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November 1, 2007

THU 1 NOV 2007

200+ Seattle Startups - November SSI By Marcelo Calbucci

 

    This is the Seattle Startups Index* (SSI) for the month of November which reached the incredible level of 210 startups on the list. Is Seattle a great place for startups or what?

 

    Last month there were 188 companies on the list.

 

UPDATE: BuddyTV is back on the list after Andy Liu, one of the founders, told me they were not acquired. Thanks John Cook to also point that out.

 

 

#	Company	Alexa Rank	Compete Rank	Average Rank	Index Change
1	Intelius	3,343	112	1,727	-
2	Zillow	2,815	795	1,805	-
3	iLike	3,136	788	1,962	-
4	43 Things (Robot Co-op)	3,809	1,479	2,644	-
5	BuddyTV	4,691	1,924	3,307	-
6	Wetpaint	5,445	4,679	5,062	-
7	PayScale	15,029	2,015	8,522	+1
8	SWiK	8,458	11,119	9,788	(new)
9	BlueDot	7,711	12,849	10,280	+1
10	Farecast	20,054	1,969	11,011	+1
11	Jobster	20,267	3,398	11,832	-2
12	Mpire	27,582	2,538	15,060	-
13	Picnik	14,585	18,541	16,563	+4
14	Shelfari	8,443	27,068	17,755	+9
15	SnapVine	33,608	4,864	19,236	-2
16	Judy's Book	31,689	6,958	19,323	-2
17	ImageKind	20,334	19,923	20,128	+5
18	Bag Borrow or Steal	35,779	5,909	20,844	-3
19	Redfin	19,133	24,967	22,050	-3
20	ProgrammableWeb	18,584	30,771	24,677	-
21	GarageBand.com	30,073	20,463	25,268	-2
22	Jamglue	31,250	19,454	25,352	+4
23	Urban Spoon	41,909	17,379	29,644	+4
24	43 Places (Robot Co-op)	42,579	21,385	31,982	+1
25	Ohloh	20,046	45,615	32,830	-1
26	Trailfire	35,309	36,246	35,777	-8
27	BigOven	62,267	10,772	36,519	+4
28	Sampa	38,960	50,389	44,674	+1
29	nuTsie.com	55,369	36,253	45,811	(new)
30	Trumba	81,564	10,501	46,032	-2
31	Jott Network	54,879	39,207	47,043	+3
32	Atomic Moguls	95,100	9,716	52,408	-2
33	BeRecruited	91,339	20,823	56,081	+2
34	Menuism	93,326	19,513	56,419	-2
35	Findory	72,460	49,702	61,081	+1
36	Lists Of Bests (Robot Co-Op)	88,852	40,097	64,474	+1
37	Yapta	104,803	26,051	65,427	-4
38	Popshops	56,612	95,804	76,208	-
39	Broadband Sports	113,345	46,439	79,892	+4
40	LandWatch (SecondSpace)	143,307	17,527	80,417	(new)
41	All Consuming (Robot Co-Op)	111,538	49,458	80,498	-2
42	LiveMocha	66,716	106,899	86,807	+62
43	RealSelf	141,335	37,041	89,188	+5
44	NewsCloud	94,287	91,792	93,039	-
45	Pluggd	112,215	89,393	100,804	+1
46	GotVoice	165,229	40,733	102,981	-1
47	Healia	210,531	23,270	116,900	+2
48	Biznik	84,617	150,497	117,557	+4
49	Cozi	226,465	22,611	124,538	+1
50	MerchantOS	105,509	147,199	126,354	(new)
51	Avvo	151,608	104,370	127,989	-9
52	MyTypes	66,304	194,412	130,358	-12
53	TripHub	207,133	59,316	133,224	-
54	Should Do This (Robot Co-Op)	108,775	176,609	142,692	-7
55	Treemo	183,797	117,969	150,883	+24
56	SmartSheet	229,212	81,489	155,350	-
57	PeepCode	134,168	176,654	155,411	-
58	nPost	191,605	126,088	158,846	+5
59	LexBlog	208,246	113,041	160,643	-5
60	PhoneSherpa	240,060	95,872	167,966	-5
61	Mercent	330,785	47,045	188,915	-1
