Back in Feb, I had a paradigm shift after reading Chris Dixon's post on Selling Pickaxes During a Gold Rush. Lately, I have been seeing very interesting companies looking at the super hot tech markets from a "pickaxe seller" view. I am sure I am missing many, but here are a few that I find promising:

• Badgeville: Easily build badge economy into your product
• Visual.ly: Create infographics
• LaunchRock: Create "launching soon, sign up now" pages
• App.net: Simple landing pages for apps
• Memsql: Ultra-fast database
• ColourLovers: Color palette and pattern creation website
• Basecamp: Project management
• AppAnnie: Reporting on app store rankings

I will continue to add pickaxe startups to their dedicated page here.

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