If I consider my industry going to bars to drink then the problem is lines. In 2017, I shouldn't walk/uber 20min in 20 degree weather to a bar only to find a 30min line which also has a surprise cover charge at the door. I've thought about this a lot and have some ideas...
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What is the pricing at meetedgar.com? And what features they have that are essential and what are disposable? Their site seems to be purposefully opaque regarding these points.
Starts at $50 per month. You need to setup a "library" of blog posts (yours and others) and it will keep retweeting them on autopilot. I want something for $10 per month that simply connects to my blog and retweets posts all day. I'd imagine many bloggers would want it as well.
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A tech solution for what actually? The problem is that there are few (good?) bars in the area. The solution for that problem would be to open new bars.
You may disagree but I feel we are in an age of transparency. TripAdvisor, yelp, cargurus, Amazon reviews etc. Consumers want to know as much detail as possible prior to a purchase or visiting a hotel. My big point is that one of the remaining non transparent industries is nightlife. Bars create fake lines and charge bogus covers. I just feel like technology could improve this.
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I would approach this problem by opening a bar, not a startup.
Yeah, seems like there's a need for more bars instead of a complicated solution to a simple problem.