September 1, 2013
Today we’re pleased to launch Rabble, a directory of kiwi technology companies.
We’ve created this in response to a few problems that we’ve seen startup companies struggle with first hand.
We hope to help people who want to work on startups find a great place to work. The biggest constraint for just about all of the good startups we know is finding good people to join the team - and meanwhile, smart people continue to work for big, boring companies. We want to liberate a few from corporate slavery.
We hope to help investors to find better places to put their money to work. We despair to see people joining clubs in the pursuit of deal flow, unaware that the best opportunities are never going to come to them there. We know you have to work to be an investor of choice, but we also know that great companies are out there desperate to find the capital they need to get to the next stage. We want to make the connection.
Last but by no means least, we hope to help startups find the right advice and the things they need to get them moving faster - whether that is a clueful lawyer to assist with a shareholders’ agreement or a printer to help create the perfect t-shirt. We know that startups can be demanding but very rewarding clients, so if we can help those who want to help startups then that would be great.
But, to start with we just want to make a list. We’re putting the M back in MVP. We realise that a list by itself doesn’t really do any of the above very effectively, but we hope it’s a foundation to build on.
Check it out here: https://rabble.co.nz
We’ve focussed initially on four categories of companies:
We’ve added about 100 companies that we know of from our own networks and who have been mentioned in the media recently.
Of course, this is by no means an exhaustive list. If you would like us to include your company, or one that you know we’ve missed, please send the details to rabble@southgatelabs.com.
And, even if we already have your company listed we’d like to hear from you too, so we can make sure we have the right people associated with each listing. If you’d like us to update any details we may have incorrect, or even just add a better logo, get in touch and we can sort it out.
But, at this stage, we mostly need your help in spreading the word, on Twitter or Facebook or wherever. Please tell anybody you know who might be interested - perhaps they are potential employees looking for a job, perhaps they are investors wondering where to start, or perhaps they are suppliers who would like to work with startups. Either way, we hope that Rabble can help them.
Please let us know what you think. At this early stage any feedback is useful and appreciated.