This idea is fairly random (as most things in my head lately) and mostly comical.

All these Web 2.0 startups follow mostly the same principal during beta testing: an invite system. Even though it’s not a complex piece of machinery, it still takes time for the developers to come up with a system that would accept emails, verify them, and subsequently email out an number of invites. And we all know that time is money. For startups with limited funding, time is money². That cash-flow burn rate doesn’t go down easy! (If ever for some)

This idea of mine, aptly named Invitr, would take care of all your beta invite needs for a small monthly fee. The system can be setup to send out X number of emails to the first X number of emails. Upon a successful test, a welcome email can be sent out to the rest of the emails. Update emails on the development process can be sent at any time as well as any other notifications a startup might require. Hell, for another small fee, a system may even allow the CEO to send out unlimited number of emails, thus completely taking over the job of handling thousands of emails and serving as a mailing list (excuse me, listr).

All in all, why waste valuable time on such bogus systems that will have to be thrown away once you leave beta. But then again, who the hell leaves beta these days?! Awesome.