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Insane for a company to pull this crap on paying customers with production workflows.

Thanks doppelgunner! We'd love to do that, but still a lot of moving parts to put in place before then. We'll get there :-)

It's back!

UPDATE: We have identified the bug we introduced exactly 4 hours ago... lesson learned, never deploy on HN's day... Fix is being deployed! Apologies again!

Hi scrame! Thanks for letting us know. We definitely have some listings in seattle. Looking into it and be right back with an answer. Apologies!

Hey, sema! You're right, the two are often tied together. For now, we're laser-focused on the operating business, the brand, the customers, the cash flow, presence, etc. We made a …

Hi opengrass! thank you for the comment. That is true but these are two really distinct parts of the ecosystem. A realtor is fantastic for the 'where' the lease and the physical sp…

Thanks mnovak, that’s a really good question and something we’re putting a lot of work on answering accurately. The buyer landscape is more diverse than most poeple think. It's rea…

:'-) feedback much appreciated and taken!

hey, thanks for the follow up question dzonga! To answer your first one, we're past ideation and are actively building the data room now. We have the financial data in-house for a …

oof, we spent over 2 hours debating what the title should be.. Zillow for local businesses, A zillow for main street, a Main street marketplace, a Local business zillow... we ended…

There's definitely some overlap I think the main difference is our core philosophy on what should be free. Their model is built around monetizing the buyer's access, with things li…

very suspicious comment, but even if you're a robot, thanks!

Our focus is both fortunately and unfortunately 100% on local, main street businesses because that's the world my cofounder and I know and the problem we experienced ourselves. We …

That is in fact a million-dollar question. it's a huge pain point we've heard from nearly every of the 100+ brokers we've talked to. Right now, it's a mix. we do basic "I'm a human…

thanks huherto!

we get why it might look that way on the surface the real difference though is the monumental effort happening behind the scenes. We're building direct partnerships with brokerages…

Hi phy! We actually have that level of financial detail for many of our listings from our broker partners. The challenge has been figuring out the best way to present it. putting r…

Hey, jon, thanks for the questions on sales, it's still a bit early for us to know the final number of closed deals. The average business takes 6-12 months to sell, and we've only …

In the sense that we're trying to make buying and selling businesses as efficient as possible, yes! however local businesses transactions have their own specific challenges, state …

Hey HN, Joel here, co-founder of Venturu. Imagine trying to buy a house before Zillow. That’s what buying a local business is like today. It's a massive market, but it's completely…