If you haven’t noticed, Vator.tv has a new face. This week, we quietly replaced our old look with one that we hope is far more focused and inviting. You’ll note that we’re putting a greater emphasis on emerging technology companies, rather than just any idea or concept. We did this to better serve the hundreds, if not thousands, of new high-growth companies emerging in the Internet, Web 2.0, digital media space and clean tech space. We did this to better serve these entrepreneurs and the investors in eager to find out or invest in the next, new idea in these fast-evolving industries.
This is a first step toward separating our social network, which is Vator.tv, and our newsroom, which will be re-branded and re-launched this summer.
Since we launched, nearly one year ago in June 2007, I always said that we’re open to anyone with an idea, at any stage and from anywhere in the world. Over these months, however, we began to see fashion designers, screenplay writers and a number of non-tech startups. While it's nice to see that ideas are flourishing, we realized that we couldn’t serve everyone, especially our core audience of people who want to be part of a community of innovators across the Internet and technology sectors.
So, as you can see, we’re articulating our mission with, we hope, greater clarity. Vator.tv is a social network for Web and tech startups and investors who want to invest in such growth companies. It’s a place where entrepreneurs can create groups around their companies to communicate with their constituents, and at the same time, be accessible and exposed to new customers, new partners, media and investors. It’s a place where company profiles can be a marketing tool for entrepreneurs, as well as a source of rich-media information for everyone observing. Our company profiles are hardly finished. But they’re one step closer to being very dynamic, or hopefully, Web 3.0. These profiles are where you can get information straight from the source – the entrepreneur - as well as from around the Web, with analytics on the company, as well as blog and news feeds.
I think my team did a great job, and made quite an improvement. But as I said, we’re hardly finished. We have a long way to go. So, stay tuned. And, we welcome your feedback.
i have an idea to better improve rankings and relevance on vator and help quality innovators get noticed. we need a grading scale and a panel of "vator experts" to put there expertise comments on any pitch that has requested a vote. a simple hot or not will do. no hiding how the panel of experts voted. they now have a scorecard. at least 20-50 Vator Experts so we can get a quality percentage. A hot or not with a percentage of 0-100 degree rating based on 5 criteria. put the best pitches front and center on the homepage. the entrepreneurs of vator need everyones collaborative input. vatorbox is cool but the site needs a homepage that instantly ranks the hottest sites on vator based on expert opinions, those are the only ones any venture firm cares about. it appears most venture capitalist are lazy,hate looking for things and most wont give you 2 minutes of there time. they would never spend a volume of time to find a needle in a haystack promising tech company on vator. a grading scale puts the best of vator front and center and that is all anyone has time for or cares about.