This TechCrunch article talks about CabEasy, a website which facilitates strangers sharing taxi cab fares. The 1-man startup was built by New York based entrepreneur, Laurent Kretz. Quantcast Compete
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ultra light success stories
CabEasy
by Graham Lawlor on November 30, 2008
Someecards
by Graham Lawlor on November 14, 2008
Someecards.com, is an e-card website with a sarcastic or provocative message. According to the NYTimes it sends out more than 500,000 cards each month (as of October 2008) and it has been profitable as of September 2007. Both Time and PC Magazine named it among their top web sites of 2008. Quantcast Compete
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hiphopmusicdotcom
by Graham Lawlor on November 14, 2008
hiphopmusicdotcom.com gets 45.8K users per month, according to Quantcast. The about us information on this site is somewhat less than revealing about who is behind the project. But word has it that it is largely run by a single individual who has been successful in monetizing the site and making a significant living off of [...]
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Brownstoner
by Graham Lawlor on October 31, 2008
Brownstoner.com is a blog about New York real estate. This article in the New York Observer describes its founding by Jonathan Butler, a native New Yorker, and his decision to quit his investment banking job to pursue Brownstoner as an entrepreneurial venture. Another NYTimes article describes the state of New York real estate blogs, including [...]
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WomenRespondToPalin
by Graham Lawlor on October 30, 2008
Women Respond To Palin This site was conceived, planned, developed, and launched in a very short period of time (<1 month), in part due to the time constraints mandated by the 2008 U.S. Presidential election schedule. Project organizers, Kathryn Jones and Charlie Oliver, and technical lead, Ronald Bradford are all Ultra Light Startups members.
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ZeFrank / ColorWars
by Graham Lawlor on October 30, 2008
ZeFrank.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ze_Frank ColorWars TheShow http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_show_with_zefrank These are MovableType sites (unconfirmed)
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MediaBistro
by Graham Lawlor on October 7, 2008
MediaBistro.com was started by freelance journalist Laurel Touby in 1996. It sold to Jupiter Media for $23 million in 2007. Stories from NYMag and TechCrunch and InternetNews. Quantcast Compete
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Bankaholic
by Graham Lawlor on October 7, 2008
Bankaholic, a 1 person blog about bank rates, credit cards, and personal finance, was acquired on Sept 23 by Bankrate Inc. for ~$15 million.
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Cute Overload
by Graham Lawlor on August 26, 2008
New York Times story on CuteOverload.com “Meg Frost, a 36-year-old design manager at Apple, started cuteoverload.com three years ago to test Web software. Within months, it became an online institution, drawing about 88,000 unique visitors a day — about the same as the political gossip blog Wonkette.” “a “premium” ad on Cute Overload costs about [...]
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MacRumors
by Graham Lawlor on July 20, 2008
According to the New York Times, MacRumors is the second most valuable blog in the world “behind Gawker Media and ahead of The Huffington Post, PerezHilton.com, and TechCrunch” Monthly visitors (as of July 2008): 4.4 million Monthly hits (as of July 2008): 40 million Here’s a great post from his personal blog, NormalKid.com: “The secret [...]
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