Could you please provide some information concerning the founders?

BizOnBytes.com, affectionately nicknamed Bob, was thought, built and delivered by two people connected by the power of love and driven by creative ideas. Our mission was to develop a business community based on the social networking model. This website was a labour of love that took years to complete during our spare time. We are convinced that the passion we’ve injected into this project and our unwillingness to give up until we got it right transpire in the final product you see today.

Why it is amazing and how the project is going to be improved/developed?

BizOnBytes.com will continue to work on opening the doors to the expansion of the community of businesses where members will not only be able to share their products and services with others but to share their business talent.  Another important objective we have in mind is to break the language barrier by providing bizonbytes.com in many languages as possible to give everyone a chance to profit from this business model.

How can users benefit from this startup?

Entrepreneurs looking for new business opportunities by finding new clients and suppliers will be happy to hear about the new business community on bizonbytes.com.  As an added bonus, bizonbytes.com also allows you to manage your day-to-day accounting activities, create and send invoices to your customers and create your own online store to sell and promote your products and services all this at no cost to you!  Unlike other accounting solutions, we offer a community of people who are looking for new clients and suppliers and have a vested interest in expanding the community to meet their financial goals.  It’s time to introduce your company to the world at no cost… Don’t pay the price of a wasted opportunity!

Is it free or not?

We have 2 options, a Lite version which include a few restriction and a Premium edition that give them the option to sell their products online at no additional cost and create unlimited invoices.

What are the main features of the startup?

We are proud to promote the community has the main advantage compare to our competition at invoice.com and quickbooks that only provide the accounting option.  We have made sure that the system had usability in mind, that members could make money and promote their business and that it could give them the opportunity to find new business.

What are the plans of founders?

This project is our solution to independence.  We wish to live now and not at 50.  We wish to live free of money and not letting money make our life decision.

How was is financed and are the founders still looking for investors?

Still looking…

Anything else that might convince us and our readers that your startup is really worth spending time on…?

The time you will spend with Bob (BizOnBytes.com) will cost you nothing.  But not only that, it could make you money.  Don’t take my word for it, just take the time to visit us, I’m sure you will find something that interests you.

Cell phone users in the United States have increased from 34 million a decade ago to more than 240 million today1.  Worldwide, there are an estimated two billion cell phones in use, and this number continues to grow at an impressive pace.  The majority of the devices used are equipped with cameras and video/audio recording tools that enable users to capture content on-demand.  Once captured, this content can easily be uploaded to computers or e-mailed for posting to a website for unlimited distribution.

MeetTheFamous’s target audience is particularly internet savvy.  These individuals have grown-up in the ”internet age” and are proven fast adopters of cutting edge internet technology and websites.  Through MeetTheFamous, users actually become the “paparazzi” by publishing the celebrity content (both good and bad) that they capture every day.  This might be a picture of Mel Gibson volunteering at a local soup kitchen, Britney Spears walking into a tattoo parlor, or Roger Clemens yelling at Andy Petitte in a restaurant.  Regardless, celebrities are everyday people who live among all of us.  Each day worldwide, hundreds of thousands of celebrity photos, videos and audio files are recorded in real-time.

Despite the enormous interest in this content, currently, there are limited options for individuals to publish their celebrity content to massive audiences interested in viewing it.  The two leading social networking sites, MySpace and Facebook, allow users the ability to post their content to their community of friends, but such viewership is typically limited to his or her member base (generally 50-500 people).  Other individuals who capture celebrity content simply download it to their computer or share it via e-mail with a limited number of friends or family.  MeetTheFamous provides an intuitive user interface that enables even novice web users to upload and share their celebrity content to an audience of unlimited size.

In addition to providing a targeted audience and easy to access tools for sharing their celebrity photo and videos, MeetTheFamous allows users to share their experience with other fans comparing and contrasting their one-to-one experiences while onlookers get an inside look as to what celebrities are like in real life.

MEETTHEFAMOUS.COM also serves as an efficient marketplace for everyday people to receive compensation for the sale of their potentially valuable content. On the seller side, if the average person captured a photo of a celebrity doing something notable, he or she probably would not know how much the photo could be worth or who to call to find out or where to begin.  On the buyer side, major media companies don’t have the time to deal with a flood of one off inquiries from amateur sellers nor do they have a “one-stop shop” where they can view the entire celebrity photo landscape as it is unfolding in real-time. The process is highly inefficient because the market is so heavily fragmented, and there has yet to be a company to offer a uniformed end-to-end content delivery & monetization solution despite such an enormous inventory of accessible and valuable content.

