any Aussies >> coming over to NYC feel free to reach out to me. >> >> Cheers >> >> Michael "Mike" Giles >> http://twitter.com/harland >> #TradeResponsibly >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach >> Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more >> >> Forum rules >> 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. >> 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs >> >> >> To post to this group, send email to >> silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach > Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more > > Forum rules > 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. > 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs > > > To post to this group, send email to > silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more Forum rules 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en
