Quora For Creative Inspiration - 50 Start-Ups Looking For Funding
I'm a newbie at Quora - so I'm a Quobie I guess. 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. 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.
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. 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.
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. 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. 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? 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. 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. 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.
And that is so just the beginning. There's too many things to think about it one post. Take some time to browse through some of the sites below and see where the creative thought takes you. YAY for Quora!
-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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