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I've always been a proponent of using own products as motivator to improve. I've suggested to SB a long time ago to set up "soap-boxes" where can profile working examples of INDIGENOUS technology/ideas (perhaps off the silicon beach australia domain). The working thesis is * this idea is <best> since sliced bread then allow any SBer to rebut it Keep in mind that the Lean Startup model is all about rapid testing of market hypotheses with pivots to find the execution path. The rebuttal might be a useful stage before it gets aired to serious investors. Lawrence http://nz.linkedin.com/in/drllau On Feb 21, 2:28 pm, Shane Greenup <s...@1d4.com.au> wrote: > Wow, I just checked the date I sent out my first email on this subject - > less than 1 month ago. Since broadcasting the idea to this list and my own > personal blog I have managed to find a co-founder who took on the coding > side of the job, built a prototype within a week, registered a domain > athttp://www.rbutr.com, made numerous contacts with key bloggers in relevant > areas, found a short list of Alpha Testers and worked through the bugs and > potential problems with the app with them. Proceeeded to refine the shit > out of the MVP version of the app while getting some amazing feedback from > everyone we spoke to about it, for example "This is one of the best ideas I > have heard within the ted conversations platform." from when I posted the > idea to TED Conversations. > > So it has been a whirlwind month, and we have got everything in place to > launch our closed beta testing phase by the end of the month. We are just > making final adjustments while we have the whole website and app skinned > (design and css applied) - and then we launch beta.... It is exciting to > get so much to happen in such a short period of time. Shows you how > effective sharing your ideas can be :) > > So while we make our final adjustments and apply a design to the app, > anyone who is interested in participating in the Beta Testing can register > their interest on the homepage. And of course, there are videos there > demonstrating the prototype in action and plenty of reading material for > anyone who wishes to find out more. > > http://www.rbutr.com > > Regards, > Shane Greenup > > -------------------------http://www.ImmortalOutdoors.comhttp://www.rbutr.comhttp://www.SportsArbitrageGuide.com/<http://www.sportsarbitrageguide.com/>http://www.TravellersTrade.comhttp://www.ShaneGreenup.com<http://www.shanegreenup.com/> > <http://www.surebetbookies.com/> > > On 23 January 2012 14:07, Shane Greenup <s...@1d4.com.au> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Just throwing an idea out in to the community for feedback. This is one of > > those ideas which keeps coming back to me over and over again, so I have > > finally written up all of my thoughts on it here, and would be interested > > if anyone thinks there is anything here, or can extrapolate on the idea in > > a useful way.. > >http://shanegreenup.com/2012/01/mapping-the-discourse-of-the-internet/ > > > TLDR version of the idea: > > The idea is to create a browser extension (toolbar format) which allows > > people to connect "reply articles" to the original articles they are > > replying to so that people who are looking at the original article can see > > that 'replies' have been written to it. > > > The reason for this is that usually, when someone writes an article in > > reply to another article, they will link to the original article - however, > > the original article never does (nor should it be expected to) link to the > > reply article. With this tool though, people who actually want to be > > informed (rather than just accepting the word of the article they are > > currently reading) will be able to 'click through...' to the next article > > along on the discussion. > > > If that sounds at all interesting to you, please read the full blog post > > linked above, because I explain it much better in that. > > > I'd love to hear some feedback on the idea (and the variation on a theme > > section in the blog article) and see if anyone actually likes the idea... > > > Shane Greenup > > > ------------------------- > >http://www.ImmortalOutdoors.com > >http://www.SportsArbitrageGuide.com/<http://www.sportsarbitrageguide.com/> > >http://www.TravellersTrade.com > >http://www.ShaneGreenup.com<http://www.shanegreenup.com/> > > <http://www.surebetbookies.com/> -- 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
