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Update on WeblogWire, the seven-day startup

WeblogWireI can't believe I forgot to follow up with this one: Remember WeblogWire, the experiment by entrepreneurs Jason Baptiste and Brian Breslin to get a profitable startup running from scratch in one week and on $500? Well, they didn't quite make their deadline, but they did do it for under half a grand. Yesterday WeblogWire made a "soft launch," with its official launch today, about a week behind schedule. Even at two weeks, it's an impressive feat, but what exactly is WeblogWire? Well, it's a gateway between bloggers and PM firms, allowing press releases to much more quickly make their way onto blogs, a steadily more influential corner of the media. The service is free for bloggers to join, and PR folks can submit press releases for an introductory $49 fee ($99 after this week). Right now there's already quite a few press releases on the service, which currenly only has a Technology category (which suits me just fine).

Filed under: Blogging, Web services

Building a profitable startup in one week on $500

One week startupIs it possible to build a profitable web startup in seven days on a budget of $500? Jason L. Baptiste and Brian Breslin think so. On Saturday Breslin, CEO of Viral Ventures (which owns uGather.com) and Baptiste, CEO of Miami web design firm Infinimedia, set out to build WeblogWire from scratch in a week, and in true Web 2.0 style they're blogging as they go. WeblogWire will be "a system that would be a newswire for bloggers and online media outlets," basically providing a direct line between them and companies and PR firms. With five days left to turn out a working prototype I can't wait to see what they come up with. (Hey Breslin and Baptiste, you ought to have a countdown clock.

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