Startup Warrior
Startup Warrior is a new mapping site that has ambitious goals of mapping all the tech startups in the world.They fail massively at this goal when you consider that all, I say again, all of their date comes from Crunchbase. So if your startup isn’t in Crunchbase it isn’t on Startup Warrior’s maps.
What’s interesting about Startup Warrior to me are the three (3!) startups they have listed in the Louisville area.
1. Zappos: Sweet, I’ll totally lay claim to Zappos.
2. First 30 Days: The contanct info on Startup Warrier lists this sites office as being on Frankfort, Avenue. The contact info on the First 30 Days site lists offices in New York. Has the company relocated to NY? Do they have offices in both cities?
3. KangarooBox: Apparently they make bug tracking software based on Bugzilla. Huh.
Obviously I know lots and lots about Zappos (and I’m always looking to know more, invite me for a tour!). I know nothing about First 30 Days and KangarooBox though. Anyone got the scoop on these two?
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Hrm. What’s interesting is that Crunchbase already has a searchable map on their site of all the company locations:
http://www.crunchbase.com/maps/search?range=100&geo=louisville%2C+ky
So if it’s just from Crunchbase, that seems a bit redundant.
But Zappos is not showing up on Crunchbase’s map, so maybe Startup Warrior is getting some other data or improving upon it.
kangaroo box makes an internet appliance but I don’t believe it is for bug tracking
Hadn’t heard of First 30 Days or KangarooBox until today.
First 30 Days hit Guy Kawasaki’s site today ironically so I read about it twice today.
http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2008/06/the-art-of-chan.html
KangarooBox makes an appliance based on open source software including Bugzilla, it’s an issue/bug tracking system that’s very flexible, it can be extended or tweaked for other purposes as well. It’s a real pain to manually install. Combine that with the additional benefits they offer such as disaster recovery and support, amongst others, and it appears to be a compelling solution for shops that want a nice issue tracking system without a lot of fuss.
I’m a founder of a company (bsdperimeter.com) that does something similar with open source software, though we don’t offer an appliance, strictly support, consulting and development services around the open source projects pfSense and Monowall. Those are a couple examples of good business models around open source that can work if executed properly. In the case of KangarooBox I think they have more of an up hill battle because they don’t control the open source project (Bugzilla) and hence don’t have the benefits of being able to heavily promote their solution to the large open source community around the project. It can still be successful though, best of luck to them. Good to see another open source related company in Louisville.
I’m the CEO and Founder of KangarooBox and would be happy to answer any questions you guys might have. We are currently working on a issue tracking system based on Bugzilla. As Chris pointed out everything we deal with is FOSS (Free / Open Source Software) and is available to anyone on the web. Our main focus is on the customer and making everything as easy as possible. All you have to do is take our appliance out of the box and plug it in. We take care of upgrades, maintenance, hardware failures, support, and disaster recovery. Basically, we make IT (Information Technology) simple!
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