What is Pulp?
Pulp is a website that collects videos celebrities are watching and sharing on their blogs and Twitter, and compiles them into playlists.
For example, let's say the comedian Paul Scheer (Human Giant, Year One) watches a video about a kid answering trivia questions while riding a roller coaster, and an hour later he writes a Twitter message that he just watched a hilarious interview with Michael Cera. Both videos will go to directly to his Pulp page so you can click on his feed and see everything he's been watching and sharing, all in one place.
A Technical Explanation
Pulp is an RSS filter and aggregator. Pulp's back end (the engine that makes the site run) scans the RSS feed of a celebrity's blog or Twitter account and pulls out any videos it finds. Those videos are published to that celebrity's collection on the Pulp site.
Any other relevant info attached to the original blog post (e.g. commentary from the celebrity) is included in the post.
Why Pulp is Worth Investing In
- Celebrities are turned on to Twitter and blogging. Active users - all of whom are posting video content - include Zach Braff, Jimmy Fallon, Alyssa Milano, Kanye West, John Mayer, Rainn Wilson, Brittney Spears, and Mandy Moore.
- Pulp plays to the immediacy and "insider-ness" of knowing what your favorite celebs are into at any given time. Who knows content better than the people who make it? This has an abstract but highly cherished value among fans, something even the tabloids and gossip blogs can't match.
- Pulp's back end has endless applications beyond the celebrity space. Down the road there will be a Pulp for Fortune 500 CEOs, a Pulp for top journalists, a Pulp for your favorite musicians. There can even be a Pulp for normal active Internet users - just plug in your blog and Twitter, and you instantly have your own video page.
How Investing Works
I am making two hundred (200) shares of the company available at $20 per share. I retain 51% ownership in the company, meaning that each share of the remaining 49% breaks down to .25% ownership. For example, if you invest $500 in the company,
- $500/$20 = 25 shares;
- 25 shares x .25% = 6.25% ownership
It's that simple.
That ownership is yours, forever. As Pulp becomes a community of sites with thousands of pages and we start serving ads, you'll see your cut of the profits. When Pulp licenses its technology to other sites, you'll see a check. If Pulp sells, you'll get your portion.
If you want to invest in this project to make money fast or for a guaranteed return, you've come to the wrong place. If, however, you're interested in making a nominal monetary investment (just one share will do) in a project that has a multitude of possibilities and the potential to scale beyond anything I have even conceived of yet, then Pulp is worth your time and money.
What Your Investment Gets You
- Your investment kick starts Pulp. I have spent the past two months conducting algorithm research, designing and redesigning the user interface and overall experience, and developing a road map that brings this site from early stage aggregator to something much, much bigger. It's now time to bring on developers who can execute my product specifications for two to three iterations of the site, meaning your dollars will fuel the site's development from now through the end of 2009. For more information on the technical specifications and developer roadmap, please contact me.
- The potential for a monetary return, of course.
- Your name attached to the credits of the site as "Shareholder".
- Transparency. Whether you own one share or twenty, you can e-mail or phone me any time for a status update, or to throw around ideas or suggestions for improving the product. I will also be sending out a monthly e-mail update to shareholders.
- Most significantly, you're contributing to a small project that will become great, and there is a tremendous amount of satisfaction in knowing you played a vital role. Plus, you can finally add "new media start up" to your portfolio.
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