Startup Review: Cultspace, Hab.la, Fortemall, Pikikids, Quick.as

Below are five of the newest startups according to Killer Startups for the period ending April 21, 2008. Check out previous Killer Startups posts.

Cultspace - Create and Explore Fictional Cults

At Cultspace.org, you can create your own parody religion, become a cult leader, and even blog "holy texts." The site offers itself up as a forum to "share serious thoughts on religion, make a complete mockery of an existing religion, or do anything in between." Most users seem to be going the parody route, with registered cult names like "First Church of Giving Me a Dollar," "The Grand Circle of Eternal Bacon," and "The Cool Pope's Church of Some Ancient Dude." read more »

Hab.la - A better way to chat with website visitors

Hab.la is a chat application that allows blog and website owners to chat with their site visitors. Users, such as web-business owners, librarians, and bloggers, can turn to this tool to keep in touch with and monitor the progress of visitors exploring their site. To use this tool, users need to follow three steps: sign up for an account, add Hab.la to any Jabber client, and add Hab.la to the website or blog. read more »

Fortemall - Learning and Training Marketplace

ForteMall is a web-based platform catering to both students and teachers alike. The platform allows people with a certain skill set to set up and organize classes which can then be offered to the general public. The ForteMall platform includes a secure payment mechanism allowing users to handle all stages of the business process from within the secure ForteMall environment. read more »

Pikikids - Make Your Own Comics

Pikikids is a kid oriented site which allows young ones to create comics and t-shirts. Users have the option to pull up photos from their computer or from online. They can then and captions, word bubbles, and icons. Photos can be stretched and colored. You can add wigs, hats and glasses. Photos can be framed and cropped. After your comic is submitted, other users can comment on it and rate it. It can be embedded on to a message board or website and shared on your favorite social network. read more »

Quick.as - Customized Search and Links Homepage

Quick.as is a site intended to be set as the users' homepage. It has two main functions: to complete command based searches, and save the users' most frequently visited sites as quick links. The command based search function allows users to search hundreds of search engines with command codes, which are listed in the Commands link on the site, for their desired topic. read more »