Announcing “The Influencer 100″, Apps, and Start-up News 77 Comments

Written by Tim Ferriss Topics: Entrepreneurship

Tech influencer Kevin Rose giving me love in Okinawa.

This will be short. Several quick and very fun updates:

- The 4-Hour Body® app is now live, as is the stripped-down The Slow-Carb Diet® App. Enjoy, and please provide feedback in the comments! NOTE: iPhone coming up… sign up for the beta here.

- I am working with an incredible new start-up called Quarterly.co. I’ll be sending out boxes of physical products I love to subscribers every three months (details coming soon). In addition, I’ll be sending my 4x/year packages to the “Influencer 100™” — 100 friends of mine who all create tipping points.

These 100 include top tech “influencers” with audiences of 1-10+ million, star professional athletes, A-list Hollywood actors, “Midas List” venture capitalists, and much more. Nowhere else can you get the captive attention of people like Kevin Rose (tech) and Chase Jarvis (photography/entertainment) at once, just to name two.

Would you like to get your product (physical, not digital) in front of the top tastemakers in the US, these “Influencer 100™″? Just fill out this form and let me know.

Other start-up opportunities:

BranchOut is hiring a Search Architect. Over 25 million users. Big Data. Raised $49 million. Huge opportunity! Email for job candidates to apply: jobs (at) branchout [dot] com

CrowdFlower – Use the code TFMR0512 with our new crowdsourced photo moderation app at rtfm.crowdflower.com and get 5000 images moderated for free. Use the code TFSENTI to get early access to our crowdsourced twitter sentiment app at senti.crowdflower.com.

Stealth Mobile Commerce Startup – Looking for iOS, Rails, and/or Haskell hackers. Small, highly technical/product oriented team (4 engineers). YC, top-tier VC-backed. Send your Github to missionhackerhouse (at) gmail [dot] com

DailyBurn – For a 30-day free membership exclusive to readers of this blog, visit this page.

Posted on June 7th, 2012

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77 Comments

Zac — June 7th, 2012, 6:04 pm

SO FIRST.
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Maneesh Sethi — June 7th, 2012, 6:06 pm

Hey nice! This app looks awesome! Glad to see you’re starting to branch out into new products
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Bob in San Bruno — June 7th, 2012, 6:07 pm

Any time table on the apps availability in iOS?
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- Farid Behnia — June 7th, 2012, 11:01 pm
  
  @Bob
  
  Working hard on them…
  
  You can sign up here for beta testing The 4-Hour Body App for iPhone: http://bit.ly/MrBI7T
  
  All the best,
  Farid
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  - Kelsey — June 14th, 2012, 2:17 pm
    
    This was my question too. Thank you Farid!
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Michael Gonzalez — June 7th, 2012, 6:08 pm

Fantastic! Downloading the app now, hotspacho!
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JD Pruitt — June 7th, 2012, 6:12 pm

*Checks iOS App Store for apps*

DOH!
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- Mike H — June 7th, 2012, 6:30 pm
  
  Double DOH!
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- Andrew — June 7th, 2012, 6:31 pm
  
  Infuencer is right. Disappointed its only on Android. Y’all were iPhone/Apple crazy until Kevin jumped to Google. (typed on an iPad). Hey it’s all good but wish it were available on both. Whats that all about?!? Peace
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  - Farid Behnia — June 7th, 2012, 11:25 pm
    
    Not Kevin’s fault.
    
    iPhone coming up… Beta sign-up: http://bit.ly/MrBI7T
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- Farid Behnia — June 8th, 2012, 8:40 am
  
  @JD and Mike,
  
  iPhone beta testing: http://bit.ly/MrBI7T
  
  Cheers,
  Farid
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Ryan B. — June 7th, 2012, 6:15 pm

Congrats Tim! Looking forward to the App(s). Quarterly.co looks pretty awesome as well! Thanks for the info and great content, as always…
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Dilanka — June 7th, 2012, 6:17 pm

Yo Tim,

Nice. I am curious – who and what are the other “categories”? Give us a bit more of a teaser dude.. I am mainly curious about the VC’s you have on board. The other category I am interested in is Marketing (Hoping to see Joe Polish in there some where).

