Are we in the Second Great Dot-Com Bubble, or has the Internet Economy actually just become . . . the economy? With tech bloggers suddenly morphing into venture capitalists and social/mobile/geo-located/gamified startups springing up left and right, it's hard not to want to join in the fun.
But how to know what kind of Internet business to found? That's where Starter Upper, a cheeky interactive infographic from digital talent agency Vitamin T, comes in. Just grab few blathery tech buzzwords from the pile, throw 'em into a Venn diagram, and Starter Upper will automagically barf out your "business plan" as well as a catchy company name faster than you can say . . . I don't know, whatever it is people say at Y Combinator.
I'm not too proud to imagine myself diving Scrooge McDuck-style into a giant pool of stock options, so I gave Starter Upper a spin. I like my Internet-thingies simple to use and nice to look at, so I chose "simplified interaction" and "data visualization" as two of my nascent startup's core values. And I like to eat, so "food" was as good a third choice as any. Stay tuned, TechCrunch: With Starter Upper's help, I've just created . . . VisPlainBite!
Susie Hall, President of Vitamin T, tells Co.Design.
"We wish every startup could enjoy the success of Twitter or Facebook, but that's simply not possible. So we felt this tool would both inspire people to keep striving for success and poke fun at the process itself. It's true, lots of people have great ideas--they may even have clever names--but the recipe for success involves a lot more ingredients than those. This from a company who calls itself Vitamin T."
The best thing about Starter Upper? The big-ass "Reset" button. I'll bet the guys behind Color wish their failed app could have "pivoted" as easily as that.
COMMENTARY: Got to try Starter Upper: Vitamin T to find out if it is for real or just baloney on bread. A lot of these online business plan creation sites are mostly a lot of baloney. You still have to have the great idea that solves a real problem or fills a real need in the marketplace, a need with a large potential market, a successful business model that paves the way to make MONEY, the value proposition down pat, your strategy for success and management team in place or forgettabout it. Most online business plans that I have seen are mostly templates that are carved in stone, that don't provide a lot of flexibility, individuality of design or the creative panish to create a truly outstanding and compelling business plan that will grab the attention of potential investors.
Courtesy of an article dated October 6, 2011 appearing in Fast Company Design
The idea is for the people who don't have the idea what business they would venture into. Nevertheless, in my own point of view, this is not recommended for the people who are very oozy in planning for a business.
Posted by: Jamie Levine | 01/04/2013 at 11:31 AM
look interesting. nice ! keep it up.
Posted by: Online Business | 03/23/2012 at 12:16 AM