I like making something from nothing.
My partner Scott Rafer gave a talk this week at Founder Hacks II.
His secret to starting a business? Get lots of people to send you their seemingly worthless data.
At Compete we sat on a goldmine of data.
At Lookery we’re off to a good start. We’ve been running in private beta for about 9 weeks and have already served about 1/4 billion ads, not bad.
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We launched the Compete API about 8 months ago. Along with the launch of free competitive web analytics it changed Compete’s value overnight. Thanks to the guys at Mashery we were able bring our API online in days not months.
I’ll be speaking at The Business of API’s Conference in October in San Francisco detailing the important strategic and business goals that were met by opening up Compete’s data.
Hope to see you there.
Photo credit: Compete.com’s new tool is so good I kinda feel dirty
I had lunch with Jeremy Crane today. I don’t make it into Boston much these days, hiding out in my bunker working on Lookery 24×7. But I came in today to attend WebInno 14 and to meet-up with some new acquaintances and some old friends.
This week Compete is releasing their Search Analytics product out of private beta. This was the last big project I worked on before leaving Compete last month. I can’t wait for it to go live, this product is a game changer and it looks like the blogosphere agrees with me.
I came across Tony Spencer’s review of Search Analytics today. Now this is a title you just have to click, “Compete.com’s new tool is so good I kinda feel dirty“.
Compete Search Analytics launches Wednesday put it on your calendar and make sure you try it out. Let me know what you think.
Say hi if you spot me at WebInno tonight.
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