See ya around.
D
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Nomadic Matt — June 7th, 2012, 6:17 pm

Great! I look forward to the app. I also love the picture of you in Japan! I just came back from there. I love the country – it’s magical there.
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Adam Dunn — June 7th, 2012, 6:59 pm

Hey Tim,

Love it! What perfect timing! I just submitted my brand new product through your form (easy process), and it went through like a champ!

Thanks again Tim, I read every post, and work to put it in action, and find myself spreading the Gospel of Tim (Nice 4th book title, eh?)

Please look for my name in your submissions .

-Adam
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Harper Wall — June 7th, 2012, 7:36 pm

The app I’ve been praying for! But no way to use it on my iPhone. Oh well, maybe someday.
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- Farid Behnia — June 8th, 2012, 8:42 am
  
  @Harper:
  
  True, someday soon. Sign up for beta here: http://bit.ly/MrBI7T
  
  Best,
  Farid
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Zack Stratford — June 7th, 2012, 7:42 pm

Filled out the form! Look forward to hearing your response!

Cheers!
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Jbug — June 7th, 2012, 7:54 pm

soooo not related and I apologize.. but i heard you mention in an interview that you were discontinuing taking krill oil. can you tell me why? Ive been downing the stuff like crazy so wondering what you know that maybe I don’t. thanks a bunch!
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Thomas — June 7th, 2012, 7:59 pm

Very nice – the app looks great! Also excited about the other start ups your working with!

Thomas
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- Farid Behnia — June 8th, 2012, 8:43 am
  
  Glad to hear that! Please send us more feedback and spread the word.
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Mark Anthony — June 7th, 2012, 8:07 pm

Great update Tim.
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Matt — June 7th, 2012, 9:04 pm

Cool, can’t wait to try out the new app!
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Natasha Pecor — June 7th, 2012, 10:14 pm

Ah – so THIS is the blog post that kept me waiting at the office.
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- Farid Behnia — June 8th, 2012, 8:44 am
  
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Katie — June 7th, 2012, 10:26 pm

Neat! I’ll have to check out those apps.

The first time I saw the photo I thought you had your hands behind your head at finger-gun-point. I didn’t see that your friend was smiling either. Needless to say I had some amusing alternate theories as to what an article titled with “The Influencer 100″ could contain.
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- Jason Ford — June 8th, 2012, 9:01 am
  
  Katie, I thought the same thing! “Influencer 100″ I wonder what… wait, is someone holding Tim at gun point… is that Kevin Rose holding the gun?? What on earth is this post about? *click*
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  - Deone — June 13th, 2012, 7:11 pm
    
    What I liked is that he trademarked it.
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Andy Dunn — June 7th, 2012, 11:53 pm

So just to echo the other posters, any ETA on the iOS versions of the apps ? Thanks Tim.
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- Farid Behnia — June 8th, 2012, 8:46 am
  
  Hi Andy,
  
  Thanks for your interest. I can just say: Soon…
  
  Meanwhile, you can sign up for the beta here: http://bit.ly/MrBI7T
  
  All the best,
  Farid
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  - Andy Dunn — June 8th, 2012, 11:24 am
    
    No problem Farid, have signed up for the iOS beta now. I’d be more than happy to help with the testing and coding if need be
    
    Andy
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Charlie — June 8th, 2012, 12:27 am

App availability announced and it’s not on iOS? You rarely see that these days.
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Brad — June 8th, 2012, 1:56 am

Tim, you are looking pretty large in the photo. Have you been working towards gaining more muscle lately?
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Jason — June 8th, 2012, 7:39 am

Can’t wait for the iOS release (hopeful). I’m sure it’s a great app knowing the quality of your work, just don’t have any Android devices to actually see it.
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Caleb Osborne — June 8th, 2012, 7:44 am

Great idea with the apps Tim.

Question(s):

1. What company did you work with to develop them? Another one you advise … connection … or straight up hired someone?

Thanks!
Caleb
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- Jason — June 8th, 2012, 8:54 am
  
  Parsida AB is the company listed as the app developer and in earlier comments Farid Behnia seemed to be answering questions as though he was the developer.
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Richard Hanley Jr. — June 8th, 2012, 8:15 am

Tim, you are the man.