62	Etelos	235,879	151,544	193,711	+4
63	Crush or Flush (IceBreaker)	264,235	125,298	194,766	(new)
64	Others Online	248,230	156,229	202,229	+30
65	Zoji	119,221	307,465	213,343	+3
66	Thrift Books	356,312	81,989	219,150	-5
67	EyeJot	171,243	268,200	219,721	-3
68	AdReady	186,095	258,421	222,258	+6
69	Wishpot	152,884	313,880	233,382	-18
70	Peppers and Pollywogs	465,848	44,622	255,235	+13
71	RescueTime	171,778	346,477	259,127	+5
72	Down2night	319,783	234,945	277,364	-14
73	ZooDango	237,175	322,381	279,778	-11
74	WebFives	397,316	170,394	283,855	-2
75	Estately	232,266	359,970	296,118	-6
76	Robot Co-op (43 Things)	361,820	235,080	298,450	-3
77	ReelTime	100,801	500,295	300,548	-18
78	ResortScape (SecondSpace)	464,253	137,855	301,054	(new)
79	Movaya	241,681	371,740	306,710	(new)
80	FlowPlay	404,627	211,982	308,304	+10
81	Blist	413,896	269,394	341,645	+22
82	SecondSpace	390,407	305,112	347,759	+3
83	MixPo	330,307	392,621	361,464	+9
84	Konnects	160,880	567,492	364,186	(new)
85	Earth Class Mail	464,513	332,935	398,724	-18
86	Ripl	512,565	313,202	412,883	-11
87	Versionate	322,869	523,472	423,170	-17
88	SportsUltra	694,290	172,695	433,492	+7
89	goChongo	144,929	735,457	440,193	-9
90	Wishlisting	389,353	513,606	451,479	+8
91	SimplifyThis	438,841	488,504	463,672	(new)
92	Instacalc	432,402	519,276	475,839	-15
93	ActiveWords	500,344	464,421	482,382	-9
94	HomeMovie	631,790	350,380	491,085	+5
95	Jookster	478,511	522,144	500,327	-7
96	Jackson Fish Market	426,257	581,093	503,675	-31
97	Linebuzz	588,030	437,938	512,984	-
98	GridNetworks	524,844	518,924	521,884	+9
99	Scriptovia	682,861	363,621	523,241	-6
100	PixPulse	340,294	712,337	526,315	-19
101	Mixxer	815,913	239,719	527,816	-60
102	Athleon	277,202	778,663	527,932	(new)
103	Musicmobs	636,982	446,527	541,754	-1
104	Medio Systems	748,374	363,002	555,688	+1
105	Inrix	914,659	217,148	565,903	+5
106	TeachStreet	661,518	488,111	574,814	+7
107	PrestoGifto	613,338	546,596	579,967	-20
108	TrenchMice	710,766	454,071	582,418	-12
109	ZenZui	562,535	613,225	587,880	-20
110	SNAPforSeniors	722,573	486,559	604,566	-24
111	MegaBuzz	647,511	571,633	609,572	-29
112	Noonhat	406,637	837,580	622,108	-34
113	They're Beautiful	509,456	738,498	623,977	-42
114	Bill Monk	313,628	938,222	625,925	-5
115	Openomy	504,631	763,331	633,981	-9
116	OwnYourPhone	915,949	381,987	648,968	+2
117	Zeenami	954,860	347,069	650,964	+35
118	FeedWhip	604,707	704,758	654,732	(new)
119	Bus Monster	726,157	686,833	706,495	-19
120	Pelago	586,903	829,556	708,229	-29
121	Yodio	1,176,804	278,289	727,546	-13
122	Melodeo	833,403	704,203	768,803	+1
123	TalentSpring	1,387,285	215,005	801,145	-22
124	Catch the Best	1,373,065	278,931	825,998	-7
125	GeoJoey	1,138,015	550,512	844,263	-10
126	LiquidPlanner	1,037,406	674,360	855,883	-
127	Postacrime	1,077,251	663,915	870,583	+30
128	Synapse	979,708	807,295	893,501	+12
129	Overcast Media	1,255,816	603,451	929,633	-9
130	ClayValet	1,341,584	714,508	1,028,046	+33