MeetTheFamous represents an evolution in the way celebrity photos are procured by the media. The centralization offers an opportunity for control that does not exist in the current wild west of the celebrity photo industry. The current environment of (celebrity/publicist) versus paparazzi results in a never-ending battle with celebs and publicists always playing catch-up. The company’s intention is to offer celebrities and publicists a layer of protection that will represent a new standard for the industry by allowing them the first right of refusal to exclusively purchase any photos MeetTheFamous receives about them before it ever goes to a 3rd party for publication.

MeetTheFamous will provide the celebrity (and/or their representation) any questionable photos for review before it is distributed for sale to 3rd party publications and media outlets. MeetTheFamous will maintain an active database of buyers and knowledge of their respective interests so it can provide targeted celebrity content securing the highest price possible for the company and its users.

The MeetTheFamous website features a uniquely differentiated approach to the celebrity and entertainment genre. By allowing users to be the exclusive photographers, videographers, bloggers, editors and content providers of this online destination the result is a one-of-a-kind user experience, where the entertainment value and size and scope of the website is limited only by the number of celebrity photos the world captures in a single day.

MeetTheFamous features include:

* User Profiles for users to receive updates on their favorite celebs, write blogs, add friends to their “Entourage”, view their site stats, play games and more.
* Communication exchanges that allow users, celebrities and their representation (agents, managers, PR, etc.) to participate in an ongoing, never-ending discussion about their real world encounters by providing new updates or weighing-in to set a story straight.
* Celebrity events calendar for celebrities and their representatives, club owners and businesses to announce events featuring celebrities (i.e. – celebrity autograph signing, charity event, party host, etc.). Eventually, a partnership with Ticketmaster’s/StubHub’s API would be pursued to populate content and generate additional revenue.
* Celebrity Trivia – a portable multiplayer trivia game where users create the trivia questions and prizes are awarded to the top 3 winners each work

The celebrity content market is among the largest and fastest growing segments within all of media.  TV programs such as Entertainment Tonight, Access Hollywood, Extra and TMZ are among the highest rated television shows in the United States.  Websites such as TMZ, PerezHilton, People.com and OMG have generated huge user followings with anywhere from a million to over fifteen million unique visitors per month2.  Furthermore, merchants who sell consumer goods have shared in this success by marketing celebrity clothing lines and memorabilia.  MeetTheFamous estimates that the worldwide market for celebrity content exceeds several billion dollars.  MeetTheFamous believes that as a unique, focused celebrity community the Company is well positioned to capitalize on the favorable growth trends within the explosive online media segment of this attractive industry.

As an entertainment destination, MeetTheFamous holds a distinct advantage over all other entertainment offerings due to the speed and volume that user-generated content provides in addition to the exclusive nature of the content. Existing celebrity web properties all operate behind the same bottleneck pulling and republishing the same content from a fixed group of inefficient photo agencies. The current process of receiving and publishing celebrity content online, print or TV is still highly inefficient for them. It can take anywhere from five to ten people to capture a photo, market the photo, sell the photo, enhance and edit the photo, transfer the file, write copy, proof, edit and work with the webmaster to push everything live.

MeetTheFamous’s approach eliminates the bottleneck by allowing celebrity content to be released as it happens, in real-time, 24/7. It takes MeetTheFamous under one minute to obtain and release a new piece of content vs. 6-8 hours for existing publishers and websites. And, with each new contributor to MeetTheFamous, our “photographer staff” continues to expand. The most successful entertainment publications and media outlets and agencies employ at most 200-400 photographers. MeetTheFamous currently “employs” 4,000 content contributors. The result is an entertainment destination capable of offering exclusive content at a quantity and rate of speed that is several orders of magnitude greater than any competitor.

MeetTheFamous believes it is reasonably well insulated from direct competitive threats.  Existing sites have already made their bets on their lead features.  Each fulfills a specific user interest but none satisfies all interests.  MeetTheFamous believes its unique site will enable it to quickly join the top ten celebrity sites within the first two years, filling a major unfilled gap in online celebrity communities.  MeetTheFamous views its relationship with other celebrity sites as collaborative.  Together with TMZ, Perez Hilton, People and OMG, MeetTheFamous helps each company secure a position in the marketplace.  MeetTheFamous recognizes that, while unlikely, there exists the possibility of direct competition.  To limit this potential, MeetTheFamous is actively working to secure strategic partnerships while continually innovating to offer new and engaging site functionality.  In addition, MeetTheFamous plans to build significant brand awareness to stake its position in the marketplace as the one stop user-generated online celebrity community.

