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Miso (YC S16) offers high quality on-demand home cleaning in South Korea

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Re: Miso (YC S16) offers high quality on-demand home cleaning in South Korea

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Post by Hydraulix989 »

haksudol wrote: post #2

Hi. I'm Haksu. co-founder of Miso. If you have anything to ask, I'm happy to answer.

I guess the big question for this concept is how do you avoid becoming another HomeJoy? What advantages does the SK localization/market give you?

Interesting that YC is willing to bet on this concept again.

Re: Miso (YC S16) offers high quality on-demand home cleaning in South Korea

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Post by Hydraulix989 »

chejazi wrote: post #5

Do you see the evolution of iRobot-esque autonomous cleaners as a threat to your business? Are you planning on pulling an uber with all the capital you raise and pursuing R&D of said devices?

I think it's still enough of a long-term threat (I'd say 5 years for these to start to become an issue, 10 years to become commonplace) to not get in the way of growing their business, and maybe eventually they will employee a few of those devices themselves.

If anything, in Uber's case, the other players have shown it can be a wise choice to form partnerships rather than to take on the risky and capital intensive process of building up an in-house R&D unit.

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