As a Twitter follower of #startups #nyc, I have now skipped through hundreds, if not thousands, of tweets announcing “Time Inc.’s 10 NYC Startups to Watch – 2012“.
For those of us who studied Latin, we often are inclined to use the Latin Phrase “Res Ipsa Loquitur (the thing speaks for itself).”
Here is the shortlist of NYC startup companies to watch. Hard to believe this list and its progeny will support all of New York City’s venture capitalists.
1. Fancy Hands: “A team of virtual personal assistants ready to work for you right now.”
2. Truth and Beauty: “An online platform that allows users to create their own personal skincare blends.”
[Are you excited yet?]
3. Adaptly: “The easiest way to advertise and increase engagement across all social networks.” A true meta-morphosis.
4. Divide: “.Enterproid has created a user experience that allows IT to manage the work persona without compromising an employee’s privacy.” Divide and conquer.
5. Loosecubes: “Loosecubes is a peer-to-peer office sharing community.” O.K,, I have actually used it, but is just a database.
6. Stamped: “A social platform that allows friends to put their stamp of approval on what they like best.” Breakthrough.
7. Codeacademy: “A fun, interactive and easy way to learn code.” Flashcards for Rock Stars.
I am working on the energy to complete 7 through 10. Please check back.
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There are plenty of empty spaces in the Baltimore Orioles parking lots, and I am sure that Baltmore startup (now Times Square) Parking Panda will find them. Yesterday’s Mashable ink for this new “collective consumption pay us a commission database” adds further spaces at its angel table.
As Mashable describes: “It was that driveway that inspired Parking Panda, the three-person company of which he is cofounder and CEO. The site allows you to locate and rent parking spaces, and rent out your own stretch of car-friendly turf, similar to what AirBNB offers for housing.”
A nice, albeit derivative, startup in an understandable market. Its success will be all in the execution.
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Rebecca Blain and TechDirt force us to ask the question of whether there are really attorneys practicing law who formulate such draconian threats about what we cannot do with our eBook files:
“Your non-refundable purchase of this e-book allows you to only ONE LEGAL copy for your personal reading on your own personal computer or device. You do not have resell or distrubition rights without the prior written permission of both the publisher and the copyright owner of this book. This book cannot be copied in any format, sold, or otherwise transferred from your computer to another through upload to a file sharing peer to peer program, for free or for a fee, or as a prize in any contest. Such action is illegal and in violation of the South African Copyright Law. Distribution of this e-book, in whole or in part, online, offline, in print or in any way or other method currently known or not yet invented, is forbidden. If you do not want this book anymore, you must delete it from your computer.
WARNING: The unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this copyrighted work is illegal. Criminal copyright infringement, including infringement without monetary gain, is investigated by the FBI and is punishable by up to 5 years in federal prison and a fine of $250,000.”
Three cheers to the legal team for “Last of the Lesser Kings,” the precious book in question.
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CROWDSOURCE YOUR COPYRIGHT DISPUTES, AND TRY TO GET A BIG NAME OR TWO!
Sorry Saul Zalentz, do not mess with an English pub named The Hobbit.
Via BBC:
“Stephen Fry has confirmed he and Sir Ian McKellen will pay a copyright licence fee so a Southampton pub can carry on trading as The Hobbit.
The pub was threatened with legal action by Hollywood film firm the Saul Zaentz Company (SZC) which accused it of copyright infringement.
It later offered to resolve the dispute over the pub’s name and decor by licensing it to use JRR Tolkien brands.”
Ian McKellen and I v pleased that The Hobbit pub appears to be safe” Stephen Fry’s tweet
The article suggests the face saving fee might be a little as $100. I guess Saul could not convert it into local currency.
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