Winner "Best New Biz Concept in 1 Tweet"
@PhilipHotchkiss issued a challenge last week to entrepreneurs via Twitter in the following Tweet:
ENTREPRENEURS: the best single Tweet I receive by Friday **pitching a new business concept receives a new iPod Touch
I’m a big believer in creative constraints. Twitter’s 140 characters or less constraint is a classic example of the power of such constraints. People usually hear the word constraint and recoil. The opposite reaction, however, is empowering! Constraints should be embraced because of their crucible-like effect to produce ideas that are focused. And focus, is the single most important requirement for successfully bringing new business concepts to market.
The Winning Tweet by Darrel Austin
darrelaustin @PhilipHotchkiss (re: idea) a paid service (minimal fee) that automatically backs up your entire Google Account (ie, your life) nightly.
Congratulations Darrel. Your Tweet won because in a world of online services, cloud computing and other forms of virtualization, I believe there will be demand from a large market of individuals and businesses wanting to regain varying levels of possession of their virtualized information and multi-media digital assets.
Darrel you also won because your Tweet articulates a business model, value proposition, product description and a demand driver that is both practical and emotional, i.e., “backing up your life”. And you accomplished this in 119 characters.
So Darrel, go for it! It’s your idea—make it happen by reaching out to the Twitter community—collaborate and connect feverishly to get the ball rolling, because as good as any good idea is, in the end, it’s all about execution.
Your engraved iPod Touch has already been ordered. DM (direct message via Twitter) me your address, and when I receive the iPod Touch from Apple, I’ll ship it directly to you.
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