I took a bunch of notes at October's Boulder Denver New Tech, but thanks to the fact that iChat upon a crash seems to like to nuke recent history, it's lost.
So I'll just mention that my friends, founders of IOUNote (which I've mentioned here before). Erika Archer, Ben Monlezun and Scott Archer (who all have a side line as Kung Fu killas) did the presentation and even used me for a prop, sending me an IOUnote for $1,000 that I guess I'll cash in when they IPO, or get bought by Facebook. And that's not far-fetched, or anything. They've been on a roll lately. As this article puts it (IOUNote is the dessert post Guy Kawasaki platter):The site has a free zany component. You owe your friend a bucket of chicken or a day at Disneyland. You can register what you owe. You lose a bet on Monday Night Football? Register what you owe. You can keep
IOUNote.com is a social lending upstart about to flip to version 2.0. It was voted as one of the top 18 innovative new companies in Colorado this year and has revenue-stream potential with the ability to take advantage
of the latest stressed-out head-banging on Wall Street.
track of even the most minuscule IOU online. You owe your two-year-old a college education? Get it online and start that tracking procedure. Version 2.0 has a revenue model built in that includes lending between social circles. These friend-to-friend circles includes larger amounts than simply you owing your kid a new Star Wars action figure after
crushing his last one in the driveway while backing out.
Oh hey, can I reverse that? I'm fittin'a write one to Osi for leaving his scooter behing my weeks-old Prius last year and thus causing me to rip a big, expensive hole in the front right panel.
And I have some shots I took on Scott's iPhone at the meetup. Fortunately @$#&*! iChat wasn't in a
position to deprive me of those.
