SF New Tech

Today I experienced the front line of web 2.0 and amidst all the great ideas, cool technology and angel investors I couldn't help but wonder if we're building an internet 2.0 bubble. 6 companies pitched their ideas in 5 minutes or less and during the Q&A session that followed each presentation there was someone in the crowd who asked, "so, how will this idea make money?" It seems obvious but despite all the creativity and innovation, the profitability of each business model seemed to be absent.

During SF New Tech a few entrepreneurs did present websites that are worth checking out. Most of them are mash-ups but they are up and running and provide seemingly useful services. Take a look:

Us4Real
http://www.us4real.com/

"us4real.com allows consumers to research a metropolitan area before deciding to move. Our Google maps based site shows Cost of living, Income, School, Crime, and unemployment in different cities in a metro. Cities are color coded from green to red depending on their "grade" for a particular category. Once they pick a city, they can run price comparisons for houses / apartments for the properties. In the "property search" mode, users can dra g the map, and retrieve new properties based on their search criteria."

Global Motion
http://www.globalmotion.com

"GlobalMotion aims to be the leading Wiki for locations. GlobalMotion combines the power of geotagged photos, online maps and wikis into a surprisingly easy and fun user experience."

SezWho
http://www.sezwho.com/

"SezWho aims to be a distributed rating and reputation system for all user generated content."

Crazy Menu
http://www.crazymenu.com

"Crazymenu makes eating lunches easy as pie through a set of applications and patent pending tools and technologies that connects restaurants to office workers, and enables them to make the most of the short lunch hours. Our real-time Pick-A-Place collaboration application and our extensive restaurant management tools are a breeze to use for both restaurants and lunch eaters."