131	FinancialJoe	1,389,402	678,478	1,033,940	-10
132	Ontela	1,494,220	716,658	1,105,439	-7
133	PhoneMyPhone (KeenScreen)	1,589,786	644,186	1,116,986	(new)
134	SnapTune	1,376,073	869,159	1,122,616	-20
135	Weedshare	1,782,473	486,155	1,134,314	-19
136	SongSlide	1,555,421	772,417	1,163,919	+12
137	TextPayMe	1,717,369	628,440	1,172,904	-8
138	Bioscreencast	1,610,854	778,695	1,194,774	+4
139	Minecode	1,617,345	780,735	1,199,040	-17
140	CoolToors	1,651,614	942,514	1,297,064	-12
141	Appature	1,874,101	815,324	1,344,712	-11
142	XoomPad	1,965,698	773,484	1,369,591	-30
143	Cdigix	1,875,039	954,746	1,414,892	-16
144	Zumende	2,029,967	802,066	1,416,016	-20
145	Illumita	2,198,457	785,233	1,491,845	-14
146	PilotOutlook	2,440,185	713,139	1,576,662	(new)
147	Conenza	2,882,729	623,906	1,753,317	+7
148	Goose Networks	2,996,611	633,292	1,814,951	-13
149	TrustedWord	3,195,677	484,868	1,840,272	+9
150	Altus Networks	3,178,397	869,124	2,023,760	-18
151	Knouen	3,610,205	810,972	2,210,588	-18
152	Frigy	3,726,576	830,441	2,278,508	(new)
153	Phrasetrain	5,342,923	523,905	2,933,414	-19
154	Pheromone Trail	6,111,434	956,136	3,533,785	+15
155	Collab-O-Matic	7,359,878	719,604	4,039,741	-18
156	Jambool	198,245	?	-	(new)
157	Investment Yogi	363,833	?	-	-19
158	InfiniteHoops	491,853	?	-	(new)
159	UberSquare	515,639	?	-	-20
160	ExtraHop Networks	?	741,092	-	+21
161	YourSports	789,548	?	-	(new)
162	DreamBox (SchoolSoft)	836,705	?	-	(new)
163	PageForest	861,494	?	-	-22
164	NimbleBee	?	950,373	-	+21
165	Fyreball	1,254,153	?	-	-20
166	Trusera	1,306,059	?	-	-22
167	iMedExchange	1,430,516	?	-	(new)
168	EmptySpaceAds (KeenScreen)	1,974,983	?	-	(new)
169	Biego	2,049,648	?	-	-20
170	Metafos	2,079,408	?	-	(new)
171	Tesly	2,085,108	?	-	-28
172	GoGoMo	2,294,488	?	-	-16
173	Formotus	2,330,899	?	-	(new)
174	Limeade	2,523,636	?	-	-21
175	Spoken	2,559,939	?	-	-10
176	CellTell	2,718,515	?	-	(new)
177	SchoolSoft (DreamBox)	3,085,395	?	-	-27
178	Thinglefin	3,231,582	?	-	-27
179	CampusChai	3,280,485	?	-	-32
180	TravellingWave	3,343,515	?	-	-20
181	Beet Inc.	3,437,949	?	-	-19
182	Entering Startup	3,563,380	?	-	(new)
183	SiteScout	3,603,656	?	-	-17
184	imaPodHead	4,169,202	?	-	-23
185	Icebreaker	4,250,928	?	-	-13
186	GimmeNow	4,365,367	?	-	-22
187	Digini	4,820,874	?	-	-20
188	Trendi	5,073,831	?	-	-33
189	izzyMe	5,156,151	?	-	-5
190	iCultur	6,222,919	?	-	-4
191	PeerWisdom	6,305,021	?	-	-21
192	Style du Jour	6,718,469	?	-	-33
193	Human Proxy	7,046,206	?	-	-22
194	SyngerG Software	7,536,556	?	-	-7
195	Super Oyester	7,965,371	?	-	-13
196	Positive Motion	8,734,703	?	-	-28
197	Accelerated Pictures	9,924,451	?	-	-24
198	VoxPixel	?	?	-	-20
199	Fremont Forward	?	?	-	-19
200	Lilipip	?	?	-	-64
201	Grouped.com	?	?	-	-24
202	Grads Wanted	?	?	-	-27
203	Zeebits	?	?	-	-15
204	Limber Media	?	?	-	-21
205	Interrelativity	?	?	-	(new)
206	MobIncentive	?	?	-	-87
207	Joingle	?	?	-	-31
208	SwitchGear	?	?	-	-34
209	Jakoba	?	?	-	(new)
210	DigWorks	?	?	-	-31

