New company profiles in Virtual Handshake wiki
I’m glad to report that the Virtual Handshake Corporate Profiles Wiki is growing steadily. New additions include Buzzoodle
and GoBig Network. Check out their profiles and please add your comments!
I’ve joined GoBig, and it seems that some members are getting useful traction from it. I had told Wil Schroter that I was skeptical of YASNS with a siloed model.
I’m particularly skeptical of the ability in GoBig to send a blanket request for funding. Inevitably, I expect the havenots (starving entrepreneurs) will chase out the haves (VCs). Kleiner Perkins once did an analysis of their investments, and found that they had never done a deal which didn’t come through their *pre-existing* network.
However, GoBig does seem to be getting some traction, and I do see potential value in matching potential teammates in entrepreneurial ventures (the model of Entremate). . In addition, there’s certainly value in creating a resource guide to entrepreneurs, although there’s lots of competition for providing that service.
I gave goBig a try and felt tricked because I did not know in advance I was going to be asked to pay for a posting. Wasted my time.
Nice design and flow, but it would be nice if it was a bit more upfront about pricing. Maybe it is now.
Comment by Buzzoodle — 10/27/2005 @ 4:43 pm
Buzznoodle - thanks for trying out Go BIG. We do post people’s funding requests, job availability, etc for free. You can also test the messaging functionality for free. But if people are putting specific requests in the system we do charge $29 for that. Most people that use the system do so for free, so the pricing issue is not much of a problem. We’ll try to be more clear in the future.
Comment by Wil Schroter — 10/27/2005 @ 5:08 pm
I appreciate the quick email and post. Way to be on top of it.
Overall I liked it, and just got upset when I felt I spent time on something and could not then post it.
I am sure it is something that a simple disclaimer can solve. Best of luck.
Comment by Buzzoodle — 10/27/2005 @ 11:05 pm
[…] Example of Good Customer Service Resulting in Good Buzz I recently said some critical things about GoBig in the Virtual handshake Blog Comments and was very impressed with the 15 minutes it took the Go Big Network people to find the post, reply to the message and drop me an email. Turned negative to positive. […]
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