Comments on: For Postling, Angel Investors Mail in Their Checks

By: TWiST #47 with Niel Robertson

TWiST #47 with Niel Robertson — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 12:14:30 +0000

[...] 02:14:00 Postling [...]

By: Business 101 from Spongebob Squarepants | Extranet Factoring

Business 101 from Spongebob Squarepants | Extranet Factoring — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 22:27:55 +0000

[...] seed funding from some big-name angel investors like Gary Vaynerchuk and Dave McClure, according to GigaOm. The company, whose web-based dashboard lets small- and medium-sized businesses manage everything [...]

By: Dave Noreen

Dave Noreen — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 15:00:32 +0000

Congratulations Postling and DreamIt Class of 2009!!!

By: Ellen Thompson

Ellen Thompson — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 12:14:16 +0000

The Postling product is already quite usable. The recommendations engine is not there, but we are using it as the backbone for an entire division of my company that is providing a turnkey social media service for the multifamily industry. It is well worth paying for Postling as is (and we are), but I think the pivot will really be game changing as it will automate services some of the services I'm charging a lot to provide.

Congrats, Postling. I look forward to seeing what happens next.

By: Eric Marcoullier

Eric Marcoullier — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 06:17:01 +0000

I'm a huge fan of "action not analysis" so I look forward to seeing Postling in the wild. Any ETA on an alpha / beta launch?

By: Eric Marcoullier

Eric Marcoullier — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 06:14:36 +0000

Jesus, dude, you sound like such a journalist. Much respect, amigo.

By: Ben Metcalfe

Ben Metcalfe — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 04:48:32 +0000

This is an example of an announcement where I'm confused where the benefit was for the company?

Don't get me wrong - I'm generally a firm believer in socializing one's ideas and general openness.

But in this example, Postling has just given visibility to their competition that they are working in this space - and specifically their angle/direction. It now gives notice to other companies working in this space (there are others I know of) to simply move into ship and customer-acquire mode... which just makes Postling's life even harder.

I'm not trying to rat on Dave, and the rest of the investors but it seems more like a good news story for them than providing any real merit to the company itself.

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 03:13:47 +0000

I think that is always a good sign that the guys are going to be adaptable and nimble. Thanks for your insight.

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 03:12:54 +0000

I have some details on why they left Etsy but problem is can't confirm it with more than one source. Stay tuned, digging around.

By: Jackie Danicki

Jackie Danicki — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 03:11:11 +0000

Also: These are super good guys, generous and very open to user feedback. Great job, David and co!