Startup Review: CampusDestinations, BookThief, Tagiton, ProductClash, Loonapix

Below are five of the newest startups according to Killer Startups for the period ending November 30, 2007. Check out previous Killer Startups posts.

CampusDestinations.com - University Campus Map

Campus Destinations is the premier mapping and informational services company for college campuses. Campus Destinations mission is to save students time and money by eliminating inefficient ways of allocating their schedule and funds and creating an interactive portal that enables them to profit from the correction of this externality. Additionally, the company allows users to register on the site to rate local restaurants and share "cool-facts" about local destinations on campus. read more »

BookThief.com - The Textbook Black Market

BookThief.com hopes to upset the textbook market by forcing bookstores to compete based on price, locally. Once called a 'broken market' in a study commissioned by Congress, the used textbook market has had little competition for too long. Collectively, 18 states have current or pending legislation aimed at reducing textbook prices. BookThief.com isn't a real textbook black market of course, but the Web site hopes to give students a viable alternative to buying and selling textbooks at the campus bookstore. read more »

Tagiton.com - 6 Degrees of Email

You probably know the whole 6 degrees concept, made popular by the Kevin Bacon game of the same name, in which every one is connected by six degrees of separation; well Tagiton has taken the concept and applied it to email. Register with Tagiton, and your communication will be separated and organized into degreed tags which indicate social layers. read more »

ProductClash.com - Social Shopping Comparison

ProductClash.com provides the ability to find user generated and user rated product information. Doing so, they give decision makers the ability to include the opinion of other people in making a buying decision. What they believe is that making a choice is more than just an individual process based on rational criteria. A purchasing decision is based on three main criteria: The influential power of other people, the emotional connection to the brand or product category, and the underlying rational need for a product or a service. read more »

Loonapix.com - Add Frames To Your Photos

In yet another bid to make your pictures look fabulous and funny, all at once, LoonaPix has launched an image processing service which you can use to add frames to your photos. It's pretty simple and straightforward to apply. Just upload any photo or select an image from the web (paste the URL in the appropriate area), and choose a frame you like. read more »