Wanted.VC Digest # 24
As new projects appear on Wanted.VC , more and more teams are registering for participation in Startup Weekend in St. Petersburg.
We remind you that this time the participants will have the opportunity to communicate not only with specialists in the field of IT, but also with particularly biased users - employees of creative agencies, specialists in the field of pr and art directors of advertising agencies. In addition, as usual on the weekend, all project authors have a chance to receive investments of up to $ 100,000 from Glavstart .
Registration for the weekend is still open , but you should hurry.
You have just read the “Zero degree of the letter”, you have opened a brave new world and you have decided to urgently discuss it with someone. No matter how much your buddies share the love of Rolan Bart, the opportunity to reflect on the topical things you have. To do this, simply mark the topic of discussion on the site SpeakPlace.Ru and wait for suitable interlocutors. +++
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"According to the studies conducted by the NOKIA Research Center in 2007 NRC-TR-2007-003, the possible profit from a service that implements a friendly and efficient algorithm for searching for travel companions can be at a level from 17 to 135 million USD per year for a megacity with a population of 20 million people, ”write the authors of the Say'n'Ride service.
They have already done such a service, it remains only to check the accuracy of the forecasts. +++
The name of the project “Smart Home” means exactly what it means: with the help of a service, a kind of artificial intelligence appears around the house, which makes finding a common language with it much easier.
You can speak on any topic: from blinds to water. +++
The answer to the eternal “How to live up to a salary?” Is offered by the Smsrubli service: the system allows you to make small (up to 30,000 rubles) loans for appropriate short periods - from a week to a month.
For borrowers, the most pleasant part of the process is loan processing: everything happens via SMS. +++
Renting a private home abroad for the holidays, if not yet caught up in the habit of settling in a hotel, is largely due to the language barrier. And if you can still cope with English-speaking sites, it is not at all obvious that those services who prefer to preserve their national identity are just as lucky.
The authors of Vbarcelone.ru discovered the space of private apartments in Barcelona, ​​simultaneously taking on the functions of translators and programmers. +++
The team of the “Save the Minute” project recently announced WalDi service at Wanted.VC , which allows to optimize the operation of convenience stores.
This time it will be about IP telephony: using the low cost of a conversation in IP telephony and the ability to call back, “Save the minute” provides an opportunity to accumulate bonus minutes, which can later be used for conversations. How exactly this happens, the author of the project said. +++
The wholesale virtualization has reached such proportions that an invitation to a party with the help of the VKontakte functionality is already completely considered the norm.
The creators of EveryBody.Ru decided to make a special service that would allow to coordinate offline meetings - both friendly and not quite. +++
The implementation of the episode of the "Matrix" with the download of the course of kung-fu directly into the mind - of course, the work of the distant future.
However, it is already realistic to make the Internet service “pull up” students on a particular subject, having taught the system to independently identify and eliminate “white spots” in the education of users. The “Academy Online” project team is doing just that. +++
Shops with an area of ​​just over ten meters and with the appropriate range are in almost every home. As a rule, their existence is remembered only at the moment of a critical shortage of a specific ingredient in an almost ready lunch or dinner.
The authors of WalDi have figured out how to add functionality to such stores. +++
Familiar with the film of the same name will be easier to grasp the meaning of the project "Avatar": the description of the service is very similar to the chapter from the science fiction novel.
The authors explained in detail how real the idea of ​​“renting” another's body in line with the idea of ​​universal well-being. +++
We remind you that this time the participants will have the opportunity to communicate not only with specialists in the field of IT, but also with particularly biased users - employees of creative agencies, specialists in the field of pr and art directors of advertising agencies. In addition, as usual on the weekend, all project authors have a chance to receive investments of up to $ 100,000 from Glavstart .
Registration for the weekend is still open , but you should hurry.
You have just read the “Zero degree of the letter”, you have opened a brave new world and you have decided to urgently discuss it with someone. No matter how much your buddies share the love of Rolan Bart, the opportunity to reflect on the topical things you have. To do this, simply mark the topic of discussion on the site SpeakPlace.Ru and wait for suitable interlocutors. +++
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"According to the studies conducted by the NOKIA Research Center in 2007 NRC-TR-2007-003, the possible profit from a service that implements a friendly and efficient algorithm for searching for travel companions can be at a level from 17 to 135 million USD per year for a megacity with a population of 20 million people, ”write the authors of the Say'n'Ride service.
They have already done such a service, it remains only to check the accuracy of the forecasts. +++
The name of the project “Smart Home” means exactly what it means: with the help of a service, a kind of artificial intelligence appears around the house, which makes finding a common language with it much easier.
You can speak on any topic: from blinds to water. +++
The answer to the eternal “How to live up to a salary?” Is offered by the Smsrubli service: the system allows you to make small (up to 30,000 rubles) loans for appropriate short periods - from a week to a month.
For borrowers, the most pleasant part of the process is loan processing: everything happens via SMS. +++
Renting a private home abroad for the holidays, if not yet caught up in the habit of settling in a hotel, is largely due to the language barrier. And if you can still cope with English-speaking sites, it is not at all obvious that those services who prefer to preserve their national identity are just as lucky.
The authors of Vbarcelone.ru discovered the space of private apartments in Barcelona, ​​simultaneously taking on the functions of translators and programmers. +++
The team of the “Save the Minute” project recently announced WalDi service at Wanted.VC , which allows to optimize the operation of convenience stores.
This time it will be about IP telephony: using the low cost of a conversation in IP telephony and the ability to call back, “Save the minute” provides an opportunity to accumulate bonus minutes, which can later be used for conversations. How exactly this happens, the author of the project said. +++
The wholesale virtualization has reached such proportions that an invitation to a party with the help of the VKontakte functionality is already completely considered the norm.
The creators of EveryBody.Ru decided to make a special service that would allow to coordinate offline meetings - both friendly and not quite. +++
The implementation of the episode of the "Matrix" with the download of the course of kung-fu directly into the mind - of course, the work of the distant future.
However, it is already realistic to make the Internet service “pull up” students on a particular subject, having taught the system to independently identify and eliminate “white spots” in the education of users. The “Academy Online” project team is doing just that. +++
Shops with an area of ​​just over ten meters and with the appropriate range are in almost every home. As a rule, their existence is remembered only at the moment of a critical shortage of a specific ingredient in an almost ready lunch or dinner.
The authors of WalDi have figured out how to add functionality to such stores. +++
Familiar with the film of the same name will be easier to grasp the meaning of the project "Avatar": the description of the service is very similar to the chapter from the science fiction novel.
The authors explained in detail how real the idea of ​​“renting” another's body in line with the idea of ​​universal well-being. +++
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/133999/
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