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The $100 Fund

Yeah, so last year everyone was like “we don’t need no stinking VC money” and now everyone is crawling back.

We see the news that some other VC firms are giving $1-3k for useless twitter apps (their site is built in Joomla, it must be awesome).

Rockstar!

But we feel that is $900-2900 too much for these type of apps.

So VCwear will now offer the $100 fund.

$100 in shirts for the stupidist twitter app you can think of.

Don’t say we never clothed you.  Now crawl, startup founder, crawl.

<3 Fake VC

Discussion

30 comments for “The $100 Fund”

  1. Make a twitter app that VC’s wouldn’t laugh at every time they saw it.

    Posted by Fake VC | January 2, 2009, 4:50 pm
  2. A twitter app that would automatically add fanboys (or fangirls) to a VC when they join twitter. Auto retweeting of every single update from every single VC, with an option to add ‘I think this is cool’ or ‘they are so brilliant’ at the end of each update.

    We call it “SuckUpVCeer”

    Posted by Fake VC | January 2, 2009, 4:52 pm
  3. [...] VCwear is introducing the $100 fund; they will invest that amount in t-shirts for the dumbest Twitter app you can come up [...]

    Posted by If You Are Really, Really Desperate For Cash, These Guys Will Give You $3k | January 2, 2009, 4:57 pm
  4. My submission is an app called ToiletTweets. The purpose is making tweeting on the toilet more efficient. It is a single filter you can set. Either replies or hash tags.

    Posted by Rick Bakas | January 2, 2009, 5:01 pm
  5. An app that randomly mixes twitts and authors so the people you follow and whose twitts mostly suck get a chance to sound smarter once in while and the people who always are sooo on the money all the time (who?) get a chance to sound as stupid as anyone.

    “Hmmm… though this was a comment came from @cornfedfkr it sound so much like something @thedude would say.”

    Posted by aris | January 2, 2009, 5:06 pm
  6. I’d like a Twitter + Blackjack Pizza + GMap mashup so I could drop in on friends who just got pizza delivered. Call it ZaMoochWit

    Posted by Lance | January 2, 2009, 5:30 pm
  7. Every smedia app is stupid…unless, of course, someone can make money from it.

    Posted by Schratboy | January 2, 2009, 6:03 pm
  8. Tweetlation.com is seeking this money to pay for a couple days worth of meth (R&D), please contact!

    Posted by Rob | January 2, 2009, 9:40 pm
  9. [...] The interesting and not-so-interesting thing about this fund is the amount of investment. It will range only between $1-3000. While it may sound very interesting to some developers, some of them will sincerely throw away a laugh at it. However I still feel it as a Micro fund for ideas to reach the startup stage and anticipate the rise of such funds in India very soon too. VC wear offers $100 fund, read more. [...]

    Posted by Micro funds: Innovation for Angels/advisory startups « Tryst with Indian Silicon Valley | January 2, 2009, 10:27 pm
  10. I envision a new Twitter app that takes your password and forwards you spam. No wait – that’s already been invented; it’s called Twply. My bad!

    Posted by That Software Guy | January 3, 2009, 12:53 am
  11. i’d like to build a Twitter, wipe your ass app- if you happen to bee near a public restroom and happen to see something intesting on the wall you just talk to the toilet and when you flash- it gets updated to your twitter

    Posted by Jason | January 3, 2009, 2:25 am
  12. can i get my $100 gift card

    Posted by Jason | January 3, 2009, 2:26 am
  13. Introducing VCTweet. Now your VCWear tees can communicate to each other via Twitter. Simply register each shirt’s unique serial number and watch as these shirts start communicating! Notable examples are:

    “Andrew obviously likes me best. I’ve been worn 756 times in the last 43 days!” – DontPitchMe_99

    “@sandhillroad_172 NO” -No_88

    and

    “@hamsandwich_42 how’s that sandwich coming?” -YourMom_201

    Posted by Richard Kho | January 3, 2009, 4:39 am
  14. How about a twitter app that allows you to recursively allows you to twitter yourself until the universe melts down into goo and disappears into a black hole.

    Posted by Brad Feld | January 3, 2009, 11:24 am
  15. [...] The $100 Fund: The crazy cats at VC Wear are giving away $100 in t-shirts for the stupid Twitter apps you can come up with. [...]

