_This is part of our new “Interesting”:http://www.onedegree.ca/category/interesting feature “we announced in April”:http://www.onedegree.ca/2006/04/25/whats-interesting-in-canada but then lost track of. If you have an “interesting” site you think we should feature let us know._
Recently I asked Ahmed Farooq from “iBegin.com”:http://www.ibegin.com/ to explain what makes his site interesting.
*One Degree: Who needs you?*
Anyone (in Toronto… for now) frustrated by local search.
*One Degree: Why do they need you?*
Simply because the current crop of local search sites (and Internet yellowpages) are rather craptastic. That’s right – I said crap.
*One Degree: Why are you interesting?*
We are completely self-funded, with no interest for external capital. There is no exit plan that comprises of a hopeful eye towards the usual suspects for a financially delicious buyout. We even have a philosophy that guides us. Local search with a mix of zen.
*One Degree: How do you make money?*
We do not right now. We are on target to become self-sufficient by 2007.
Category: Interesting
This evening at DemoCamp 5 I will be announcing a new feature here at One Degree called “Interesting”.
For too long Canadian companies have had very low visibility in the market.
Could you name ten interesting Internet ideas coming out of Canada right now if someone asked you to? I’m not sure I could before DemoCamp. Now One Degree wants to take interesting ideas in Canada another step further into the spotlight…