VentureBeat - Latest Comments in Open Thread: What’s the hottest private Silicon Valley company right now?

Re: Open Thread: What’s the hottest private Silicon Valley company right now?

sampsonrox — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:46:22 -0000

So far, looking like a finish in the black!
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Re: Open Thread: What’s the hottest private Silicon Valley company right now?

brian — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 16:57:39 -0000

best business model is rentacoder.com is making tons of cash

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keith — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 16:56:47 -0000

new site about scholarships is looking interesting, http://recruitcity.com

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WebLatam — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 00:52:45 -0000

WebLatam is not a Sillicon Valley company but offer latin america stuff.

http://weblatam.com

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Ken — Sat, 13 May 2006 20:22:56 -0000

nextinternet.com

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Aibek — Sat, 13 May 2006 10:02:21 -0000

Facebook and YouTube made huge success in acquiring users but not in making money...
For a company with good business model would stick with Six Apart. Steady and Promising.

Re: Open Thread: What’s the hottest private Silicon Valley company right now?

victor — Sat, 13 May 2006 06:05:20 -0000

BuyBelowCost.com

It's the largest pet trading community on the web and growing like a weed.

http://www.buybelowcost.com

Re: Open Thread: What’s the hottest private Silicon Valley company right now?

Jonathan Tower — Thu, 11 May 2006 12:35:09 -0000

BitTorrent was mentioned earlier and, early buzz dissipation notwithstanding, is still one to watch. The company is dislocating the broad media content industry in much the same (albeit more legal) way that Napster was doing in '99-01 before their ill-advised in-your-face strategy with the RIAA became their ultimate undoing.

I also really like Zillow. Sure, the business model is a work in progress, but it is already a phenomenon in the real estate industry.

Re: Open Thread: What’s the hottest private Silicon Valley company right now?

Startups.in — Wed, 10 May 2006 20:55:24 -0000

Thanks Ed. I've been searching for nice egreeting sites and saw that most of the good ones are no longer offering free services. Greetlets is a relief :)

Regards,
j

Re: Open Thread: What’s the hottest private Silicon Valley company right now?

jd — Wed, 10 May 2006 18:47:43 -0000

Agree with Facebook and YouTube. Then SimplyHired, Riya, LinkedIn, SecondLife, PhotoBucket, NetSuite, SugarCrm, Scalix, Indeed, Craigslist, Prosper, StubHub, Zimbra, oDesk, elance, SixApart.

I think PayByTouch is another Brience (look it up). Nobody but nobody needs biometric payments.

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Tom Quinn — Wed, 10 May 2006 16:50:20 -0000

Web 2.0 biz companies are modeled after TV network prime time shows; they live and die on sustaining ratings to achieve ad revenue. If youâ€™re not in the top 50 everyday donâ€™t expect to be back next season.

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Michael Bazeley — Wed, 10 May 2006 13:13:30 -0000

FYI, craigslist (mentioned above) is not a non-profit, despite their confusing .org. It's a regular ol' for-profit that is doing quite well for itself.

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Ed — Wed, 10 May 2006 13:12:59 -0000

Greetlets.com - Web 2.0 ecards you create using simple drag & drop. Definitely a category killer in a very high-traffic market segment.

http://www.greetlets.com

Just launched this week too!.

Re: Open Thread: What’s the hottest private Silicon Valley company right now?

Chris Tolles — Wed, 10 May 2006 12:47:01 -0000

Check out Liveops. These guys are making some serious dough. Most of the old Netscape client team.

And no one ever talks about them...

Re: Open Thread: What’s the hottest private Silicon Valley company right now?

Brian — Wed, 10 May 2006 12:18:00 -0000

Zappos.com is my call - I think someone already nailed it though. The reason? Their market is MASSIVE -- They have changed the retailing model. If they can sell shoes over the Internet and get a 60% customer retention rate, then they can sell anything over the Internet.

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TechTrader — Wed, 10 May 2006 11:33:00 -0000

Kosmix.com - what happens when someone builds a better mousetrap than Google?

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imm Forbes — Wed, 10 May 2006 11:16:23 -0000

i think photo sharing and photo sharing plus blogging as well as video sharing are destined for "J" round financing before gthey die and their desks and monitors are auctioned off.

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Richard — Wed, 10 May 2006 11:09:51 -0000

I think its sad that job-seekers would even ask the question "which company has the highest chances of making me a millionaire". In fact thats probably why they are job seekers and not employed or not happily employed. If their primary motivation is the money they wont get very far.

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lifer97 — Wed, 10 May 2006 10:12:42 -0000

whos smoking crack today? obviously, "hottest" has nothing to do with being an actual business and making a profit. YouTube does not even have a solid way to generate profits and Facebook and all the other social networking sites are just generating a bunch of low quality traffic. The guy who mentioned porn sites was probably the closest to being on to something.

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susan — Wed, 10 May 2006 09:26:50 -0000

my money is on 411sms.com
they are definitely the one to watch as listed in pcmag and endgadget

Re: Open Thread: What’s the hottest private Silicon Valley company right now?

Ryan Brenner — Wed, 10 May 2006 09:02:06 -0000

I like Sling Media, Mobi TV, Glu Mobile. All in the digital media/mobile space and all have great management teams and backers.

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Brendan McLaughlin — Wed, 10 May 2006 08:53:25 -0000

Alrighty, Wes D. small world

And I am may have to switch my vote to Adbrite - great call.

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Brendan McLaughlin — Wed, 10 May 2006 08:48:53 -0000

One to watch is beRecruited.com (www.berecruited.com). it is a hot, small silicon valley start up that is poised to break out. it is growing rapidly and has already collected 10,000s of users - ncaa coaches and high school athletes. its offering a great service that students and coaches are benifiting from - and has positioned itself to be a long term player in college recruiting.

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Wes D. — Wed, 10 May 2006 08:47:16 -0000

beRecruited is a local small start up that I have been watching. Out of the blue they seem to have struck up some strong relationships with schools across the country as well as hit critical mass as a place for prospective student athletes.

http://www.beRecruited.com

I am always facinated by a first to market player seeing a niche and swinging in.

Re: Open Thread: What’s the hottest private Silicon Valley company right now?

Sean Ness — Wed, 10 May 2006 08:38:31 -0000

Adbrite - a la carte advertising. I hear they are just zooming along.