 

* The Seattle Startup Index is the list of Seattle technology and Internet startups ordered by their Alexa and Compete ranking.

 

 

THU 1 NOV 2007

NWEN Entrepreneur University By Marcelo Calbucci

 

Event: NWEN Entrepreneur University [link]

 

Date: November 8, 2007

 

Time: 7:30 AM - 7:30 PM

 

Venue: Bell Harbor International Conference Center, Seattle

 

Price: $225 for members, $325 for non-members

 

Presenters: Lon McGowan (iClick), Mike Mathieu (All Star Directories), Robbie Cape (Cozi), Mkie Stull (Pacific Bioscience Lab), Doug Gorder (Gorder Consulting), Diane Renihan (Bag Borrw or Steal), Mary Baker Anderson (Calipa Partners), Tom Simpson (Nortwest Venture Association), John Holt (The Cobalt Group), Jean Barber (Bartell Drugs), Craig Kinzer (Kinzer Capital), Perry Satterlee (Clearwire), Villette Nolon (Home Savvy), Jack Gallagher (Ultreo), Sunny Kobe Cook, Paul Bialek, Thong Le, Matt McIlwain, Eric Monsowitz, Kristin Nelson, Dan Rosen, Susan Sigl, Tom Simpson, Lucinda Stewart.

THU 1 NOV 2007

TiE - Funding Forum 2007 & Emerging Investment Trends By Marcelo Calbucci

 

Event: TiE - Funding Forum 2007 & Emerging Investment Trends  [link]

 

Date: November 6, 2007

 

Time: 6:00 - 9:00 PM

 

Venue: Bellevue Cortyard by Marriott

 

Price: $10 - $50

 

Presenters: Todd Dean (Keiretsu Forum), Andy Dale (BDVLLC), Greg Gottesman (Madrona Venture Group), Naveen Jain (Intelius), Raghav Kher (Seventymm)

November 2, 2007

FRI 2 NOV 2007

I'll be at Entrepeneur University next week By Marcelo Calbucci

 

    I just registered for NWEN Entrepeneur University next week. Last year was interesting because I've met quite a few entrepreneurs. There are always a good number of current Microsoft employees that are thinking of jumping the ship, and is a way for me to convince them to do it.

 

November 6, 2007

TUE 6 NOV 2007

Seattle 2.0 stats - How to get (or not) some PR By Marcelo Calbucci

 

    Last Thursday (November 1st), I published the Seattle Startup Index. I tried a different PR strategy to get more eyeballs into the list. The results were great if you think local, but horrible if you think national.

 

    No matter what, this list is super interesting for the Seattle-area startups, but it would be good for us (Seattle-area entrepreneurs) if it could reach outside our region to bring some awareness of all the cool startups from here.

