The momentum in the transaction space is moving at an amazing speed. Payment service company, Dwolla, has now passed $1,000,000 in per week transactions. Just how fast have they gotten here? According to Techcrunch, six months ago they were doing 50k per week, then three months ago $1m per month. For comparison, “Co-founder Ben Milne says that this is notable because it was only a little over a year and a half ago that billion dollar startup Square crossed the exact same “$1 million a week” milestone.”
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Zaarly launches
May 18, 2011 
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Today Zaarly officially launches its web and mobile matching service. Its been a fast rise for the new company having just presented a proof of concept in February and then speeding to a beta for SXSW. They guys have been busy on all fronts, releasing videos of the four founders talking about the unique aspects of their product as well as a video ad.
Read more Zaarly: video marketing tour de force
May 11, 2011 1 Comment
Posted on the same day, four speakers, ten videos – Zaarly’s management team steps up on stage. The longest video is about a minute and a half but most are under 1 minute and closer to 30 seconds. Short, powerful statements about the purpose and thinking around the new company.
Read more The Zaarly backstory
March 28, 2011 1 Comment
Curt Woodward at Xconomy writes about the first few weeks of Zaarly’s existence and its super human push to launch at SXSW. I guess the one thing that struck me the most is how very different the west coast start up scene is from Atlanta and the south. The primary difference being there is one.
Read more Zaarly: 4th party VRM
March 10, 2011 1 Comment
In this light it seems like the start up Zaarly is playing that game. Described by new start up member Bo Fishback as a “proximity-based, real-time, buyer-powered market,” Zaarly has already attracted a big time group of investors including Ashton Kutcher and Paul Buchheit.
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