Andrew Ive

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 [...]

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.  [...]

After scratching my head for a few days considering what more could possibly be added to the already significant contributions made by the blogging community, I came up with the following idea. 
The Million Dollar Startup Game!
The basic idea is that I’ll take a look at new, buzz ridden startups or early stage companies and give [...]