Do you ever sleep?
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mi_83 — June 8th, 2012, 8:18 am

iOS app should always come first. Just the way it goes.
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Anna — June 8th, 2012, 8:42 am

I really love the subscription box model. Peopl love surprises so much, I’m sure it’ll be successful, just like the others in other industries.
The application of the model is very attractive.
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Jason Ford — June 8th, 2012, 8:58 am

Hi Tim and community,

I went to quarterly.co to sign up for Tim’s quarterly shipments, but he wasn’t listed as a “contributor”. Am I missing something or is he not setup in the system yet? Seems like this blog post was a bit… premature.

Regards,
Jason

P.S. Anyone Android folks out there download the app yet and have a review? Interested to hear thoughts before putting down 10 greenbacks.
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- Farid Behnia — June 13th, 2012, 4:47 am
  
  @Jason,
  
  We’re #35 in the top paid apps in the US (below 10 in some other countries) so I believe the answer is yes.
  
  You can try the app for 15 minutes and refund if you don’t love it.
  
  All the best,
  Farid
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El-Shig — June 8th, 2012, 9:21 am

Usually…it’s us ‘Droids who are waiting oh so patiently in the shadows for the app to be available as the iPhone massive are away having their fun…I don’t want to gloat, but it sure is nice to see an Android app out the door before Apple.

I’ve splashed out the wonga…feedback in a month

Quaterly.co looks funky although Tim’s not on there…….yet.
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- Farid Behnia — June 8th, 2012, 2:25 pm
  
  Looking forward to the feedback
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Joe Timmins — June 8th, 2012, 9:36 am

Tim, your blog is the best on the internet for consistent examples of People Makin’ S**t Happen.

Love it.
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John — June 8th, 2012, 9:39 am

The Quarterly.co idea sounds like a souped up version of birchbox – which I think is quite successful – and I think quarterly will be too!
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Alicia — June 8th, 2012, 9:42 am

The curiosity is killing me! What is the story behind this photo? What did you do to annoy Kevin?!
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Seven — June 8th, 2012, 10:38 am

The app looks great!
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- Farid Behnia — June 13th, 2012, 4:49 am
  
  Thanks Seven! Look forward to more of your thoughts.
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foj — June 8th, 2012, 11:18 am

Tim – I don’t see you as a contributor on Quarterly?
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- foj — June 8th, 2012, 11:22 am
  
  Nor Kevin Rose :/
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- damatajhiz — June 10th, 2012, 12:35 am
  
  Very nice
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Anthony — June 8th, 2012, 12:30 pm

Quarterly.co sounds awesome, and it’s a great looking site. I couldn’t find subscription rates though?
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Anthony — June 8th, 2012, 12:35 pm

Please tell me Kevin Rose doesn’t own 7,831,928 patents! Because the wave of failure and defeat that would overcome me would not be surmountable.
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Ali V. Tehrani — June 8th, 2012, 12:44 pm

Hi Tim!

Loved the App. It’s quite handy and seems to work smoothly while keeping me committed to the workouts. Thumbs up!

I guess we’re lucky to follow the blog, cuz I told about this to my colleagues at work today, but they couldn’t find any links to the app on your website?! I sent them direct link anyway;)
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tom mcgee — June 9th, 2012, 12:18 am

sweet
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Stay Fly - lifestyle blog — June 9th, 2012, 3:12 pm

Why don’t you have Google+ button?
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J Clot — June 9th, 2012, 8:45 pm

Hey Farid! It sounds like you have the lead on this, so…
Tmobile, Samsung galaxy S, software version 2.2, downloads well and looks good!
I’m curious about the “strategery” behind the decision to go with Android first rather than Apple.
I’m faced with a similar choice.
Nice work!
Cheers!
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- Farid Behnia — June 13th, 2012, 4:58 am
  
  Thank you J.
  
  Play off your strength and start with what you already have in your hand.
  