    Posted by Saturday Morning Reading | January 3, 2009, 11:37 am
  16. RandomTweet. Takes over your account and tweets randomly about your in-laws, significant other’s belly fat, Your bosses bad hair, and other personal information from your email account.

    Posted by Matt | January 3, 2009, 12:36 pm
  17. How about a Twitter app that, when you log in, tells you to log out, stop wasting your employer’s time and get the fuck back to work? If you refuse to logout your browser redirects to Goatse.cx.

    It would also be useful to keep you from documenting such useless trivia as Goatse.cx on Wikipedia. :)

    Posted by Derek Scruggs | January 3, 2009, 4:19 pm
  18. My application is called Twitter Digest – it’s designed to shorten Twitter messages (which are overly long) into something you can read during your busy schedule. It removes meaningless or unnecessary words and keeps just the gist of the message – all in 15 characters (that’s an 85% reduction in message size, or something like it). You can keep up with everyone you are currently following on Twitter in 85% less time and by focusing on much shorter content you can spend 115% more time on that content for 230% greater comprehension. So you learn more from Twitter.

    Posted by Vincent McBurney | January 4, 2009, 12:53 am
  19. A twitter application that invokes key short cuts. Each short cut is assigned a tweet:

    For Example: Shift A = driving to work
    Shift B = off to bed
    Shift C = at lunch
    Shift D = Boning my girl
    Shift E = Playing the WII
    Shift F = Smelling the flowers

    Short cut keys used for actions/events that you do often. It saves time for havint to retype such usleess events.

    Posted by hockeydino | January 4, 2009, 6:40 am
  20. I wonder if I insert this into my cat:
    http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/add2/

    Will twitter tell me if my cat needs food?

    Posted by Pablo | January 4, 2009, 2:03 pm
  21. A twitter email drop box that lets you CC emails into twitter.

    Posted by Lars | January 4, 2009, 2:08 pm
  22. Wearable twitter status! Someone wifi enable this belt and feed it my twitter updates:

    http://www.myhiphopbling.com/led-scrolling-buckle-red.html

    Posted by Matt Emmi | January 4, 2009, 2:17 pm
  23. BringBackTheWhale – an app that randomly prevents you posting or reading tweets at the most inconvenient times, while displaying our favorite graphic, the Fail Whale. Prevents meaningful use of the service and gives the Fail Whale meme another 6+ months of life.

    Posted by Cameron Robertson | January 4, 2009, 2:32 pm
  24. A tiwtter app that finds the most pertinent, meaningful quips on the internet and auto posts this intelligent banter to my twitter account. Thus making me look more cultured and brilliant than I really am.

    Posted by Ken | January 4, 2009, 5:06 pm
  25. I like Vincent McBurney’s suggestion. Matt Emml’s idea would really be sweet if it was a tee that displayed your status. I know they’re out there (tees that display a graphic).

    Posted by Rick Bakas | January 4, 2009, 8:23 pm
  26. We did twittnot.com, the website to share what you’re NOT doing ;)

    Posted by cvander | January 5, 2009, 4:13 am
  27. A twitter app that sends you a direct message every time your dog is standing at the doorway (via floor mat sensor reading). No poopie in the housie!!!

    Posted by Bob Barker | January 5, 2009, 9:18 pm
  28. These are just like your startups.

    Putrid.

    And I like them.

    Once we get 100 comments, we will announce the winner.

    Posted by Fake VC | January 7, 2009, 10:59 pm
  29. Moronometer –
    An iPhone app that captures audio and alerts you if the person speaking is a moron. You could have someone speak into the Moronometer before you agree to hear them pitch or trap you in a long conversation. (Might even include a bullshitometer)

    Posted by Darius A Monsef IV | January 7, 2009, 11:09 pm
  30. An app the tweets you a reminder if you haven’t updated your status within the last 5 minutes. The business plan is to gain people’s trust, remove the ability to unsubscribe from the service, and then blast out advertisements every 5 minutes instead of the notices. I predict that we will be purchased by Google within the first 3 months.

    Posted by Pete Laurina | January 9, 2009, 5:24 pm

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