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First Twitter Engineer Does it Again, Secures 2 Million, Amen.

14 points by iSimone 15y ago

ErikRogneby 15y ago
I didn't know there was an eu. version of techcrunch.com. Looks like fr and jp sub-domains are also in use.
robtoo 15y ago
A slect few have been been given access to its Beta and are coming up with statements like "strangely addictive", at least according to the startups itself. No description of what Amen actually do, but they themselves think they're pretty great. And ... that's it?
rokhayakebe 15y ago
What a sensational title
lambada 15y ago
This reminds me of color for some reason, although admittedly it's on a smaller scale (for now)
rhizome 15y ago
Where's the "first twitter engineer" part, smart guy?
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iSimone 15y ago
The first twitter engineer is Florian Weber, at least he's always called that here in Berlin and Techcrunch is referring to him as that. I always thought it was an interesting story, that's also why I shared this article. Here's a longer article about the guy: http://eu.techcrunch.com/2011/05/09/exclusive-the-story-of-the-almost-forgotten-european-behind-twitter-%E2%80%94-and-his-new-startup/ http://eu.techcrunch.com/2011/05/09/exclusive-the-story-of-t... Yes there is a European version of Techcrunch, even a French one if I'm not mistaken. But they are normally not as interesting in my opinion. However, and that's why I cared to share, they are starting to write more about the Berlin scene. I find it rather fascinating to watch how the startup scene is starting to take off here with SoundCloud, Wooga and ResearchGate being the first stars (If you want to learn something about professional copycats google Samwer Brothers, they've done some 25 exits from Berlin, but I don't think they deserve to be mentioned more than that). So for me the two million in funding (among them Ashton Kutcher) are sensational news but let me shed some more light on the actual product. As their landing page says already (http://amenhq.com/ http://amenhq.com/) it's revolving around opinions and ratings but in a highly semantic and mobile way. I don't think it has anything to do with color, I think of this team rather highly. However there's another Berlin startup that does what color does but imo is something I would actually USE: http://eyeem.com http://eyeem.com. It's an interesting mix in between color and instagram. @rhizome I hope your question in particular could be answered, although he is in fact also an important part of the techrunch story I linked to in the first place. EDIT: Ah I've just seen that @rhizome might be referring to the actual article on techcrunch, that left a lot of details out? Were you referred to that article (http://techcrunch.com/2011/07/21/ashton-kutcher-and-madonnas-manager-invest-in-tiny-berlin-startup-what-gives/ http://techcrunch.com/2011/07/21/ashton-kutcher-and-madonnas...) instead of this one: http://eu.techcrunch.com/2011/07/22/ashton-kutcher-and-madonnas-manager-invest-in-tiny-berlin-startup-what-gives/ http://eu.techcrunch.com/2011/07/22/ashton-kutcher-and-madon... ?

14 points by iSimone 15y ago

I didn't know there was an eu. version of techcrunch.com. Looks like fr and jp sub-domains are also in use.

A slect few have been been given access to its Beta and are coming up with statements like "strangely addictive", at least according to the startups itself. No description of what Amen actually do, but they themselves think they're pretty great. And ... that's it?

rokhayakebe 15y ago

What a sensational title

lambada 15y ago

This reminds me of color for some reason, although admittedly it's on a smaller scale (for now)

rhizome 15y ago

Where's the "first twitter engineer" part, smart guy?

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iSimone 15y ago

The first twitter engineer is Florian Weber, at least he's always called that here in Berlin and Techcrunch is referring to him as that. I always thought it was an interesting story, that's also why I shared this article. Here's a longer article about the guy: http://eu.techcrunch.com/2011/05/09/exclusive-the-story-of-the-almost-forgotten-european-behind-twitter-%E2%80%94-and-his-new-startup/ http://eu.techcrunch.com/2011/05/09/exclusive-the-story-of-t... Yes there is a European version of Techcrunch, even a French one if I'm not mistaken. But they are normally not as interesting in my opinion. However, and that's why I cared to share, they are starting to write more about the Berlin scene. I find it rather fascinating to watch how the startup scene is starting to take off here with SoundCloud, Wooga and ResearchGate being the first stars (If you want to learn something about professional copycats google Samwer Brothers, they've done some 25 exits from Berlin, but I don't think they deserve to be mentioned more than that). So for me the two million in funding (among them Ashton Kutcher) are sensational news but let me shed some more light on the actual product. As their landing page says already (http://amenhq.com/ http://amenhq.com/) it's revolving around opinions and ratings but in a highly semantic and mobile way. I don't think it has anything to do with color, I think of this team rather highly. However there's another Berlin startup that does what color does but imo is something I would actually USE: http://eyeem.com http://eyeem.com. It's an interesting mix in between color and instagram. @rhizome I hope your question in particular could be answered, although he is in fact also an important part of the techrunch story I linked to in the first place. EDIT: Ah I've just seen that @rhizome might be referring to the actual article on techcrunch, that left a lot of details out? Were you referred to that article (http://techcrunch.com/2011/07/21/ashton-kutcher-and-madonnas-manager-invest-in-tiny-berlin-startup-what-gives/ http://techcrunch.com/2011/07/21/ashton-kutcher-and-madonnas...) instead of this one: http://eu.techcrunch.com/2011/07/22/ashton-kutcher-and-madonnas-manager-invest-in-tiny-berlin-startup-what-gives/ http://eu.techcrunch.com/2011/07/22/ashton-kutcher-and-madon... ?