East Coast Blogging DC Startups - Recently Updated Pages

East Coast Blogging DC Startups - Recently Updated Pageshttp://eastcoastblogging.wetpaint.com/pageSearch/updatedRecently Updated Pages on http://eastcoastblogging.wetpaint.comen-usinfo@wetpaint.comSat, 14 Jun 2008 15:24:40 CDTSat, 14 Jun 2008 15:24:40 CDTwetpaint.com60East Coast Blogging DC Startupshttp://www.wetpaint.com/img/logo.gifhttp://eastcoastblogging.wetpaint.comDC Startup IndexEast Coast Blogginghttp://eastcoastblogging.wetpaint.com/page/East+Coast+Bloggingtechnotheoryhttp://eastcoastblogging.wetpaint.com/page/East+Coast+BloggingAdded AwayFindSat, 14 Jun 2008 15:24:40 CDT

Hey everyone, I had seen the startup index for Seattle startups and thought it was a cool idea. I was going to create an html page off my blog and track the local DC startups. Then on Twitter today Zvi Band had a great idea for a wiki. That way all of us can contribute to the index and leave notes and descriptions of the service. Please feel free to edit and add a startup in the DC area to the table below. Thanks for all of you help

What belongs on the list
A company that is in the first stage of its operations.These companies are often initially bank rolled by their entrepreneurial founders as they attempt to capitalize on developing a product or service for which they believe there is a demand.

East Coast Blogging DC Startup Index

Name	URL	Contact Information	Blog URL	Description
Loladex	http://www.Loladex.com	dan@loladex.com	http://blog.Loladex.com	Local search for social networks: Find local businesses that are recommended by your friends
WhyGoSolo	http://www.whygosolo.com
Razoo	http://www.razoo.com
Mixx	http://www.mixx.com			Social News
Webs.com (formerly Freewebs)	http://www.webs.com			Social Media Company
Clearspring	http://www.clearspring.com			Widget Distribution Platform
WorthPoint	http://www.worthpoint.com			A place for connection, interaction, and knowledge sharing for collectors of practically anything.
Searchles	http://www.searchles.com
Amnesty Widgets	http://www.amnestywidgets.com
HotPads	http://hotpads.com	info@hotpads.com	http://daily.hotpads.com	Map based real estate and rental housing search engine
Qloud	http://www.qloud.com
Nclud	http://www.nclud.com			Design Agency
Social Times	http://www.socialtimes.com			Leveraging social technology to build entrepreneurial communities
Hungry Machine	http://www.hungrymachine.com			Facebook Application Development Shop
AwayFind	http://awayfind.com	jared AT setconsulting com	http://technotheory.com	A way to stop checking your email and automatically delegate responsibilities...for when you're traveling or doing "real work"
iStrategyLabs	http://www.iStrategyLabs.com			Interactive and Experiential Agency
Brijit	http://www.brijit.com
JESS3	http://www.jess3.com			Creative Direction + User Experience
Jobmatchbox	http://www.jobmatchbox.com			Jobs, Tips and Resources for Hiring Teams & Job Seekers
Slipstream	http://www.slipstreamgroup.net			Building "Orbitz of Air Taxi and Air Charter"
Razume	http://www.razume.com			Resume Review Community
theregoesdave	http://theregoesdave.com			Blogging about the mobile web & digital lifestyle
SpotCrime	http://spotcrime.com			Local crime google maps mashup
600block	http://www.600block.com	info@600block.com	http://blog.600block.com	Discover Baltimore restaurants, shops, and more through current favorites and friends.
BudgetPulse	http://www.budgetpulse.com	info@budgetpulse.com	http://blog.budgetpulse.com	Simple application to track finances and payment obligations.
Introin	http://www.introin.com/	info@introin.com		Introin has one straightforward purpose: to connect renters and people who have inside knowledge about rentals.

]]>Mission Statement - Building a Communityhttp://eastcoastblogging.wetpaint.com/page/Mission+Statement+-+Building+a+Communityjjgardner3http://eastcoastblogging.wetpaint.com/page/Mission+Statement+-+Building+a+CommunitySat, 15 Mar 2008 17:02:38 CDT
We are a community in our infancy here in the DC area. We try to compare ourselves to the likes of Silicon Valley, Boston, and Seattle, but there is really no comparison. However, that should not make us upset or jealous, we should accept what we have and move to make it grow and mold it into our own special. The DC area is unique, as are all of you and we should embrace that, embrace our culture and learn to thrive from it.

And as an infant, so to speak, we depend on each other as we did our parents for support and guidance. There are many among us who are bringing their ideas to fruition and working hard to bring their thoughts to reality. It is a hard process along a bumpy road and everyone can use a little help. Our mission right now should be to all pitch in and help. Help to place more and more stones on the foundation we quickly see forming around us. We are not competitors.

Here is my proposition to all of you within reading distance of this statement. If we hope for this area to one day grow into the community I know we all envision, we have to stick together. I keep going back in my head to a statement I have read a thousand times over at WashingtonVC:

grows companies through the exchange of complementary technologies and marketing services.

The exchange of complimentary services ... We all have talents that we can share and exchange. Maybe we are not all web designers or php developers or marketing mavens, but we all have something we can offer. So go out and share them. Maybe its testing a new feature, maybe its help with a bug someone just cant figure out or a social media/pr question. We all have something we can offer I am sure. Offer them. We are the ones who will build it. Nobody else. We can't expect VC/angel $$ to just come our way, so let's show them why it should. If we build it, they will come.

Now I know there are some out there who may be saying, "Why should I give my time and may not receive anything in return?" I can only tell you that you will receive satisfaction of helping good people succeed and you will be helping to continue to build the foundation. I saw this update on twitter from our friend Keith Casey of WhyGoSolo just yesterday, and it fit so well with the thoughts I have been pulling together:

I love kicking around good ideas with good people.. especially when I can help make the idea better. The success of friends is always good

In the end, it will benefit us all. It is kind of like that "Pay It Forward" movie I once saw, or the karma in "My Name is Earl". Kind of cliche, I know, nonetheless most likely true. If you help one person "make it", do you not think that you have ally that may come in handy one day. Someone you will be able to reach out to and say "Heh I need some help".

There are those out there doing this already I know, and this is not groundbreaking stuff. I just wanted to put it in black and white, in simple terms. Not so long ago our friend Aaron Brazell (Technosailor) took his time and worked to make a group, @dctwits, that the community here could use to get the word out to the community at large. Now as we all know, there are no groups within Twitter as of yet, but Aaron took his time and made it work. What did he get out of it ? He got our thanks and the knowledge that should he need help, we stand ready for him. It are these types of acts and people that will make us stand apart from the noise and the crowd.

My door is open. If I can help any of you, please let me know. Need the word put out, I will write about it. Need a new facebook app you are working on tested late one Friday night, I will test it. Need some help with a technical issue, I will work it. Have an ad, I will place it on the site. I trust many of you would do the same. And in doing so we will only work to make the community grow cohesive and stronger and make people from those "other places" take notice. Soon it no longer will be "Why did you start your business in DC?", it will be "Look at that community there in DC, thats the place to be"

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