Jason’s Shark Tank: Brand-Yourself
Share TWiST 37 Pete Kistler calls in to pitch Brand-Yourself, a platform to manage your online reputation (in short, SEO for people) Jason and Phil’s comments: Overall a poor pitch, decent idea which is what you want verses the opposite. Jason comments he has been asked how to get things removed from Mahalo and other [...]
Jason’s Shark Tank: Mingly
Share TWiST 35 Tyler Koblasa calls in to pitch Mingly, a social media CRM tool to help you maintain relationships. The app basically monitors your social profile and inserts time based reminders in a to do list. If you are interested in a beta invite Tyler is currently accepting email addresses at Mingly. Brad and [...]
Jason’s Shark Tank – Transissimo
Share 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 [...]
Jason’s Shark Tank – MusicTrainer
Share 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 [...]
Jason’s Shark Tank – Ground Control
Share 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 [...]
Jason’s Shark Tank – ContentBridge
Share 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 [...]
Jason’s Shark Tank – Pikk
Share 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 [...]
Jason’s Shark Tank – Atmosphere
Share 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 [...]
Jason’s Shark Tank – Hear A Blog
Share 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 [...]
Jason’s Shark Tank – ShoutBuy
Share 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. document.getElementById(“post-2273-blankimage”).onload();
