The first public version of Viewzi search is available today. Starting at around 7:00 am, Viewzi was available via a special link from TechCrunch and then 12 hours later at 7pm tonight, you will be able to come in the front-door via http://www.viewzi.com. Lots of buzz today. A ton of work has gone into making today a reality. From the "napkin" that started it all back in December of 2006 when Chris and I started talking about ways to change the search experience....until last night at 2am when things were officially "done", life has been a roller coaster. Continue reading...
This is the 5th or 6th Internet startup I have either founded or co-founded (depending on whether you count the "almost-startups"). And while there are certainly some parts of the process that I have complete clarity on, there are others that remain elusive. One of them is managing the growth / cash continuum. Continue reading...
Some great first impressions. Continue reading...
Today, we are opening up our site from the "Preview" stage (under a thousand people) to "Beta" stage (about 50,000 invites distributed). That just means that we are a little more confident that we have something solid—but not quite confident enough to call it "done". Continue reading...
We have been talking about Viewzi for months and most people just look at you like you're crazy and make some snide comment about Google and how crazy we must be to try to compete. I'm OK with that. Continue reading...
Welcome to the Viewzi Preview site. We are so glad you are here checking us out. This is still very early in the process—so there are tons of things we want to improve before showing this to an audience outside of friends and family. This is an early version of the site and is designed to garner feedback and ideas that will be used to shape further development. Continue reading...