While I was sorry to miss Widgetcon, I thought that Wednesday’s SF New Tech, organized by Myles Weissleder, was outstanding.
It was an eclectic line-up featuring a big name VC, a talking llama, a productivity web app, a paid video network, and yours truly pitching distributed rating widgets.
It’s rare that you get to watch a VC – in this case, Guy Kawasaki – pitch a room full of entrepreneurs on a startup (Truemors). And folks didn’t let him off easy either. Jeremiah Owyang asked him point blank if Truemors would even have seen the light of day without the Guy Kawasaki brand behind it. Guy was a great sport, and answered something to the tune of “Probably Not.”
My take on Truemors is a little different. I think it’s actually a very clever concept with a real chance to get some traction. Voting rumors up or down seems like the perfect, Web-based, wisdom of the crowds experiment. The ability to submit Truemors via various means (web, voice, text), is a nice touch. And certainly, the Guy Kawasaki brand is an unfair advantage in terms of link dev and PR.
Maybe it’s just me, but the spectacularly negative press that Truemors has received seems a bit personal in nature.
Of course, this wouldn’t be Sexy Widget if I didn’t point out that Truemors needs to get distributed in a hurry. Folks should be able to submit and consume Truemors via widgets as they browse around the web – this is an absolute no brainer.
Check out Webware for a full review of the presenting companies. If you’d like to watch my distributed rating pitch, click HERE.
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