Comments on: Startup wiki TradeVibes rings the bell on its fantasy stock exchange

By: Wise Startup Blog

Wise Startup Blog — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 00:45:53 +0000

Eat your heart our, CrunchBase!

By: Wall Street Survivor

Wall Street Survivor — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:10:15 +0000

Great information!

By: newsflashr - Next Generation News Aggregator

newsflashr - Next Generation News Aggregator — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:40:25 +0000

[...] Startup wiki TradeVibes rings the bell on its fantasy stock exchange [...]

By: Allan

Allan — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:26:04 +0000

Good point but oftentimes, public opinion = valuation. I'd like to see them figure out a way to let the public put some real money on opinions, although they'd have to convince regulators that isn't gambling. Check out Hollywood Stock Exchange for another take on crowdsourcing.

By: Anthony Ha

Anthony Ha — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:51:14 +0000

Um, not really, but then I haven't read Surowiecki's “Wisdom of Crowds” yet. To my mind, the interesting thing about the Startup Exchange isn't whether it can give you a real valuation, but rather what it tells you about public opinion.

By: Nigel Eccles

Nigel Eccles — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:22:25 +0000

This is seriously cool. I've just put together my portfolio. Funnily enough I seem to have shorted half of Silicon Valley! The next really cool thing would be is if I could see other people's portfolio and share trades.

By: Allan

Allan — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:42:09 +0000

Anthony,

I think YouNoodle's concept is interesting, but I also like TradeVibes. Wouldn't you think that the “Wisdom of Crowds” might have a better chance at pegging the correct valuation on a startup than YouNoodle's proprietary algorithms developed in house by a small, yet very smart team?

By: Anthony Ha

Anthony Ha — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:46:23 +0000

Yeah, they're similar but “eerily similar” seems to be going a bit far. Both logos look pretty generic to me.

By: Olivier

Olivier — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:19:09 +0000

Doesn't the logo and color scheme look eerily similar (if not exactly the same) as socialpicks.com?

By: Anthony Ha

Anthony Ha — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:42:03 +0000

Hmm, good point. I think that when it launched it was pretty much all startups, but don't hold me to that. More importantly, my sense is that its strength and focus is on startups, although entries on bigger companies have snuck in there too.

By: Robin Wauters

Robin Wauters — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:42:33 +0000

I'm wondering why it's dubbed a startup wiki? It contains information on companies like Microsoft, Apple, Sun, Cisco, Citrix, etc. as well.

By: austin

austin — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:31:37 +0000

Sounds intriguing… kind of late though, ill try it tomorrow

By: Max

Max — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:56:38 +0000

First time user of TradeVibes and I like what I see. The site is interactive, the info is current. Probably not a high priority feature for alpha testing but I'd get a kick out of seeing a live ticker (How often are the prices updated?)

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:52:50 +0000

Cool. Looking forward to seeing if they add incentives and prizes for top traders.

By: Chun Pan

Chun Pan — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:37:37 +0000

Wow, this is going to be a lot of fun. Here are some initial thoughts. The Startup Exchange page is simple and intuitive – this makes it easy for first time users who don't want to be overwhelmed with too much information. For the mathematically challenged (myself included), it’s very helpful that the Exchange tells me how many shares I can afford of each stock. Finally, the leaderboard is great to see how I’m faring with others (look for me at the top) I’m looking forward to seeing some smaller companies on the exchange (to identify early success), but overall, this is a great step for TradeVibes. I wish them the best.