Last night, I was drawn into an email dialogue with Joel Kaczmarek, editor in chief of Gruenderszene, one of the Berlin startup blogs. I had declined to vote in a “Startup of the Year” award for the 25 companies that in my view without being arrogant did not contain a startup of the year. Several will be successful financially, but I said that I think that we should aim higher and should at least search for a great idea and a great execution in something we truly admire.
Less than 12 hours later I tested http://meetings.io and it struck me because it combines everything I admire about truly great startups.
Meetings.io focuses on one thing only: it takes down the many barriers we have for video conferences. No need to sign up beforehand, just send a link to a person you want to talk to. The technology has been around for a while as anyone who ever played with chatroulette will confirm.
But applying this technology zealously to one single goal is enough to give you this wow effect. I believe it was not easy for them. Picture quality is still an issue. Bandwith will probably be an issue either tomorrow or the next day. But congrats to the team of meetings.io to show all of us what really matters: Dedication to reducing obstacles. And focus.
