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is a new startup that turns building startups into a game. Yes, we¡¯re there now. The idea is that players will pit their companies against each other in order to earn badges, achievements and a ¡°Gamerscore¡± which is then published to their startup¡¯s profile page. Oh, and here¡¯s the crazy part: LaunchNow is meant to be used North Face Gore Tex Waterproof with real-life startups, not fake ones.To get started, players enter in some basic information about the startup they¡¯re working on and are then given a set of goals they have to complete in order to enhance their company and earn badges. These achievements include things like product milestones alpha, beta, etc., investments, turning a profit, adding new hires and press mentions. Score one for LaunchNow, I guess. At its core, LaunchNow isn¡¯t all that North Face Women's Denali Jacket Pink hoodie NO.10057 different from Klout, which measures an individual¡¯s influence on social networks by doling out points. It¡¯s just that on LaunchNow, startups are given points for other, arguably more important types of achievements than being a prolific twitterer or an early adopter of Google.
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