In estimate, there are tens of millions of unique monthly users who regularly participate in online celebrity communities.  While the sites mentioned above all have strong followings, none of them offer the interactive social networking experience and user-generated model provided by MeetTheFamous.  This differentiated aspect of MeetTheFamous will enable the Company to quickly stand out and attract user interest, loyalty, and create a viral following.  MeetTheFamous expects its users to continue to participate in other celebrity related communities but once a user is aware of and submits a photo to MeetTheFamous, they will always use MeetTheFamous as the place to publish their celebrity photos.  The Company believes its users will behave similarly to users of sports, teen and professional sites where such users tend to visit and participate in multiple communities within the same market vertical (i.e., users who visit espn.com also visit cbssportsline.com, etc.).  MeetTheFamous believes the established celebrity sites have paved a path for the Company to quickly achieve a significant user audience.

The Company expects to achieve yearly revenue well in excess of $15 million by YE 2012, using a combination of photo sales, advertising, and an e-commerce sales model.  Initially, MeetTheFamous plans to pursue an established photo agency (i.e. – WENN) to license the photos on their behalf with a shared commission plan and a traditional advertising revenue model.  Early on, the Company will run lower priced CPM Ads through Ad Networks (i.e. Google Ads) to help build a base following of site visitors.  Currently, MeetTheFamous is in the final stages of negotiating with Guerilla Nation, a leading online sponsorship and advertising sales company. Based on existing pricing models of other celebrity sites, MeetTheFamous’s data suggests that prices under such a strategy can reach between $2 and $5 CPM.

Additionally, MeetTheFamous generates brokerage commissions by licensing user photos & videos to celebrities and buyers from major media outlets. MeetTheFamous believes this represents a potentially significant revenue opportunity.  Today, people who capture valuable celebrity content don’t have access to retail outlets that enable them to sell their content to offline buyers interested in it.  Each user has to identify potential buyers and work the phone to find the right individual decision maker responsible for purchasing content.  Then, content owners need to determine what the fair market value of their content could be.  Without market data, it is difficult for them to accomplish this.  Not surprising, purchase offers vary significantly from buyer to buyer.  MeetTheFamous will offer professional expertise to content owners to ensure the value of their content is maximized.  In exchange, MeetTheFamous will charge a brokerage fee that can be as high as 50%.  It has been shown that high-value content is readily available since MeetTheFamous users are everywhere, all the time.

MeetTheFamous was founded in 2008 by Jordan Osher.  The Company completed its market research and beta site launch, secured key hires and is currently initiating business partnership discussions.

The Company has been funded by both angel investors and its founders. Seed investment of $1.56M was secured in early 2008.  Proceeds from the round enabled the Company to complete site development and launch, hire key personnel, drive site traffic and begin generating revenue. The Company anticipates that a Series A Financing of several million dollars will be considered to further bolster its revenue growth and profit margins through expanded revenue channels.

Who are the founders of the site? Where is the startup based?

Founder, CEO - Mr Dushyant Bhatia        [Twitter - @blogertize]

The startup is based in Mumbai, India

Over 75% of the bloggers advertising with us are from India, USA and UK

What makes this startup unique? What is the technology behind it?

This is the first web startup worldwide which has raised funds to run its online business by selling pixel adspace on its website. The idea is to combine various important pillars of internet marketing viz-a-viz affiliate marketing, promotional quizzing models, e-commerce, micro blogging, online community etc with pixel advertising. Blogertizeworld is an online portal which sells adspace to bloggers for a 3 year period under 12 segments namely sports, technology, health, politics, finance, gaming, education, showbiz, travel, life, literature and social responsibility. Adspace is available to 2,860 bloggers only on first come first serve basis. Our objective would be to divert a chunk of the traffic coming onto our website to these blog advertisers which will help the latter to dig up a couple of loyal readers which inturn would assist them in monetizing their blogs.

What are the main characterstics of your startup?

The concept of the website is similar to that of a mutual fund where the cost of running this website is distributed among a large pool of bloggers and the rewards for their investment is something which no other blogger community offers. Bloggers purchase adspace under various categories for a fixed period of 3years. The pixel blocks are available in four different sizes of 2000, 4000, 6000 & 8000 pixels. The larger the button, the higher it is placed attracting more visitors in turn resulting in increased ad revenue.

A chunk of adspace proceeds would be reinvested in various revenue generating avenues mentioned below which will help bloggers in monetizing their blog without them having to promote the same.

The following are the service offerings of Blogertizeworld.com

• - Online shopping portal
• - Online marketplace
• - Podcasting facilities
• - Online community (discussion board)
• - Ad exchange network
• - Promotional quizzing and contest portal
• - Blogertize ROI analytics
• - Exposure via newsletter
• - Profit sharing

All the services mentioned above shall launch on Sep 01, 2009 and have one common objective. i.e. To attract traffic and divert a chunk of the same to these 2,860 blogs advertising with us.

