Comments on: Open Thread: What’s the hottest private Silicon Valley company right now?

By: sampsonrox

sampsonrox — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:46:22 +0000

So far, looking like a finish in the black!
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By: brian

brian — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 20:57:39 +0000

best business model is rentacoder.com is making tons of cash

By: keith

keith — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 20:56:47 +0000

new site about scholarships is looking interesting, http://recruitcity.com

By: WebLatam

WebLatam — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 04:52:45 +0000

WebLatam is not a Sillicon Valley company but offer latin america stuff.

http://weblatam.com

By: Ken

Ken — Sun, 14 May 2006 00:22:56 +0000

nextinternet.com

By: esengulov

esengulov — Sat, 13 May 2006 14:02:21 +0000

Facebook and YouTube made huge success in acquiring users but not in making money…
For a company with good business model would stick with Six Apart. Steady and Promising.

By: victor

victor — Sat, 13 May 2006 10:05:20 +0000

BuyBelowCost.com

It’s the largest pet trading community on the web and growing like a weed.

http://www.buybelowcost.com

By: Jonathan Tower

Jonathan Tower — Thu, 11 May 2006 16:35:09 +0000

BitTorrent was mentioned earlier and, early buzz dissipation notwithstanding, is still one to watch. The company is dislocating the broad media content industry in much the same (albeit more legal) way that Napster was doing in ‘99-01 before their ill-advised in-your-face strategy with the RIAA became their ultimate undoing.

I also really like Zillow. Sure, the business model is a work in progress, but it is already a phenomenon in the real estate industry.

By: Startups.in

Startups.in — Thu, 11 May 2006 00:55:24 +0000

Thanks Ed. I’ve been searching for nice egreeting sites and saw that most of the good ones are no longer offering free services. Greetlets is a relief

Regards,
j

By: jd

jd — Wed, 10 May 2006 22:47:43 +0000

Agree with Facebook and YouTube. Then SimplyHired, Riya, LinkedIn, SecondLife, PhotoBucket, NetSuite, SugarCrm, Scalix, Indeed, Craigslist, Prosper, StubHub, Zimbra, oDesk, elance, SixApart.

I think PayByTouch is another Brience (look it up). Nobody but nobody needs biometric payments.

By: Tom Quinn

Tom Quinn — Wed, 10 May 2006 20:50:20 +0000

Web 2.0 biz companies are modeled after TV network prime time shows; they live and die on sustaining ratings to achieve ad revenue. If youâ€™re not in the top 50 everyday donâ€™t expect to be back next season.

By: Michael Bazeley

Michael Bazeley — Wed, 10 May 2006 17:13:30 +0000

FYI, craigslist (mentioned above) is not a non-profit, despite their confusing .org. It’s a regular ol’ for-profit that is doing quite well for itself.

By: Ed

Ed — Wed, 10 May 2006 17:12:59 +0000

Greetlets.com – Web 2.0 ecards you create using simple drag & drop. Definitely a category killer in a very high-traffic market segment.

http://www.greetlets.com

Just launched this week too!.

By: Chris Tolles

Chris Tolles — Wed, 10 May 2006 16:47:01 +0000

Check out Liveops. These guys are making some serious dough. Most of the old Netscape client team.

And no one ever talks about them…

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 10 May 2006 16:18:00 +0000

Zappos.com is my call – I think someone already nailed it though. The reason? Their market is MASSIVE — They have changed the retailing model. If they can sell shoes over the Internet and get a 60% customer retention rate, then they can sell anything over the Internet.