So I started this site .....or ....Fishing for startups....
... and in the spirit of "If you build it, they will come!", let's see if it takes off.
I read Sam Sethi's posting on TechCrunch about new entrepreneur matching service "AngelPitch" this morning, pondering if it would work (linking entrepreneurs with business angels / VCs via video-conferencing) or not. It was Sam's last comment that caught my attention.
Will Angelpitch work? I am not sure just yet as the $150 fee feels like a barrier to me but I would love to see a YouTube like video site where entrepreneurs pitch their business and Angels watch to find companies and entrepreneurs they like.
So, you know how it is, you get an idea, you run with it and ya see how it goes! I've started the ball rolling with the launch of MyStartupPitch.
Yeah it's hosted on Ning Video (for now!) rather than it's own swish domain but it's the idea that matters right? People invest in people and their ideas, not just the idea, so get your face in front of those that matter with just a little time and effort.
Are you a startup company, Irish or otherwise, looking for free exposure? If so post your video now, and tell your friends!
Please leave a comment to let me know what you think. Thanks!
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the $150 does seem to present a barrier, but it actually presents a barrier of the correct kind: it confines the number of people likely to see your video to a select group.
the other side of the $150 is that it is likely to be a tiny fraction of the cost you are going to spend actually putting your video together. i am presuming that you would approach the video with all the professionalism you would a business plan, and not simply point your video-phone at yourself and record.
the danger i would see of submitting a pitch video to a publicly accessable service is that of ridicule - creating negative publicity for a start-up right at the moment when they are most vulnerable. witness the recent wannabe wall street broker story.
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