Is your startup free?

No. bloggers purchase pixel adspace on our site at a neglible price starting from $15 for a 3 year period. i.e.$5 per year and get constant traffic for next 3 years starting from Sep 01, 2009

What is your business model?

The whole idea of utilizing pixel advertising was to raise funds for this online startup. The concept of the website is similar to that of a mutual fund where the cost of running this website is distributed among a large pool of bloggers and the rewards for their investment is something which no other blogger community offers.

Some of the monetary incentives for bloggers who invest with us are:

1. Online shopping portal - We’d be having the bloggers advertising with us place a link to our shopping portal on their blog. If any visitor to their blog clicks on that link, he/she would be directed to our shopping portal and if that person purchases anything from our shopping portal, upto 75% of the profit would be given to that respective blogger. The main idea is to create an online trading store and have distributors i.e. bloggers all over the world
2. Online market place - Bloggers advertising with us will have an option to open an online store for free for the first year of operations. No yearly fee of commision on final sales shall be charged for the first year and so can sell their products via our website FREE OF COST
3. Adnetwork exchanges - We help our blogger advertisers manage their ad inventory & assist them in earning ad revenue via the idle ad inventory available on their blogs
4. Revenue split: - The revenue split would be 80-20 (Bloggers advertising with us - Blogertizeworld)
5. Podcast publishing services - Free podcast hosting services provided to bloggers advertising with us
6. Exposure via Newsletter- Visitors to Blogertize could subscribe for monthly newsletter for any of the 11 segments of their choice. i.e. A member who’d like to keep himself/herself updated about the latest in the tech circuit could sign up for the monthly tech newsletter, the content of which would be provided by the bloggers advertising with the site. The link to the blog from where the content is extracted would also be mentioned in the newsletter to give latter the exposure it requires
7. Profit sharing element - We plan to share a certain proportion of our total profits after tax. This may include profits earned via various avenues like blogertize community, market place, shopping portal, podcast facilities, ad-network exchanges, ad revenue etc. We’d be distributing a small proportion of profit (after tax) to our bloggers on yearly basis starting from the second year of operations. The profit share may differ on yearly basis depending upon various factors. The concept would be similar to that of a dividend being distributed by a public company to its equity shareholders, the only difference being that the bloggers advertising with us do not own stakes in this company. The ratio of distribution for $15, $40, $80 and $150 pixel buttons would be in the ratio of the amount invested i.e. 3:8:16:30.

What is the main idea behind it? Why is your startup worth spending time?

The main idea of this startup is to help those bloggers in monetizing their blogs who cannot spend 4-5 hours a day on promoting their blog. Our objective is to attract casual blog readers and divert a chunk of them to the blogs advertising with us. As of today, a 125×125 banner ad on a PR3 blog costs somewhere around $25-30 per month which at most can get approximately 500 odd visitors. On the other hand, BlogertizeWorld offers a 3 year adspace for as low as $15. It probably may take around 6-8 months for a blog to receive 500 visitors via Blogertize (for a $15 button). So any traffic diverted for next 28-30 odd months would be a bonus. In addition to that, Blogertize gives its members an opportunity to make a small fortune via its various revenue generating avenues.

What are your plans for the future?

We are planning to rope in more interest groups. Cannot reveal much right now but we’re in acquisition/collaboration talks with a couple of cash strapped medium-sized startups in US, UK, Israel and India. The idea is to wrap up these with our operations and relaunch them under our brand.

Who are your main competitors?

There are many individual competitors worldwide. Since the range of our service offerings is so huge, we’re bound to have atleast 2-3 big competitors for each avenue we explore. We’re still new and are concentrating on getting our baby steps right. Once we achieve that, we could concentrate on competing with the established players.

Any other information that may help to describe your startup?

Out of the total 2,860 spots, we’vre received registrations from over 1,800 bloggers. Adspace worth $50K has already been reserved. Once we receive our 2500th registration, we shall double the adspace prices.

Mineful is a web-based market research software that was created to collect and study the market’s information. This online solution is very flexible when it comes to presenting all the figures and numbers you need to know about your company and your targeted market. In addition to this, you will have the chance to share the processed data with other fellow professionals.

If you want to get all the market’s information in an effective way, this site provides you with a package of techniques that comprise effective online questionnaire software. With Mineful, you will be able to create different web forms, as well as to analyze the market’s information in real time. In this way you can make your decisions in a fast and accurate way.

