Today through Friday we’re giving you the chance to view the firms that
presented
at Internet Startup Live! Venture Showcase at Fall
Internet World. We had standing room only watching and evaluating the
selected firms that presented.
Here now on the Web we’re featuring those
firms for you to glance over, kick the tires on, and tell us which you
think is the best. Next week we’ll let you know which scored highest and
give you some feedback on which we think shine brightest. You be the judge.
There’s a dozen firms, so get ready to see some possible future hot stars of
the Internet space right here.
Internet Stock Report’s |
INTERNET STARTUP LIVE! VENTURE
SHOWCASE SPOTLIGHT |
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Who |
Chart Links LP |
Web |
www.chartlinks.com |
Stage |
early stage |
Sector |
Software |
Year
established |
1995 |
Employees |
15 |
Strategic
allies |
IBM/Lotus |
Mission/market strategy (in their own
words) |
Utilizing Lotus Notes, Chart Links develops health care
workflow
applications integrated with a distributed patient chart. Depending
upon user needs and
bandwidth, Chart Links products can be deployed as a thin or thick
client on a LAN, the
Internet or an intranet.
Currently, we are
emphasizing the marketing
of our rehabilitation products into a $500 million software market with
plans to become
the market leader. The Chart Links product architecture can be applied
to diverse clinical
work groups with near term entry into the long-term care, the physician
and employee
health markets. |
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Who |
DeskGate Technologies, Inc. |
Web |
www.deskgate.com |
Stage |
early stage |
Sector |
Commerce |
Year
established |
1996 |
Employees |
8 |
Strategic
allies |
NY Post, TotalSports, DoubleClick |
Mission/market strategy (in their own
words) |
DeskGate
has created the first secure electronic publishing and document
delivery system with
portable e-Commerce, persistent copyright Protection, and multimedia
enabled interactive
content. Dubbed ‘the Internet’s Traveling Salesman’ by the media, the
‘VIApublisher’
electronic content container has everything necessary to conduct an
electronic commerce transaction on board.
VIApublisher can carry movies,
books, magazines,
newspapers, music, and catalogues. The product knows the price and
terms of its contents
and protects them from unauthorized tampering and copyright
infringement while preserving
the purchaser’s right to access the contents for repeated personal use.
VIApublisher can
be passed from computer to computer via e-mail acting like roving
billboards as they move
from person to person.
When it’s time to buy, the VIA
perks up and collects
the payment or use information directly from the purchaser and knows
exactly where to
deliver the payment or use information. When the transaction is
finished, VIA returns to
its ‘traveling salesman’ state. The purchaser reads their choice of
magazine or newspaper,
watches a film or listens to CD quality music and decides to pass it on
to friends.
The VIA moves on to the next
transaction, leaving
the goods safely locked to the purchaser’s computer. The product is
sold as transaction
based services and/or software. |
Tomorrow,
more firms which presented! Of the above, which do you think is a better
idea? e-mail us now your votes
tallied and revealed
next week (c) 1998 Mecklermedia, Internet.com |