  Also, depending on your app features, beware of Android fragmentation.
  
  Please leave us a review if you feel like it!
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steve league — June 9th, 2012, 10:53 pm

i was inspired by your book 4 hr work week.
can I recommend it in my new booklet that I’m writing for my
subscribers ?
thanks.
steve league
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Jordan — June 10th, 2012, 2:58 am

Tim,

Tried to register for the 4-Hour Body Beta, but would appear the UDID isn’t available in the UK iTunes Store.

Best,

J
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- Andy Dunn — June 10th, 2012, 5:36 am
  
  Hi Jordan,
  
  The UDID is the unique device identifier for your iPhone. The easiest way to find this is to search for ‘UDID’ in the app store and you’ll find a couple of free apps which will tell you what the ID of your device is.
  
  Hope that helps,
  
  Andy
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  - Farid Behnia — June 10th, 2012, 3:46 pm
    
    Thank you Andy!
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india Dekho — June 10th, 2012, 5:54 am

Fantastic! Downloading the app now, hotspacho!
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- Farid Behnia — June 13th, 2012, 5:00 am
  
  Look forward to your feedback!
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Brett — June 10th, 2012, 11:45 am

Get your product in front of The Influencer 100…clever way to find more companies you want to invest in.
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Brandon Davis — June 10th, 2012, 11:47 am

Hello Tim,
I was brought to your book by wave of Michael Hyatt. I just finished reading/listening to Platform. He mentioned your book in his and I figured I would go ahead and read it. I was wondering if the book once purchased came with an audio version? I look forward to hearing from you.

Thanks
-Brandon Davis
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Joe — June 10th, 2012, 3:58 pm

W00t! I am glad the Android users get the first jab for the Four Hour Body apps. Usually the Android users have to wait because the developers release the premiere apps to iOS users first due to its market size.

However, I would love to subscribe to your product package. When can I sign up. I subscribed to few contributors at quarterly.co. It is going to be an awesome package and creativity triggers out of this experience.
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Peter — June 11th, 2012, 6:16 am

Hi Tim, do you think you could have a one-day-a-week binge day like you advocate in 4h Body if you consumed super clean foods the other days, even if the diet during the week was moderate to high in carbs, such as fruit, rice and potatoes?
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caterers — June 11th, 2012, 7:20 am

It was amazing technology is clearly had been striving for more achievement now, so why not subscribe with this new influencer 100? looks so incredible that makes me astonish!!!
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Georges Lelong — June 12th, 2012, 6:34 am

Cool!
Hope the new app will be there soon!
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Jessica Volke — June 12th, 2012, 10:58 am

I know your super busy, but I just wanted to tell you that I read your book the 4hour work week, and it changed my life! i’m 25 years old, and i’ve traveled all over the world (14 different countries and counting), and lived in china for 2 years! right now i’m back in the states and workking about 20 hours a week, but i got lots of exciting things planned! i just started my own blog to kind of follow what i’m doing. like i said, i know your busy, but if you would get a couple minutes i would be forever grateful if you could checkk it outt and let me know what you think! thank you so much!
jessica volke
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- Shawn — June 13th, 2012, 11:31 pm
  
  useful free startup shit?
  
  This is what makes Tim Ferris – Awesome.
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cyrian — June 16th, 2012, 12:57 am

Tim, It seem to be an overwhelming post because I know now what should I do. I’ll try it later… It is a very interesting post!
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Chris T. — June 19th, 2012, 12:43 pm

Congrats on the new apps! I will be testing “the Slow-Carb Diet” app soon.
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- Farid Behnia — June 22nd, 2012, 1:12 pm
  
  Look forward to your thoughts
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  - Sullivan — June 24th, 2012, 9:31 am
    
    Tim,
    In spite of radioactivity, do you still visit Japan?
    I’m very impressed.
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Jason R. — November 26th, 2012, 12:53 am

Tim,

Are you still going to be a contributor on Quarterly.co? I’ve been looking for you on there since you posted this article but have yet to see you as a contributor I can subscribe to. Any update on when you are going to start as a contributor on there would be great so I know when to look out for it. Thanks.

Jason
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