Quora For Creative Inspiration - 50 Start-Ups Looking For Funding
I'm a newbie at Quora - so I'm a Quobie I guess. Â Not sure if there is an official name but I'm definitely quickly understanding the instant fascination (and major time suck but I love it) that happens when you take a few minutes to browse around. Â As I'm always on the look-out for inspiration from new places, I have to say I've found a plethora at Quora that has my heading spinning with creative delight. Â
Take, for example, the list below of start-ups that have made their case on Quora in hopes of finding a big investment check in their pockets. Â I can spend an hour thinking about and dissecting each one, leading to no doubt a totally new way to approach a challenge I'm working through for clients today, or perhaps an idea is tucked away in my brain and pops out a few months from now - all thanks to this list I found on Quora. Â
Imagine the fun if/when QuikPiq arrives if you work for a fashion brand and you hire hot models with lots of friends on Facebook to try on some clothes and get people to vote - instant buzz-driving for new and old designers. Â Or use it to take a photo of some packaging or POS to your Brand Fan page to see what people say in an instant. Â How about using it at the beauty bar to have people vote for the right side of your face via Mabelline or your left side with L'Oreal? Â Can't wait!
And how about Lifegroove, can't wait to use it to document the creation of a campaign to share and teach new team members as they join - an instant recap of every insight and inspiration, every client comment and up and down, all in one place. Â It will be incredible learning that will help create even brighter professionals in the future.
And MondoWindow - imagine tourism boards all placing unique stories at this site for people to discover as they fly 33,000 feet in the sky. Â Or sports arenas that let you know who's playing in the venue in the next few weeks - even letting you buy a ticket right then and there. Â
And that is so just the beginning. Â There's too many things to think about it one post. Â Take some time to browse through some of the sites below and see where the creative thought takes you. Â YAY for Quora! Â
 -StuffBuff- Amazon in a button www.stuffbuff.com - MakeVolume www.MakeVolu.me & MakeVolume.com (social music)- Lifegroove http://www.lifegroove.com (Life Stories: Capture, Communicate, Collaborate, Curate & Create).- Moolave http://angel.co/moolave http://moolave.com (scan docs, sign, and send to recipients with mobile apps)- Best Content Network www.hujelabs.com ( Demand Media of Mobile applications, 700 applications in the network with 6.8M+ active users, 200k in revenues) http://angel.co/huje-labs-1- Phrot http://phrot.com/ (social blogging platform)- Macro Mode macromo.de (high quality photo sharing)- Quik Piq www.quikpiq.com (web & mobile app that lets you instantly get friends' opinions on what to buy & what to wear)- Filmaster www.filmaster.com (movie checkin and recommendation app)- BizGreet www.bizgreet.com (mass-personalized videos in real time)- 33needs www.33needs.com (connect social entrepreneurs to crowsourced investment capital)- RadioExiles www.radioexiles.com (collection of professional broadcast talent who have lost their jobs, but still have something to say)- BusinessReel www.businessreel.com (search engine for business for sale listings)- Meeteor www.meeteor.com (leverage data from Facebook, LinkedIn & Twitter to introduce you to people you don’t know, but should)- Jspot www.jspotapp.com (connects local businesses with motivated customers through limited time offers)- OnTheRoad www.ontheroad.to (concept of the story publication for travelers and active people)- Kooee Messaging www.kooeeapp.com (fill the void in SMS in the current smartphone environment)- Training Intelligence www.trainingintelligence.com (catalog the world’s training information and make it available to everyone in an easily searchable way)- 9slides www.9slides.com (auto syncronize your presentation slides with video and create compelling interactive presentations online)- Mpiphany www.mpiphany.com (makes it easy for advertisers to improve their campaign ROI using proprietary algorithms developed over years of experience in mobile ad buys)- Gamers Portal www.gamersportal.com (makes it simple for gamers and teams to interact, share and meet in real life)- LinkCloud www.linkcloud.org (makes links, post, search, RSS interactive)- SolarBear www.pvpower.com (activates the long-tail of the solar power market - Excelerate 2010 company)- InverSearch inversearch.com (connection platform through which queries and responses are aggregated and managed)- Open Source Recordings www.osrecordings.org (open Source record company/portal frame work based on collaboration and expert curatiion)- BidZuku www.bidzuku.com (better way to purchase your next vehicle)- Loqly http://loqly.me - Location based Q&A service focussed on local businesses- Moolave moolave.com (mobile app that allows consumers to scan documents from their iPad/tablet notebooks, affix their signatures/notations and send the documents to recipients in realtime)- Whitelist Receptionist www.whitelist.com (email feature, wide adoption of which could eliminate many forms of spam)- Boo.ly - a free browser add-on that provides you with price comparisons, latest coupon codes and money saving deals, when you need them most.- Pre-STEM Partners www.prestem.com (provide early career college students with personalized academic advice that will help them earn a degree in computer science, mathematics or the sciences)- Please Stay Calm www.pleasestaycalm.com (Foursquare meets World of Warcraft meets Left 4 Dead)- Needium www.needium.com (social media lead generation service for small businesses)- Accelsor http://Accelsor.com (Empowers anyone to rapidly construct websites and develop layouts by intuitively creating and interacting with their content and design in real time.)- Forrst: http://forrst.com Community of developers and designers giving each other honest, thoughtful and actionable critique, rolling out a unique twist on a job board soon- Frame It www.frame.it (drag and drop / click and ship picture framing)- Zingaya www.zingaya.com (voice calls through any computer, right from a webpage)- InsidePerks www.insiderperks.com (travel videos with primary revenue generation through advertising and transactional revenue sharing)- Cull www.cull.tv (new music television for the Internet age)- CarmaBid www.carmabid.com (auction platform that offers great deals & crowd-sources monthly charitable donations from its profits)- Accelsor www.accelsor.com (putting web design back into the hands of the designer in real-time, in the cloud)- CollaborActive www.collaboractive.org (free Advocacy & Collaboration tools for Conservative organizations)- MondoWindow www.mondowindow.com (interactive map for airline passengers that provides location-based content and entertainment)- MinuteBox www.minutebox.com (simple and social way to trade domain knowledge)- Lovefre.sh (mobile app to share your local food story with the world & discover great produce, wherever you are)- ExpertBids www.expertbids.com (a professional services marketplace where clients can get bids from lawyers, accountants and consultants)- OpenSesame www.opensesame.com (a marketplace for buying and selling corporate elearning courses)- Quizy.me A social "fill in the blanks" network. 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