Qassia take Bootstrapping to the extreme
Quassia - a new web 2.0 content directory with ambitions of being the internet’s main destination for intelligence gathering have recently published a blog post demonstrating their bootstrapping prowess.
Guess how much it cost us. What’s that? $2,500? No, not even close. Did you say $5,000? Well, it’s probably worth that much. But - future investors take note of our penny-pinching skills - it actually cost us all of $19 (nineteen) US dollars.
As logos go this is actually pretty good and a steal a $19!
What’s Qassia all about?
Qassia is an interesting web startup, currently in closed beta but due for imminent public release. The concept is to collect together “intel” from website owners looking to promote their websites, for traffic and search engine benefits. They have an internal credit system which allows you to earn Qassia dollars for submitting and rating articles. They also have an interesting revenue share model where members can earn 100% of the ad revenue when ads next to their submitted articles are clicked.
I believe Qassia has the potential to be another Wikipedia as long as the member rating system is robust enough to keep spammers out. As mentioned the site is still in private beta but you can join using this Qassia Invite.
