The Cat Is Out Of The Bag (Wakoopa on Techcrunch)
It isn’t easy to organize a company launch. You have to get your pressreleases in order, notifiy bloggers, journalists and your mothers and hope that everybody waits until the moment you decide to actually launch your product and then hope they all write something nice.
Sometimes it doesn’t go as planned.
Meganova is a shareholder (just like Ilse, IDG, Telegraaf who invested in them via DCIF) in Wakoopa which is a hot new company launching next week. Last week we contacted Techcrunch and told them about Wakoopa. I just reread the original mail and I now see that maybe we weren’t clear enough about the launch date. So Techcrunch posted a review on Wakoopa just now.
This is good and bad news:
Good because Wakoopa is mentioned on Techcrunch which attracts a lot of visitors.
Bad because the site isn’t live so all people will see is the countdown clock.
Oh well, you can’t have everything.
Read the article on Techcrunch: Wakoopa: Last.fm For Desktop Applications
And if you want to become a tester just leave a comment here and I’ll get you a beta account.
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Roel said,
April 27, 2007 @ 11:39 pm (23:39)
Well, once these guys provide a linux client I’d be interested.
But do tell me it does or will do more then listing popular apps…?
April 28, 2007 @ 1:15 am (1:15)
Roel: we’re currently focusing on Windows and OSX, but are also fully aware that Linux users will be interested in using Wakoopa too.
Wakoopa doesn’t only list the most popular applications, but also gives you personal recommendations, lists what your friends are using and gives updates about news / new versions of your software. You can also embed a widget with your software usage on your website.
Jaap said,
April 28, 2007 @ 8:17 am (8:17)
Sounds great! I would love to have a bèta acount!
Greets,
Jaap
Martijn Reintjes said,
April 28, 2007 @ 8:45 am (8:45)
Strange, small world ….
Yesterday I stumbled upon your blog thru http://www.whatsthenextaction.com/ and bookmarked you in my dailies list since I was interested in a Dutch Internet Entrepreneur. Today I read the techcrunch article and thought: “it would be nice to talk to the guys who started this startup (since I’m starting to become a bit of an entrepreneur myself) but how do I find out who’s behind it….
Next stop on the dailies list was your blog and it all fall together. Even the internet is a small world.
Good luck with your launch!
des said,
April 28, 2007 @ 9:52 pm (21:52)
At least you’ve been honest about embargo mishap so lets hope you get another mention from Techcrunch and of course others on the day and good luck with the launch.
Markies said,
April 28, 2007 @ 10:35 pm (22:35)
You know me and beta acccounts :-)
Omar Faruk said,
April 30, 2007 @ 12:36 am (0:36)
Looking forward to the alpha version of Wakoopa. Love to have a beta account!
Cheers
edgar neo said,
May 1, 2007 @ 1:17 pm (13:17)
i would love to test the wakoopa service and tryin to get it into alpha mode!
all the best!
@gar
May 1, 2007 @ 1:20 pm (13:20)
The Wakoopa founders will contact you soon for your beta invitation. But the service is going live tomorrow anyway so you can also just wait for 24 hours…
edgar neo said,
May 1, 2007 @ 1:32 pm (13:32)
then i’ll just wait ;)
cheers!
@gar