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Just checked your home page. Really no idea what the service is after 3 seconds of looking. Sadly, that's all most people are going to give you when they land on your website.

"Community startups are hard." Ain't that the truth. I've got scars to prove it.

What are you working on?

Building "a community" is one thing. You don't need a product to build one community. You really just need passion, credibility, and perseverance -- and some combination of a blog,…

Leads are indeed the only sure way to build a successful (revenue generating) real estate agent/broker offering. It is possible to sell websites -- but the reality is most agents h…

The big issue was they essentially changed from non profit to for profit 5+ years into the community. It would have been completely different scenario if the whole community was bu…

I love Siem Reap. I spent a few weeks there in 2012 at the very beginning of my entrepreneurial journey which is now 3 years and 2 travel apps later.

That's basically what we're doing with Horizonapp.co. There is a Global Nomads group on Horizon, accessible with the following group unlock code: gn2015#insiders

Most hosts do it for the social benefit -- people to hang out with, traveling without having to leave their own home (via stories/info from those staying with them), and building n…

I'm one of the co-founders of http:/ww.horizonapp.co - which is hospitality exchange (aka couchsurfing) for groups. Think Peace Corps, Teach for America, Stanford alum, Kiva Fellow…

Pretty much every startup is trying to solve trust. If you don't have trust, you ultimately don't have a business. It's a touch nut to crack/scale.

Buyers agency doesn't exist in many other countries

See this post I wrote a few years ago: http://geekestateblog.com/real-estate-tech-question-getting-... Still accurate today.

"realtor.com shuts down similar sites like RedFin" Realtor.com cannot shut down redfin

Agreed.

No one. Things would be so simple, if everyone was just willing to pay for what they watch.

Definitely not the largest fan of online advertising --> http://www.drewmeyersinsights.com/2013/08/24/my-problem-with... It's at the heart of the time suck economy we live in today…

The mixergy site is bait and switch to give up your email address for the interview, only to find out you have to pay money for a membership to listen.

Are you a Servas member?

http://www.horizonapp.co may be able to help :) some group unlock codes: couchsurfing airbnbhosts

The screening process is vital. I believe if by giving people way more granular control over who (people and community members) they are willing to field requests from, we can incr…

Hey, it's Drew from Horizon (one of the new apps mentioned in the article). Just wanted to let everyone know, if you're interested in hosting/surfing among the HN community, there …

They pivoted to Bizpora, then sold to co-founders lab.

See Horizon (my startup): http://www.horizonapp.co/product-hunt Similar to startupstay in some regards, but quite different as well: http://www.horizonapp.co/blog/horizon-approach-…

We might have some hosts.. http://www.horizonapp.co/product-hunt