Well, I would be happy to hear about things such as:
* Which features did your first version have?
* How did you get your first users?
* Did StyleFeeder rely on B2B connections, if so how did you find/create them?
* What was StyleFeeder's business model?
* When did you start looking for funding/why/how?
Thanks for the time and experience sharing!
* Basic social sharing of products, fancy bookmarklet, following other people and then we quickly moved into some high-end realtime recommendation technology.
* At first, it was just friends and family spreading the word. Our first big jump came after our bizdev guy joined and he did a deal with Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen to feature us on their homepage and for them to create accounts and share products they were interested in with their fans. We did a bunch of other celebrity stuff. Then, we really grew right after the Facebook platform launched. SEO was also a major factor.
* B2B connections were largely a waste of time.
* 90% affiliate, 10% advertising.
* Funding: I didn't pursue it at first, but smarter people than I saw the bigger opportunity that I hadn't tuned into yet and made introductions.
http://www.whirlycott.com/phil/2005/10/17/stylefeeder-step-1...
LMK if that's not what you are looking for.