15 Startups that will Kick Ass in 2010
- Groupon - Collective buying of local goods and service. Many of my friends are addicted to this service.
- Posterous - I think it is the best blogging platform. A single email will post EVERYWHERE!
- Smule - I was addicted to I Am T-Pain and Ocarina. Can't wait for their next app!
- Foursquare - I personally like Gowalla more in terms of ease of use and interface, but all my friends are on Foursquare.
- Spotify - Simple and beautiful music player on the cloud.
- DropBox - The iPhone app they released this year just kicked so much ass. DropBox is something I use everyday, and it is now one of those apps that I can't live without.
- Twilio - Twilio's API enables developers to integrate phone services into web apps. Their API is so simple that I don't even think you need to know how to program.
- SlideShare - How else would you share power point slides and PDFs on the web?
- grou.ps - Never used it, but it seems superior to Ning.
- SimpleGeo - Geo location apps are going to boom in 2010. I'm sure most of the applications going to be released next year will be using SimpleGeo.
- Square - Twitter founder, Jack Dorsey's, new mobile platform service. I think it is neat and will have a substantial amount of users in 2010. However, I think RFID payments like Edy in Japan is going to be the future of mobile payment.
- Tonchidot - a Japanese startup that developed Sekai Camera, an augmented reality application. Go Japan!
- WePay - I think this is a great solution for group payments! Back in the days when I used to be in a fraternity, we had so much trouble collecting money! I wish we had something like this.
- Blippy - A startup that allows you to share your credit card purchases online. It sound like a ridiculous service, so I'm going to bet they will kick ass.
- Yammer - A twitter-like communication tool for companies and organizations. Too bad they don't support Japanese yet.
There are a lot more startups I believe will do well next year, but I'm going to keep them a secret :P
Happy Holidays!
