i want to sell htmlc.com - send me an email if you want to buy it :) have owned it for years and years - never used it - was going to be part of my htmlcenter.com site but never got around to it.
I noted this in my recap posts about 2 mos ago - the interesting thing is that if you watch the earliest episodes, I don't think they put this in the credits - but now they do. They don't say the percentages but they do say that ABC or the producers may take an equity percentage in the company.
Remember that it is a tv show - the pitch and presentation is MUCH longer than what we see on tv. Also, I still wonder how many of the deals actually ever close.
You would think that. But I saw a posting from someone on Reddit (and I think maybe HN) that was on Shark Tank and they said that it's pretty much exactly what you see.
But you're right, even if they get a deal on the show, it doesn't necessarily mean it will go through.
I wrote about this the other day - I thought for sure it had to be a late april fools joke but once i started to get their emails I realized it was for serious. I don't get why they spend so much money on worthless content - just show the deals.
I put CenterNetworks on Flippa about 15 days ago - starting bid at $10k. So far no bids, 13 people "watching" the auction. I've had a few private messages about stats but that is it so far. There are still 15 days left in the auction.
fyi- i have seen a number of auto shops on groupon now and living social live.
I think having an online reminder system might be good - instead of the sticker on the windshield - send the customer an email to let them know about time to get an oil change and perhaps offer other maintenance items as well
The reminder system is a great suggestion. Reminders could come in via email or text (at the customer's discretion). This also highlights the potential for recurring revenue in this simple model.
Think about this... Google charges you $900 to attend a conference that they will "teach you" how to build apps that work on their systems which benefit them way more than you.
I know Apple charges a developer fee as well.
Amazing how this hacker/developer world works - pay for access to their app stores, pay for conferences to learn how to make apps for their app stores, etc.
It's not zero-sum. The devs get a lot out of it, too. All the devs that buy tickets to IO think that IO benefits them more than the $900 they're parting with.
There were bunches of gadgets given out @ every IO, some to everyone, some to attendees of specific talks.
Also, said developers are planning to make money with these new skills, in addition to networking, I think most people find it well worth it or they wouldn't attend.
there is a bright side to it - the 'sold out in a hour' situation last year was ridiculous. While i would have preferred a coding challenge to eliminate that problem, a price increase is another method of fixing it.
Yes, but it's a poor way to fix it. A high price just means that corporate people looking to get some free goodies will be more likely to attend than hackers who have to pay the $900 out of their own pockets.
This will be the first time I won't even bother to register. Too much money.
Another way would have been to announce that they won't be giving away any hardware, that would have kept away the "it pays for it self and I get some cool goodies" crowd away so real developers could go.
The last two years, Google has said "There are no plans for giveaways." And of course, attendees actually got about $1000 worth in stuff in 2010 (Droid phone, EVO, Google TV), and $1200 worth in freebies in 2011 (Galaxy Tab 10.1, Chromebook, Verizon hotspot).
They could say there are no giveaways, but nobody's going to listen to the boy who cried wolf anymore.
They should charge the $900 and not give away any hardware without announcing whether or not they're going to. They'll be able to have $400 tickets next year without selling out as fast.
We organise a smaller (a lot smaller!) conference¹ in Helsinki, Finland and I can tell you that a surprising number of things increase in cost linearly as you add more days.
Of course adding one more day to a two day conference doesn't double your costs, but I'd image that Google is taking into account inflation as well as just trying to increase their profit margin (though taking into account the amount of hardware they give out they give out to attendees does indicate that they're also trying to limit the audience to actual developers).
