Inc. Technology cited Twisplays as a startup to watch in 2011:
Chris Anderson, the author of the book Free and Wired's editor-in-chief, says we're in a transition from physical atoms to digital bits.
Don't tell that to Joshua Persky. The former NYC banker kept getting light bulb moments about an LED display that shows Twitter feeds. These 140-character messages can include weather info, status updates, sports scores, or anything you can find on Twitter.
Persky had a banking client who created plasma TV advertising for a local bar. He is an MIT graduate so he already gets the technology, including networking aspects and costs. He also heard about another business that uses LED signs on vending machines and had seen Twitter feeds on massive signs in Times Square.
He built a prototype Twisplay and friends on LinkedIn.com said they loved the idea.
Persky said he had orders waiting before the product was even ready for launch.
The displays measure 26"x4"x1.5" so they are small enough to sit in the back of a conference room or in your cubicle. To use them, you connect the display to your laptop, which provides the Internet connection. (Some models connect to a cell phone network.)
"My business plan is to sell 1,000 signs by November 2011, putting Twisplays' revenues at $300,000 to $500,000. We just sold three customized ten-foot Twisplays to a social media restaurant in NYC and are in negotiations with a large telecom for a 100-site college campus network," says Persky.
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