"Are you worried about Flixter?"

It's been a couple of weeks since Facebook Apps platform has opened. Flixter has jumped out to be a very popular app in a very short period of time (1.5 million users and growing). People have been asking me in a concerned way "Are you worried about Flixter". My answer is "Not at all". Though we share similarities in rating films, we have completely different goals. I even think that Flixter might actually help us. At the very least it shows potential investors how much interest there is on Facebook for movie reviews.

The main distinction between Flixter and Bodbook is that Flixter is a social network for people who love movies. It is a place to share all things movies. Bodbook on the other hand is a event management system that includes movies. We focus on sparking interest in particular movies and managing all the invites that result from our efforts. Users benefit b/c they get reliable reviews and cash discounts to boot.

Not satisfied to sit on our hands until launch, Bodbook is in the process of developing more reliable review systems and event management features that will positively blow away anything out there doing anything similar. I don't think it wise to discuss it publicly in this forum, but suffice it to say, it will maximize the reach of our influencers further than even we imagined originally.

On another note, while we haven't actually inked a deal with any investors yet it seems that this part should come imminently. Just this past week a deep pocketed investor approached a friend of mine that is knowledgeable about the sector. He wanted an opinion on how marketable bodbook is. My friend gave it to him straight that we had something that has disruptive potential. Then just today a friend of mine from the military asked if he could invest in the company based only on the description. What is remarkable about both of these potential investors is that I haven't even pitched them. They have independently come to be interested because there is something even in the description about bodbook that smells like money. Not that investment is any guarantee of success, but so much interest sure is validation that what we have been working on for the past year is coming to fruition.