I just couldn’t take it any longer!  With all this talk and questions about Private / Flash Sale eCommerce sites, I had to come up with my own Private Sale site!  The most difficult part was figuring out what category to target?

Fashion?  Too many already out there.

Luxury?  Hmmm lots of those too.

Kids?  I know of at least 3 with more on the way.

Home?  I love OneKingsLane and I know the founder Alison and her Entrepreneur extraordinaire husband (Mark Pincus) well (15+ years) and consider them friends.  It doesn’t feel right to compete with friends.

But Sh-t!! I know the founders and/ or investors of most of these private sale sites pretty darn well and I like them all including; Ideeli, HauteLook, OneKingsLane, TheFairest, JacksThreads, Portero and Totsy…  How can I compete directly with friends?

But I was determined so I continued to think, “I need a new private sale category that has lots of excess inventory, and a set of passionate hungry customers.”

Then the big Ah Ha! I can start a Private Sale site that sells Private Sale Companies!!!! The build up of Private Sale companies will likely give me plenty of “inventory”, and the demand from the Venture and Private Equity folks gives me a great set of passionate customers … There you have it – A Private Sale Company that sells Private Sale Companies!

Next I needed a name and for some reason this just felt right: GuiltyLook.com – “Oy, Oy Vey!”.  You can get a preview  of the pre-beta site of  here (www.GuiltyLook.com).  Once done come back and read “Our analysis of the Private Sale market” – thoughts and issues to be considered.

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At our weekend morning ritual gathering at Peets coffee in Manhattan Beach CA (shoot the bull and remedy the world issues) our friend DaveR fights off all others, at all costs, to get possession of the LA Times Sudoku. This morning the concept of a Sudoku Language was born with Klep-doku – the act of stealing someones Sudoku.

With a Facebook posting and Tweet on this subject others began to add to the Sudoku dictionary (Howie seems to be the early leader).

Here are the words posted to date (Add Yours in Comments):

Klep-doku - the act of stealing someones Sudoku (Howie S)

SoSuMeKu – a Klepdoku’s answer for his act – (Howie S)

Nerdoku - the act of doing a sudoku (Zach S)

Sodoyourownku – Adding numbers to someone else’s sudoku (Howie S)

Shlep-doku - the art of taking your Sudoku wherever you go (Andrea R)

Sudokahanamoku – doing sudoku while surfing long board on the big island. (Lynn G)

SoSuMeKu – a Klepdoku’s answer for his act. (HowieS)

Guruku – someone that can do a sudoku in under three minutes (HowieS)

Poop-doku – the puzzle completed while on the throne! (DaveR)

Medioku – a sudoku that is no fun because it is too easy or too hard (HowieS)

Accidoku – someone who crashes their car while driving and sudokuing at the same time (HowieS)

Addicto-ku – a puzzler in need of a 12 step program. (DaveR)

Traffi-ku – a person who puzzles while driving. (DaveR)

Studento-ku – a person learning the game. (DaveR)

Sodoyou-ku? - A pick up line… (AndreaR)

Bazooka Sudoku - puzzles in bubble gum.. (LynnG)

Chewdoku – when the dog gets to the paper before you. (HowieS)

Pseudoku – A puzzle like sudoku but not quite the same. (HowieS)

Lewdoku – doing sudoku in the nude (HowieS)

Boodoku – doing sudoku while trick-or-treating (HowieS)

BooHoodoku – getting to the last number and realizing you made a mistake (HowieS)

Whoknewku – finding out someone was really good at sudoku. (DaveR)

Whewdoku - finding the discarding LA times, with the puzzle intact. (DaveR)

Achoodoku – a nasty puzzle that’s been sneezed on!… (DaveR)

Effthisdoku-a puzzle so difficult you give up in exasperation also used it’s milder firm of “screwthisdoku” (DaveR)

Polidoku- the divisions of ieology in the puzzling world. (DaveR)

Repubdoku- Those who believe that everyone should earn the right to have and play sudoku.(DaveR)

Demdoku- Those who believe they have a right to sudoku and if they can’t afford one, then it should be provided at the expense of the repubdoku’s. (DaveR)

Independoku- This group believes that everyone has the”ability” to sudoku but it is not a right! (DaveR)

Sociodoku- A person who’s ideaology is that sudoku should be provided as a birthright to each and every person. (DaveR)

Communidoku- An ideology that we should all share whatever puzzles are available. (DaveR)

Lieudoku – When a sudoku is done by someone who usually does the crossword.(DaveR)

Fewdoku - A sudoku puzzle where you can only get a few numbers. (DaveR)

Freudoku - A puzzle your mother started and you are left to finish. (DaveR)

Redodoku – starting over because you were unjustifiably a overconfidoku! (DaveR)

CompeDoku - Several people competing to solve a puzzle the fastest. (DaveR)

Add your Word to impromptu SudokuPedia – as a comment below.

(we can build and move this to www.SudokuPedia.com later)

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