Highlighting a few interesting startups:

• Octopus — an easy to use online technology for creative professionals, allowing people to upload and collaborate on audio, video, animation, and all kinds of formats included.  Its was birthed out of its own necessity in trying to communicate with its own clients …  Octopz.com
• Demofuse — a free online services that allows you to create free site tours.  It creates a help system that was easy to maintain as new things are put up on a site.  Invitation code: “mesh”
• 5lives (? I don’t think this is the right name) — user powered community focused on living a green life; it is very localized, so that you can tell in your city where places and businesses are eco-friendly.