It's much easier to capitalise, the market (defined as customers willing to pay you) is huge, and the products out there are crap.
Does Y-combinator just not believe in the B2B market, are none of the applications in this area, or what? I'm genuinely puzzled.
Thanks for clearing it up :-)
The sad truth is everyone wants to build the next Google. Meanwhile a few guys could copy services such as Scribd and sell the software to lawyers, small banks and clinics. And make a load of money.
In any case, congratulations Fliggo! I hope my drunken insults concerning your failure to launch attributed to this climax ;)
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/12/elevator-pitch-friday-d...
Maybe I am just misunderstanding their business model, but I don't see the value of this service.
Secondly, there is a business/blog play that you overlooked. There is a reason TechCrunch didn't build Elevator pitches as a Facebook Group, or on flickr, and it's the same reason we (I'm one of the founders of JamLegend) didn't waste our time using a social network as a video site. The point of the mockup video sites (for Techcrunch Elevator Pitches, VentureBeat, and Mashable), is to show that the video services of all of those businesses could have been built on Fliggo, quickly and easily, and at what I presume to be a reduced cost. The hack solution is wordpress + YouTube, but that's not very elegant, lacks a certain amount of professionalism, and can be difficult to monetize effectively. So, to have a more professional solution before Fliggo, you had to develop your video site in-house, outsource/contract/etc, or use something like Brightcove. Now that there is Fliggo, the process became as easy as point-and-click, while still allowing a full array of customization (as we took full advantage of).
This is really great for people who want to make video communities around their (existing or new) brand.
Facebook was once "Friendster for college kids", too.
http://www.reddit.com/r/entertainment/comments/6cxqc/top_10_...
Stealing from the stealers?
Ill just have to go about it the old fashioned way of emailing the guys there, shame as I would probably liked to read up on the pricing and possibly sign at that point having seen the features.
If you've got more questions, feel free to email me directly at dan [[at]] fliggo.com.