 

    So, I devised a strategy, which included the following:

 

• November 1st was on a Thursday, not the best day for PR (which is Tuesday) and not the worst either (which is Friday).
• During the last 2 weeks I collected emails of CEOs, founders, bloggers, investors and entrepreneurs.
• I prepared a message that was very short and to the point: Help divulge the list and bring awareness to our community. How? By linking to the post and hoping we would show up on TechMeme.
• The previous publications of the list had some yada, yada at the beginning that was too local. I skipped that on the next text and add a friendlier, positive view of Seattle startup community.
• Few days before the post I sent emails to some distribution lists and wrote on the blog for people that were not on the list to submit their companies.
• I've made sure the post came out early in the morning (about 9:00 AM).
• I've sent a different message to the local press, focused more on "trends", like the number of new startups, startups that are gaining momentum, or losing it, etc.
• I've sent a very-very short one-liner to national bloggers (think TechCrunch, GigaOm, etc) and "famous" investors (Brad Feld, Rick Segal, Fred Wilson, etc.).
• I've sent email to some distribution lists that I'm member of.
• PR is about momentum. You have to keep putting wood on the fire while it's burning, so I kept emailing people throughout the day when they asked for something as fast as I could.

 

The results

 

    Less than stellar. I expected a much higher number of visitors to the site. But here are some stats for November 1st and 2nd:

 

• Total visits: 1,010
• Total Page Views: 1,809
• Unique Visitors: 859
• Traffic source:
• 33% direct traffic
• 6% search engine
• 61% referring sites, top ones:
• blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com (John Cook's blog)
• stumbleupon.com
• google.com
• mail.google.com
• marcelo.sampasite.com
• Visitors Location:
• US: 898
• WA: 618
• CA: 69
• NY: 18
• UK: 28
• Canada: 22
• TechMeme referrals: 0 (we didn't make it)

 

    We've got quite a few bloggers that helped us (thank you all!).

 

• John Cook (Seattle PI)
• Tom Liamza (Wishlisting)
• Jordan Michell (Others Online) - Post 2, Post 3
• Tony Wright (RescueTime)
• Brent Lamphier (Athleon Sports)
• Mark Maunder (GeoJoey, LineBuzz, Feedjit)
• Kevin Merritt (blist)
• Kelly Smith (Curious Office)
• Michael Rice (Coderights)
• Dottie Hall (On The Dot)
• Marcelo Calbucci (Sampa, aka, me)
• Benjamin Curtis (Catch The Best)
• [did I miss your post? email me]

 

What did I learned?

 

    I wished I'd say I learned a lot about this experience, but the only concrete learning I've got about it is that Seattle people/entrepreneurs are awesome, friendly and supporting.

 

    I also learned that TechMeme sucks. I saw posts there that had less than a handful of inbound links, and we had more than a dozen in just a few hours and it made no difference. The problem is TechMeme is a blog club. It's hard to get in. What bothers me is that this is not how they advertise themselves.

 

    Will I do the same thing for December's list? I see no reason why not do it this way. The only thing that was a bit annoying was the flood of people that wanted their company on the list and they didn't even bother to check if they were on the it already (at least 20 companies were on that category) and the number of people that didn't qualify for it (about 10 submissions or so).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 45 of 2007

WSA Dinner: Predictions for 2008 6 months ago
Live blogging NWEN Entrepreneur University 6 months ago
Looking for Contact information on some companies 6 months ago
NWEN: Essentials of Non-Equity Financing Workshop 6 months ago
NWEN: Essentials of Technology Commercialization Workshop 6 months ago

Week 46 of 2007

Seattle Poker 2.0 for entrepreneurs, investors and startup execs 6 months ago
StartPad Open House - OpenSocial 6 months ago

Week 47 of 2007

Do you have a blog that you want on the new list? 6 months ago
It's time to remove the dead 6 months ago

Week 48 of 2007

MITEF: Computer Games - Who will control your living room? 6 months ago