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Comment on Civic Startups (Web 2.0 Expo Slides) by Tung Ly

Tung Ly — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:03:00 +0000

Great example, Nick. TurboTax has an advantage in that the service was already a business model. Also a serendipitous example, since I was dealing with issues with our sales tax collection site this past week. I like the idea of developing APIs to increase compliance as you have illustrated here by making it easier for citizens to access affordable services provided by third parties.

Comment on Civic Startups (Web 2.0 Expo Slides) by Nick Grossman

Nick Grossman — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:08:00 +0000

In my mind, “build on the platform” basically means “be an app that consumes gov’t data, and/or talks directly to a gov’t API”. So, that leaves the question of business model pretty open. TurboTax is a good example of an app that integrates w/ gov APIs — charging for value-added services.

Comment on Civic Startups (Web 2.0 Expo Slides) by Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 21:50:00 +0000

How do “Build on the Platform” model startups become sustainable, find a business model? Currently I only perceive two sources of revenue: screen time for advertising and marketing data. Am I blind?

Comment on Big boy calling it quits. by Sumana Harihareswara

Sumana Harihareswara — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:19:00 +0000

Thanks for the heads-up.

Comment on Big boy calling it quits. by Nick Grossman

Nick Grossman — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 14:33:00 +0000

Thanks Walter! It’s nice to hear that you’re listening! I will definitely leave this site on for the long haul, and who knows — maybe I’ll pick it up again one day…

Comment on Big boy calling it quits. by Walter

Walter — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 03:30:00 +0000

I subscribe to the RSS and enjoy the posts here. I appreciate the heads up that you are moving to Tumblr exclusively.

I’ve bookmarked/shared some posts here, so I hope those links will remain working, but I understand if you turn things off.See you over at the new feed!

Comment on Tumbling on by Big boy calling it quits. | wrkng

Big boy calling it quits. | wrkng — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:04:59 +0000

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Comment on Civic Startups (Web 2.0 Expo Slides) by Nick Grossman

Nick Grossman — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 11:07:00 +0000

Thanks! That is cool. Would love to connect w/ your friend behind portlandoregon.gov.

(also I owe you an email!)

Comment on Civic Startups (Web 2.0 Expo Slides) by Logan Kleier

Logan Kleier — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 20:46:00 +0000

Nick,

This is a great presentation. My friend who built portlandoregon.com (somewhat similar to everyblock) who’s look for ways to leverage that with other cities.

Comment on Civic Startups (Web 2.0 Expo Slides) by Nick Grossman

Nick Grossman — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:04:00 +0000

Thanks Tony! I don’t believe the videos have been posted yet, but will go up sometime soon on the Web 2.0 Expo site. I’ll leave a comment here when they do, so you should get an email.

Glad to hear you took something away from this!

Nick