The site is very clear when it comes to explaining all the details you need to know about the different forms and surveys you can use to improve your decision making abilities. In case you want to take a quick look at a slideshow of features along with screenshots and learn more about this site, you can do it at Mineful.com.

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·         Vopium  provides a service that works through the GSM network that we all are already using with our cell phones and SIM cards. Application automatically detects how to place the calls depending on the network scenario.

·         Vopium Does provide data backup facility with Synch Service. So if you have lost your phone or changing your phone you can instantly get your contacts back through Vopium Synch.

·         Vopium Supports around 600 Devices that range from Java, RIM, IPhone etc.

·         Competitive rate with premium voice quality.

Conclusion/Summary

- Low cost international calls (90% off) at an amazing voice quality

- Sending international text messages at a much discounted price

- Not to worry about your contacts and calendar as Vopium Synch makes a remote and secure backup.

- Absolutely free calls between Vopium-Wifi users

- Freedom i.e. no need to change cell phone or SIM card

- Swift communication with family & friends regardless where ever you are

Businesshackers’ mark: 7/10

(2) DeepZoomPix - a startup that allows users to share their pictures with friends in a revolutionary way. One of the nicest things is that surfers can zoom in and out of pictures at will, without the need to navigate to higher resolution versions. There are many options to choose from as far as complex visualization is concerned. You can  import photos from other sites and have them become shown to anyone you want. It can be used with Flick, Facebook and many other sites. In order to use it free of charge you have to register before December 2009.

Businesshackers’ mark: 9/10

(3) TweetMeUp - the objective of this startup is to let you know “everything there is to know about Twitter”.  It includes a host of Twitter tips, tricks and free downloads. It is made up of many Twitter tools and resources like the TweetMyBlogWP plugin and Twitter’s info pack. Definitely a good choice for both newbies and Twitter experts. In addition, we loved the graphics of this site.

Businesshackers’ mark: 6/10

Businesshackers’ mark: 7/10

(2) MyLiveGallery - Online image gallery creator that allows you to quickly create nice looking image galleries, photo albums and slideshows.

Businesshackers’ mark: 6/10

(3) Namecheck - Check the availability of a username on more than 80 popular social networking and social bookmarking websites. When you enter the username and hit on the “chk” button, if the username is taken it shows “Taken”. (this startup has been previously described in a different post on businesshackers.com).

Businesshackers’ mark: 7/10

(4) Roshambo - This website lets you play rock paper scissors with others online. Enter your name, get a link and send it to your opponent to start playing.

Businesshackers’ mark: 5/10

(5) Ptable - If you are a Chemistry major or just trying to make through your Chemistry class, chances are you have use the Periodic Table of Elements very often. The Ptable.com is a cool periodic table with a detailed graphical representation for each element.

Businesshackers’ mark: 7/10

It is called Skyecandy and it is a video dating service that takes Skype as its starting point. In a nutshell, it will let anybody take part of speed dating sessions that start every few minutes. After few minutes your successful dates are then recorded in the “Results” page that appears with your profile.

Authors underline that “matches you automatically with real people all over the world from the comfort and security of your own home”. Frankly speaking I don’t really think that it will become the new way people meet potential partners, but it looks like an intersting site to spend few minutes a week.

The website is well done from a purely technical point of view, but I would expect more user friendly options. Quality of sound and video is relatively good even though it’s far from being what looks like dating in real life.

A really cool thing to use is the SMS messaging system that will let you get in touch with any successful date you have had in the past. Very simple, but nice.

Businesshackers’ mark: 8/10

This site is great especially for students willing to use the same functions that complex commercial programs have. What is surprising is that never before have we seen such a startup even though the idea is definitely simple. Well, this is not exactly true. You can use Dooblet and Wakoopa, but they are not effective enough. It’s far better to stick to AlternativeTo.

What is worth underlying is that  supported operating systems include not only Windows and Mac but also Linux, so that users from all over the spectre are taken into consideration. There is also a category that is the one that deals with SaaS products. Pretty cool,  isn’t it?

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It is called Gawkk.com and it’s is like a “Twitter for videos” where you can discover, share and discuss videos from around the world and answer the following question: What are you watching?

To start the conversation, Gawkk incorporates video froma number of different media sources across the Internet, but you also can add a video from any page and then share and talk about it it with your colleagues and followers on Gawkk. The embedded video is viewable through your activity stream, along with an individually threaded discussion between your friends and the people you follow.

By combining a powerful video discovery engine with a social messaging platform, Gawkk gives you a simple and effective resource for searching and discussing the best videos from around the web, right now.

Businesshackers’ mar: 8/10

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