Badass! I wanted to do something like this in Austin, Texas but haven't had the time just yet.
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#12I was just talking about doing this with friends every friday, we all love to cook and show off - it makes me spend a week investigating food preparation to impress. I've been in cities before where groups of friends have an open night once a week for a $5 tip. Works really well, especially once you get traction and a random group of friends show up every time. Great concept, good luck!
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#14I'd like for this service to take off. People spend much more on eating out than on hotels, so an AirBnb for meals makes a lot of sense. Just pick one area of London and market the hell out of it. Make sure there is a variety of food styles available every night.
That's the plan - I'm going to try to start in North/Central London. Islington, Camden & Shoreditch (home to the infamous Silicon Roundabout). Short of actually flyering local homes, does anyone have any ideas for cheap & effective local advertising? I've got some Facebook ads running, but targetting more locally than just "London" doesn't return many people.
Search Quora.com, if you haven't already, e.g. http://www.quora.com/Startups/How-can-I-market-my-startup-wi... or http://www.quora.com/What-are-the-best-promotion-plans-used-...
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#15My advice would be to show more content before you make people sign in with Facebook. Since I don't like connecting things to my Facebook profile I clicked out of the site, when otherwise I might have been interested and spent more time exploring.
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#16Consider describing the service more on the front page in terms of what it does and how it works. Currently, without logging in, I have no idea. Does everyone pitch in to cook pot luck style? Do you deliver these meals to different places for a fee? Do people just show up and buy dishes? Getting me to sign up is much easier if you resolve this uncertainty.
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#17I really, really like the idea, but I hate Facebook and I won't have an account with them. Otherwise I'd definitely host a meal.
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#18I really, really like the idea, but I hate Facebook and I won't have an account with them. Otherwise I'd definitely host a meal.
Yeah, maybe next steps could involve logins via other sites like Google, Twitter, OpenID, etc?
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#19This looks awesome for someone like me - balancing cooking, healthy food, regular meals, and running a startup time is a major PITA. Food is regularly a burden rather than a joy. Having a homecooked meal from someone nearby? Sounds totally spot on. It could be quick if I want to leave (could be some social issues), WAY cheaper than delivery, cheaper even than eating out, and presumably it'll be healthier than just dr…
Completely agree with the sentiment that food often becomes a burden rather than a joy.
Love the idea and congrats on knocking it out in a weekend.
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#20I would put some effort and change the default bootstrap css theme because it looks like many other websites.