Long time Tucson Startup Drinks lurker here, just released a product

[G Hawkes]

Hello,

 

   My name is Grant Hawkes.  I attended some of the first Tucson Startup Drinks meetings a couple of years ago but I have been MIA since then.  I still read every post that comes from the group and I enjoy keeping up with what everyone is up to.

 

I just released a product called BlueShoop.  It is a multi-computer clipboard application that allows you to share text, websites, and files wirelessly.  It utilizes Bluetooth to send the contents of the clipboard and it is peer-to-peer.  I envisioned it being used it such settings as meetings, trade shows, conferences, study groups, etc...

 

When creating BlueShoop I started out by solving a problem that I was experiencing.  When utilizing disconnected laptops at home and at work it was always a pain to transfer things from the network to the portable machine (documents, registration keys, and so on).  I thought it would be great to move objects very simply between the machines, without them being on the same network (and without having to find a Flash drive that I would inevitably lose).  BlueShoop also doesn’t require people to exchange contact information such as email or IM handle.  For more details check out www.blueshoop.com. 

 

BlueShoop is Windows only and I developed it using C#.  I am hosting the site on discountasp.net with an Azure Table Storage backend for authentication and licensing.  I am trying out mixpanel for my analytics and so far it seems much simpler than Google Analytics (both in good and bay ways).  Currently I am using PayPal is handle purchases due to its simplicity. 

 

For marketing I plan on targeting site specific self-serve advertising such as reddit.com.  I used Google AdWords (and their competitors) in the past with very poor results.  I did not like the lack of transparency in the pay-per-click advertising model.  Then again, maybe I am just bad at SEO and write boring ads .  I may try Google/Bing again, but I will jump in with a much smaller budget.

 

If there are any questions that I can answer please let me know.  Also, if anyone wants a license key or two to try out the full feature set just email me.

 

Thanks,

- Grant Hawkes

 

 

 

 

[Warner Onstine]

On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 5:14 PM, G Hawkes <haw...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello,

 

   My name is Grant Hawkes.  I attended some of the first Tucson Startup Drinks meetings a couple of years ago but I have been MIA since then.  I still read every post that comes from the group and I enjoy keeping up with what everyone is up to.

Feel free to come this Tue at Spoke6! Eric will be talking about how to write effective questions (and surveys) for markets.

 

 

I just released a product called BlueShoop.  It is a multi-computer clipboard application that allows you to share text, websites, and files wirelessly.  It utilizes Bluetooth to send the contents of the clipboard and it is peer-to-peer.  I envisioned it being used it such settings as meetings, trade shows, conferences, study groups, etc...

 

When creating BlueShoop I started out by solving a problem that I was experiencing.  When utilizing disconnected laptops at home and at work it was always a pain to transfer things from the network to the portable machine (documents, registration keys, and so on).  I thought it would be great to move objects very simply between the machines, without them being on the same network (and without having to find a Flash drive that I would inevitably lose).  BlueShoop also doesn’t require people to exchange contact information such as email or IM handle.  For more details check out www.blueshoop.com. 

 

BlueShoop is Windows only and I developed it using C#.  I am hosting the site on discountasp.net with an Azure Table Storage backend for authentication and licensing.  I am trying out mixpanel for my analytics and so far it seems much simpler than Google Analytics (both in good and bay ways).  Currently I am using PayPal is handle purchases due to its simplicity. 

Nice.

 

 

For marketing I plan on targeting site specific self-serve advertising such as reddit.com.  I used Google AdWords (and their competitors) in the past with very poor results.  I did not like the lack of transparency in the pay-per-click advertising model.  Then again, maybe I am just bad at SEO and write boring ads .  I may try Google/Bing again, but I will jump in with a much smaller budget.

Would love to hear experiences you have with this. Especially if you want to come give a talk that would be awesome :).

 

 

If there are any questions that I can answer please let me know.  Also, if anyone wants a license key or two to try out the full feature set just email me.

Well, I'm on a Mac, so no go there (yet) :P.

-warner

 

 

Thanks,

- Grant Hawkes

 

 

 

 

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