Intercasting : Vision - LMNO We want to show people how to go way beyond voice communication. Our ultimate goal is to be the world’s largest Location-aware Media Network Operator (LMNO), connecting people through user-generated mobile relevant content. It is a different vision for a different kind of media company. Instead of dialing 411, you’ll ask your device “Is there a good independent band playing around here tonight?” Your profile will filter content you’ve created with other people’s channels and connect you to a flash community of people who can help you find an answer that is contextually relevant.

Olivier Travers :The Microsof t Office I Really Want: What I want is an internet application with a desktop frontend, with a choice of providers you can plug into, just like you can source other hosting services. The whole “internet Excel stack” should automagically normalize and synchronize the pseudo database work that most people do with it. And if it looks and tastes like a bunch of names and addresses, I should likewise be able to read/write/synch them through Outlook contacts.

Mark Fletcher: Stealth is utter crap in this world and speed is life. Why ? First mover advantage is important. There is no such thing as a unique idea. I guarantee that someone else has already thought of your wonderful web service, and is probably way ahead of you. Get over yourself. It forces you to focus on the key functionality of the site.

Another application in the social networking context - Writely : It is a skeleton version of instacoll,but however its usp is web app and targeting to the customer base who are already familiar with numsum, flickr , etc kind of services.

Another Model described in “The art of Profitability " is the Switch board model. It is characterized by 3 aspects 1. Packaging - Bringing together a disaggregated tasks/individuals/etc. 2.Concentration of power : Cater to all the disaggregated needs by one core product/service 3.Critical mass / scale One of the examples mentioned by the author is the business of bringing of set of actors, musicians, etc to a recording studio and providing a platform to come up with a TV Opera / Movie by bringing in Good content to the entire set up.