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In the summer of 2000, I was flogging -- in the wrong places, apparently -- an idea for a reality show about start-up businesses. In essence, a bunch of start-ups would be given a few bucks then followed with cameras to see how they make out. Each week of the episodic "venture" would have commentary from VCs and entrepreneurs, but it would be the audience that voted (or "traded" shares) -- online and through the phone channels -- for the winners each week. As their stock rose, they would get more money to do more. Eventually the ultimate winner, at the end of the ten weeks would win the grand prize of money and support, blah, blah, blah.
It went nowhere slowly. Today I saw on a television entertainment update that Matt Damon/Ben Affleck's production company is producing something similar with Spike TV. NBC story here: LivePlanet to Produce 'American Start-Up,' a Business-Themed Reality Series For Spike TV for '05. Let's see if they get the audience participation into it.
Posted by Grayson at July 29, 2004 07:56 AM