Jason’s Shark Tank – Transissimo
TWiST 33
Nicky Hajal calls in to pitch, Transissimo a site that is described as Mahalo Answers for translation. “A community to help translate the world”
Jason and Shawn’s Comments:
Good space the world is going global.
Domain experience because of Nicetranslator, which is good
Business model is lacking, how you will make money
Didn’t understand what was unique about the [...]
Jason’s Shark Tank – MusicTrainer
TWiST 32
Brendan Miranda, pitches MusicTrainer a website that provides video music instruction, a PDF curriculum, forum support and will be monetized through AdSense.
Jason and George’s Comments:
Pitch wasn’t great but the idea was clear
Good global market
Too many features and none were killer
Great domain name
Narrow down what you want to do and expand as you [...]
Jason’s Shark Tank – Ground Control
TWiST 31
Adam Weeks, wants to create Ground Control a sleep and relaxation type mask that uses bluetooth technology for audio.
Jason and Jack’s comments:
Neither are into relaxation type products
If this was more of a headset (headband) type product for use on an airplane, that may be interesting
You need a hardware guy, go to Hack A Day [...]
Jason’s Shark Tank – ContentBridge
TWiST 29
Jason Wilk, Founder of ContentBridge, provides content management and supply chain automation for the entertainment industry.
Good pitch, clear but not inspiring. Your idea is boring to most but to a studio trying to monetize their archive it may be exciting, get the studios addicted to it and then charge them a large fee.
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Jason’s Shark Tank – Pikk
TWiST 28
Kevin Chugh, Founder of Pikk (on Twitter) pitches Jason on This Week in Startups. Pikk is a social news site that allows you to ask the reader’s their opinion, giving bloggers the ability to embed a poll and has some community features. Basically, Digg meets polldaddy.
Jason’s feedback
Solid pitch- 7 or 8
“Digg but [...]
Jason’s Shark Tank – Atmosphere
TWiST 27
Phil Weinstein pitches Atmosphere an application that would be integrated with an e-reader, the software will scan the text and play music that corresponds. The pitch was very good, concise and to the point yet some concerns are raised (ie. business model, battery usage, is this just a feature).
Recommendation: Try contact some former Amazon [...]
Jason’s Shark Tank – Hear A Blog
TWiST 25
In this Jason’s Shark Tank we hear from Pablo, Co-Founder of Hear A Blog a site that converts a blog to an audio podcast. Jason and Mark would be willing to pay for a monthly service but wonder if the idea is too small (and niche) for investment.
Recommendations
If you are trying to raise money, [...]
Jason’s Shark Tank – ShoutBuy
TWiST 25
In this episode of “Jason’s Shark Tank” we hear from Tim, Co-Founder of ShoutBuy a micro-blogging platform site where users share recommendations for products within their network of friends.
Both Mark and Jason like the idea, it all comes down to execution.
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TWiST, Shark Tank – Death, Taxes and Fraud, At least we can do something about fraud
TWiST 24, Shark Tank
Erin Lawlor – Has been an accountant for 20 years and works on the system / software side of accounting.
Pitch: $600 billion lost in accounting fraud, these costs are all passed on to consumers because systems are built on the wrong model. You think changing the laws will help, guess again, the [...]
TWiST, Shark Tank – Logical Consensus, A Problem Solving Engine (with follow up)
TWiST 23 – Shark Tank – Logical Consensus A Problem Solving Engine
Lucas Dailey of Logical Consensus
The Pitch:
Problem – In the modern world we have a lot decisions to make, an incredible amount of noise, not enough debate takes place with good definitive information.
Solution – Create a methodology to determine if a problem is logical or [...]
