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Watch Web's first "Open Company"?
soulhuntre wrote to us about thirty-days.com. They're running an odd little experiment-trying to open a company, and make the whole thing "open". As he says:
We are telling the whole world what's going on, you can call us, watch us via our webcam and ask us anything you want.
Live or die, we have 29 days and counting to secure an investor.
" They've got the phone numbers, the real business plan-it's sort of like Jennicam for B-school graduates. Or the Real World gone tragically wrong. Update: 08/03 12:58 by CT : for those of you who haven't caught on, this site is really stupid. Stop emailing me to complain- we shared it because we thought it was stupid.
I am tired of seeing people whine, bitch, and complain about what does or does not belong on Slashdot. Frankly, I think you people do not belong on Slashdot. Shut the fuck up already.
Whether something belongs here or not is not for you to say. It is for Hemos, and CmdrTaco and JonKatz (yep, even Katz) and the people that run the site to say.
Have you nothing better to do with your pathetic little lives than to whine about the content of a NEWS site? Whether or not you think this (or any other story) is "Stuff that matters" is not the point. The point is that you are not the only one reading this site! If a story doesn't interest you, ignore it. Do not waste everyone's time bitching about how it shouldn't have been here in the first place. If the signal to noise ratio becomes too low, in your opinion, then are a quite free to stop reading Slashdot, setup your own site, turn to TV, become a crazy guy in the forest who likes to mail explosives to people, whatever.
The best way to exercise freedom of speech is to know when to speak and when to shutup. So shutup!
/me calms down
/me grabs a water hose
/me waits for the inevitable flames..
- Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set him on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
I wonder if there was a business plan for creating the business plan...
The 'up to the minute' web-cam image is 4 days old. There goes investor credibility. They can't deliver on their own marketting ploy. If their advertizing gimick fails to advertize, how can they produce anything?
And as for producing 'content', well... This is either a business school term project gone awry (a bunch of overly enthusiastic co-eds) or we'll be looking at 'NY/NJ models investing all of their ass-ets'.
Shazam! It's a sham, it's is a sham.
-- What you do today will cost you a day of your life.
The team has a long history in the adult web market, we maintain several sites currently for our parent firm and for clients. We have and continue to handle
design, programming and technical support for many of these sites.
Our experience does not stop on one side of the camera - Lisa and Shannon have are both celebrities in their own right as the stars of girl2.
We would like to put that experience, and our contacts in the industry, to work on a site we call "Sweet Young Things". This domain currently operates as a
free website, generating revenue from sponsorship programs and advertising partnerships. It is our intention to turn that site into an amateur website,
featuring some truly amazing local models.
While there is a considerable number of activity in this market, it is clear from our experience as insiders in this industry that there is still room for a successful
website that has a quality standard and the ability and desire to maintain it. While revenue details are of course proprietary our experience shows that this
site will reach break-even in less than sixty days and provide a growing and dependable revenue stream for us.
There are ancillary benefits to this. Our team needs experience working with third party models, including the issues involved in high production value photo
shoots and the associated problems. The experience gained on this will be invaluable when the time comes for photographic work to be done in support of
PA.
Well, it is true that the few internet sites that actually *ARE* making money right now are the adult sites. But aren't there enough?
Is this supposed to be "Porn for the Intellectual"???
Whatever... I do not think I will be a fan.
Oh, how nice, another company trying to ride the IPO wave with a stupid gimmick that hasn't been tried yet.
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Hmmm, what have they done so far?
*clicks link*
whoa!
amature-webcams.com
centerfold-webcams.com
find-webcams.com
hardcore-webcams.com
lesbian-webcams.com
pornstar-webcams.com
teen-webcams.com
teen-movies.com
supermodel-online.com
supermodel-photos.com
pornstars-online.com
amateurs-online.com
bondage-photos.com
buycgi.com
centerfolds-online.com
fetish-photos.com
find-amateurs.com
gowebcams.com
sweetyoungthings.com
daddys-girls.com
prettylittlethings.com
Well, that's quite a list. I'm so pleased that the antics of a team of morons who make pedophilic-sounding web sites merit mention on
Database Administrator wanted for exciting opportunity with hot new internet startup.
www.thirty-days.com seeks talented, unihibited, young, attractive, female DBA to join our team.
The ideal canidate for this job will have at least 3 years experience in the following:
Duties will include:
Benefits include:
Salary dependent on experience, breast size.
Don't wait, join today!
--Shoeboy
Come one, come all watch the greatest show on earth: adult models trying to run an internet startup... Thrill as they begins to subsist entirely on pop-tarts and Mountain Dew... Wank as they attempt to work around their clueless PM... Cheer as they start sleeping in their cubes... Drool as they try to justify hardware upgrades to management... Gaze awestruck as they take up chain smoking... Lose interest when they start to look like your coworkers.
--Shoeboy
I think this site is a ploy to get more publicity for their company.
Think about it: Now they will have scores of Slashdot readers visiting their site and reading about their projects. Notice they ask you to tell your friends.
They make their primary project secret but entice you with promises that it will appeal to science-fiction and role playing audiences and that it may include CD-ROMs, comic books, movies, and the like. People will keep logging in (they hope) to see if any additional information is posted about this project. This builds up excitement in anticipation of their launch.
You have to admit, it's creative.
The DMCA--for corporations, the best copyright law money can buy.
If you think this is the stupidest thing that's ever been on Slashdot, you've obviously never read Katz's bit about the sex-bots...