Jan 14, 2010 0
I’ve tried linking my Posterous account with this blog, but there are a few things which need to be upgraded on the hosting account here before that can happen. In the meantime, if you’re interested I’m providing much shorter and more regular updates at my posterous account. The general theme is based around lean startups, customer development, and various entrepreneurial topics.
Jul 7, 2009 0
The Tuesday Push is a crowd-sourced approach to PR with a little word-of-mouth marketing thrown in. It gives Irish businesses a push on the web and occasionally a little advice.
Image via sulla55@flickr
Cmypitch.ie is an online angel network designed to connect investors with startups looking for funding. As an entrepreneur you upload a pitch to describe your business and have it viewed by high net worth individuals looking to invest. The revenue stream fro cmypitch is straightforward – the entrepreneur puts their money where their mouth is, paying two hundred euros for the opportunity to pitch. (Correction from cmypitch: Uploading a pitch to the site is completely free, though there is a fee to pitch directly to investors at their live pitching events.). It’s a similar idea to Angel’s Den in the UK, which has proved itself as a vehicle to create companies.
From a brief demo of the site, the design is clear and uncluttered. Without actually paying to upload a pitch I can’t tell the sort of feedback you can get on a pitch. An ideal situation would be to get commentary on what areas of the pitch investors thought was strong or weak, or some sort of ratings metric across a few areas to determine what people thought of the idea.
The site has racked up a few partners from household names such as Bank of Scotland, Deloitte, and The Irish Times and some entrepreneur endorsement from Eddie Jordan. It looks like a solid enterprise but the proof of the pudding is in the eating – I’m looking forward to see what sort of businesses get funded, and how they fare.
