Andrew Ive

Ning is a new’ish company with some recently released technology that will skyrocket this company into the stratosphere. 
It’s the first company that I’m aware of that has created an easy to use, drag and drop, easy configuration site for users to create their own Social Networking site.  Literally within minutes you can have your own Social networking [...]

Just after the last post ‘Geni: A $500K Virtual Investment’, Geni were kind enough to respond with the following:
“Geni JoAnne Feb 26th, 2007 at 4:46 pm Edit
Hi Andrew. Excellent blog. We are considering adding premium services to our site in the future–the basic service will remain free.”
JoAnne - Thank you for letting us know. [...]

Geni is a very interesting online service that leverages an easy to use flash interface and viral tools to create family trees.  One interesting concept to prove or disprove is that the whole world is related in one way or another. Could Geni be the solution to world peace? :-)  
Business Model:
I have been unable to determine how [...]

uWink is a restaurant concept that blends affordable food, hip surroundings and a digital screen that can be used for ordering food, playing games, hitting the internet and getting more ketchup.  The brain child of uWink is Nolan Bushnell, former CEO of Atari and founder of Chuck E. Cheese.
Business Model:
uWink seems to be driven by a similar customer [...]

In my opinion Amie Street is one of the most exciting new businesses I have seen in a while.  So what’s the basic idea?  
Business Model:
There are a number of elements:
An ‘iTunes’ for Independent bands and musicians.  With Aime Street they can get an audience, get paid and perhaps get ‘discovered’.
Listening members join for Free and can [...]

Zlio is an interesting online service begun in France but seems to be making its way to the US and other countries. 
Business Model:
Users of Zlio can set up their own online store for Free in under five minutes even if they don’t have anything to sell by choosing products from a catalog of thousands of products.  [...]