ahaha i love this: http://www.teamdating.com/
who wants to join my team?
Thursday, June 14, 2007
betting on media
I just read about Media Predict and felt compelled to share :)
Media Predict is essentially a stock exchange where the stock is the fate of different media projects. The way it works is that you place bets on different types of media content by buying and selling shares. So for example, one of the markets running now is how much will Evan Almighty gross on opening weekend. Each dollar of the share price represents millions of dollars in sales, so shares bought at $15, would be worth $39 if the movie grosses $39 million. Another is will 'Dirty Cookbook' get a book deal - if it does, then shares return $100. These two examples demonstrate the different goals of Media Pedict. The first is to be a fun forum for media junkies where they can go and test their industry intuition. The second is to be a sourcing forum for good ideas, leveraging the wisdom of the crowds to find the real gems (e.g., if a number of media junkies place a bet on 'dirty cookbook' then that's a flag to publishers looking to sign deals).
Currently you can't make real money off the site although they're looking to introduce some sort of rewards system. The company says that the reason there's no real money is because "Internet gambling is illegal in the U.S." - although the Iowa Electronic Markets do play with real money, so perhaps with modification. Anyway, while the idea of using exchanges to predict real world situations isn't new, I like it for this space and also how they threw in the crowdsourcing angle :)
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Media Predict is essentially a stock exchange where the stock is the fate of different media projects. The way it works is that you place bets on different types of media content by buying and selling shares. So for example, one of the markets running now is how much will Evan Almighty gross on opening weekend. Each dollar of the share price represents millions of dollars in sales, so shares bought at $15, would be worth $39 if the movie grosses $39 million. Another is will 'Dirty Cookbook' get a book deal - if it does, then shares return $100. These two examples demonstrate the different goals of Media Pedict. The first is to be a fun forum for media junkies where they can go and test their industry intuition. The second is to be a sourcing forum for good ideas, leveraging the wisdom of the crowds to find the real gems (e.g., if a number of media junkies place a bet on 'dirty cookbook' then that's a flag to publishers looking to sign deals).
Currently you can't make real money off the site although they're looking to introduce some sort of rewards system. The company says that the reason there's no real money is because "Internet gambling is illegal in the U.S." - although the Iowa Electronic Markets do play with real money, so perhaps with modification. Anyway, while the idea of using exchanges to predict real world situations isn't new, I like it for this space and also how they threw in the crowdsourcing angle :)
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Friday, June 8, 2007
meetmoi
I just read about meetmoi, a new company that Venture Beat describes as the "Twitter of Sex". From what I gather, the basics is that as you're wandering around and find yourself with some free time, you can text in your location and see if there are other singles around you who would be interested in meeting up and killing some time. The system then finds other people in the area and sends them your profile. If they're interested, then you find each other and mingle :)
I think the idea is a great one in theory and is definitely something I can appreciate given that I'm single and in NY. It's also nice that it kind of takes you by surprise in a way - so rather than overanalyzing date situations you just go with it. At the same time, you can just imagine the horror stories coming out of this type of split second decision - though arguably, having hours to study an online profile might not be much better. Another barrier / uncertainty here is that like any online social network, success is largely driven by reaching critical mass. This is an even larger issue for this particular venture since it's not enough that you find someone within the city, but you need to find people who are within your vicinity in the city.
One interesting idea would be if you were to combine this on-the-fly dating with an existing online dating site. You could potentially read up on people online, flag a couple of people that you think you might like to meet, and then hope that you run into them :) Another thought is if you expand this beyond just dating and use it for meeting friends and new people ...
Just some quick thoughts ...
I think the idea is a great one in theory and is definitely something I can appreciate given that I'm single and in NY. It's also nice that it kind of takes you by surprise in a way - so rather than overanalyzing date situations you just go with it. At the same time, you can just imagine the horror stories coming out of this type of split second decision - though arguably, having hours to study an online profile might not be much better. Another barrier / uncertainty here is that like any online social network, success is largely driven by reaching critical mass. This is an even larger issue for this particular venture since it's not enough that you find someone within the city, but you need to find people who are within your vicinity in the city.
One interesting idea would be if you were to combine this on-the-fly dating with an existing online dating site. You could potentially read up on people online, flag a couple of people that you think you might like to meet, and then hope that you run into them :) Another thought is if you expand this beyond just dating and use it for meeting friends and new people ...
Just some quick thoughts ...
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