Comments on: Vooza will disrupt the disruptors.

Vooza will disrupt the disruptors.

Nomyte — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 15:15:29 -0800

Vooza is synonymous with bold innovation. Vooza is making our world a better place. Vooza engineers run far ahead of the pack. Vooza lives and dies by its design. Vooza is uncompromising in its pursuit of integrity. Learn more about Vooza here.

By: turbid dahlia

turbid dahlia — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 15:19:23 -0800

You can do anything...at Vooza.com.

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 15:26:43 -0800

Oh.my.god. This isn't even parody. This is just literally how it is.

By: JHarris

JHarris — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 15:31:54 -0800

The writing in the FPP makes me think Mulvar is correct candidate! But these are great, far too great for me to just dismiss with a simple passing reference to an old, irrelevant meme. "Vooza brings together group messaging, recommendations, and local search in a way that's real time and customizable. And then also, we steal data from your phone and sell it."

By: jazon

jazon — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 15:37:56 -0800

I am a code pig.

By: drjimmy11

drjimmy11 — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 15:47:00 -0800

Certainly accurate, but seems like it will be hurt by the one-note premise and, ironically enough, by the "tech mentality" in action in thinking that they can just use themselves and their friends and expect competent professional acting, which this is nowhere close to, sorry.

By: Nomyte

Nomyte — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 15:47:20 -0800

*makes volcanic eruption noise*

By: Foci for Analysis

Foci for Analysis — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 15:48:17 -0800

Since our launch, people have been asking, "What's Vooza really doing?" It was fun playing the mystery angle for a while, it's time to come clean. For TechCrunchy types, here's a buzzwordy explanation: Vooza is a video content platform targeted at the startup world that uses native video advertising integrated into the experience. Translation for normal human beings: Advertisers can use Vooza's characters (plus our writers and production team too) to promote a product to our audience. Basically, we're trying to create a new model for producing quality/funny videos, building an audience around it, and making it sustainable by selling ads. But these aren't typical video ads that interrupt a show to pimp an unrelated product. Our ads feel like part of the show, use our cast and crew, and show up in-flow with our regular episodes. And the products advertised are perfectly suited for our audience. For example, here's an ad we did for Eat My Words, a naming company. And here's another one we did for MailChimp, the email newsletter service.

Basically they are pretty much like the startups they parody.

By: filthy light thief

filthy light thief — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 15:53:21 -0800

Is Vooza a subsidiary of Veridian Dynamics, by chance? Or maybe Veridian got shut down, and the tech guys spun off their own company?

By: jeisme

jeisme — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 15:55:43 -0800

So.... if start-ups are the ones doing the pitching, does that mean that VC's are catching? I hope so.

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 15:57:05 -0800

Is Vooza a subsidiary of Veridian Dynamics, by chance? I was literally thinking these exact words five seconds ago.

By: mochapickle

mochapickle — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 16:01:16 -0800

...thinking that they can just use themselves and their friends and expect competent professional acting, which this is nowhere close to, sorry. Bah. It was the scruffy, not-quite-there aspect that made it particularly endearing.

By: srboisvert

srboisvert — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 16:11:19 -0800

This is truthily the beast of the web.

By: Nomyte

Nomyte — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 16:12:10 -0800

I should point out that promotional and product videos created by real companies also generally feature actual employees trying to look and sound as earnest and polished as possible. In particular, the company I work for makes videos for promotion and recruitment purposes, and they look and sound extremely similar. I find this parody spot-on. I think they nailed the "imperfect attempt at acting natural in a completely scripted way in a promotional video about yourself" vibe.

By: cjorgensen

cjorgensen — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 16:14:05 -0800

Well, on the plus side I was pretty sure that's what bitcoins were.

By: Sing Or Swim

Sing Or Swim — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 16:15:17 -0800

Normally I come in here to say I didn't really like whatever it was. That won't be possible in this case.

By: oneswellfoop

oneswellfoop — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 16:35:25 -0800

Aren't ALL start-ups these days nothing but parodies of start-ups?

By: FuturisticDragon

FuturisticDragon — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 16:45:42 -0800

Why not Voozly?

By: Greg_Ace

Greg_Ace — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 17:01:22 -0800

Pepsi Blooza?

By: sweetkid

sweetkid — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 17:02:31 -0800

User reviews on members of your family. Ha.

By: migurski

migurski — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 17:55:54 -0800

Vooza's CEO is from 37signals, and they've done this derpy dot-com parody thing before. Maybe he was involved?

By: humanfont

humanfont — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 19:11:18 -0800

This isn't even parody. This is just literally how it is. Figuratively I'm hiding under my desk in the fetal position crying after your observation.

By: TwelveTwo

TwelveTwo — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 21:56:13 -0800

This is a pretty dark documentary series.