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Re: Pizza Compass

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Post by princess3000 »

danso wrote: post #70
princess3000 wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is really overthinking it, IMO. This app isn't a shot at Yelp or an attempt to disrupt the pizza space... It's a joke. You pay a dollar, you get a pizza compass. I think it's hilarious. The quotes on their page about "life-affirming" and "some people might say this is the most important app... ever" tell me that whoever made this app just wanted to have a bit of a laugh.

Wow. It just goes to show how immune I've gotten to startup pitch ideas and their templates. The text that I copied and pasted is obviously a joke ("EXCITING NEW LIFE-AFFIRMING IPHONE APP") and yet my brain mentally skipped over it as just being thats-what-all-apps-said and tried to evaluate the technical part of an app. I'm going to blame it on the all-caps throwing blinders on my brain this morning

When I say "joke" I just mean that the whole concept appears to be firmly tongue-in-cheek (or pizza-in-cheek, maybe). Though I haven't used the app I suspect that the tech behind it is pretty sound. I feel you on the hyperbolic marketing though, when every new app is a "revolutionary take on _____" those words begin to lose meaning. I have no connection to the app's creators or any actual knowledge about their intentions but I would assume that this is meant to be a jab at that kind of marketing.

Re: Pizza Compass

#92

Post by angersock »

hipsterelitist wrote: post #82

I think this is relevant, since it launched today and no one in the last 7 hours has provided context: https://www.urbancompass.com/ http://www.businessinsider.com/ori-allon-has-hired-63-ex-goo...

Is...is that a joke? Am I going insane? Is it a product?

I can't tell anymore. I just can't. So many smiling faces on their team/about page...what the christ.

EDIT: Some minor looking around... maybe it isn't?

Re: Pizza Compass

#95

Post by Klinky »

potatolicious wrote: post #58
umsm wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A chef (friend) told me: It's good pizza, but not worth standing in line for. When I lived there, I had it and I thought it was OK.

The secret here is to go to the Grimaldi's in Manhattan (20th and 6th). I have been there many times and have never once stood in line. Whatever the delta is between the Brooklyn location and the Manhattan location, it surely isn't 30 minutes of standing around.

Which Grimaldi's is it again? Famous Grimaldi's? Original Grimaldi's? Famous Original Grimaldi's? World Famous Grimaldi's?

Re: Pizza Compass

#96

Post by coldtea »

kyro wrote: post #79
danso wrote: post #8

OK, I haven't had time to download the app, but was curious about the description > PIZZA COMPASS IS THE EXCITING NEW LIFE-AFFIRMING IPHONE APP THAT HELPS PIZZA GET TO YOUR MOUTH. CREATED BY A HIGHLY SPECIALIZED TRAINED TEAM OF PIZZA EXPERTS. EXPERTS WHO ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT LIFE, LOVE, AND FRIENDSHIP. The screenshots featured famous pizzerias...so is the data "curated" by the pizza-compass staff? Or does it rely on…

Same exact questions here. Also interested in their business model and how they plan to achieve profitability. Any VC worth their weight wouldn't touch a startup like this with a 10-foot pole. We all saw what happened to Groupon and their approach in dealing with small and independent restaurants. Why would I as a pizza shop owner want to join your network? Are there systems in place to ensure that demand does not ex…

>Also interested in their business model and how they plan to achieve profitability. Any VC worth their weight wouldn't touch a startup like this with a 10-foot pole.

Zzzzzz. I find this reading is incredibly dense. What VC, profitablity, business model and such crap?

They made a fun app, they are selling it. They don't intend to become the next Instagram or whatever. They just want to sell their cheaply produced app and make a decent buck. Like thousands of developers out there. Isn't it obvious?

Not everything is a startup, looking for some VC, to validate some business model.

Most apps people use are made like this. Including games -- which don't wait VCs or have "business models" other than: release the game, sell copies, profit.

Of the top of my head, some examples of similar successful apps: iA Writer, Reeder, Letterpress, KitCam, Foldify, Soulver, Brushes, Camera+, Flashlight, Hundreds, Procreate, ...

Re: Pizza Compass

#97

Post by coldtea »

TazeTSchnitzel wrote: post #89
danso wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wow. It just goes to show how immune I've gotten to startup pitch ideas and their templates. The text that I copied and pasted is obviously a joke ("EXCITING NEW LIFE-AFFIRMING IPHONE APP") and yet my brain mentally skipped over it as just being thats-what-all-apps-said and tried to evaluate the technical part of an app. I'm going to blame it on the all-caps throwing blinders on my brain this morning

You're assuming the app is a joke. I see no indication the app isn't real.

No, he is assuming the app is a joke app.

Not that the app is a joke (not real), but that the app is a joke app (a fun app, made cheaply, not intended to "change the world", be the next Facebook, or promote a heavy business model).

Re: Pizza Compass

#98

Post by mparlane »

alaskamiller wrote: post #23
danso wrote: post #8

OK, I haven't had time to download the app, but was curious about the description > PIZZA COMPASS IS THE EXCITING NEW LIFE-AFFIRMING IPHONE APP THAT HELPS PIZZA GET TO YOUR MOUTH. CREATED BY A HIGHLY SPECIALIZED TRAINED TEAM OF PIZZA EXPERTS. EXPERTS WHO ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT LIFE, LOVE, AND FRIENDSHIP. The screenshots featured famous pizzerias...so is the data "curated" by the pizza-compass staff? Or does it rely on…

Obviously a joke. Obviously yet another reminder how cheap, easy, efficient, direct it is to start a company, create a startup, launch a product. Obviously the question isn't why is this trying so hard, but rather is why everyone else trying so hard. Obviously.

Obviously.

Re: Pizza Compass

#99

Post by h1srf »

potatolicious wrote: post #58
umsm wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A chef (friend) told me: It's good pizza, but not worth standing in line for. When I lived there, I had it and I thought it was OK.

The secret here is to go to the Grimaldi's in Manhattan (20th and 6th). I have been there many times and have never once stood in line. Whatever the delta is between the Brooklyn location and the Manhattan location, it surely isn't 30 minutes of standing around.

Shhhh...you're ruining the secret

Re: Pizza Compass

#100

Post by kyro »

coldtea wrote: post #96
kyro wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Same exact questions here. Also interested in their business model and how they plan to achieve profitability. Any VC worth their weight wouldn't touch a startup like this with a 10-foot pole. We all saw what happened to Groupon and their approach in dealing with small and independent restaurants. Why would I as a pizza shop owner want to join your network? Are there systems in place to ensure that demand does not ex…

> Also interested in their business model and how they plan to achieve profitability. Any VC worth their weight wouldn't touch a startup like this with a 10-foot pole. Zzzzzz. I find this reading is incredibly dense. What VC, profitablity, business model and such crap? They made a fun app, they are selling it. They don't intend to become the next Instagram or whatever. They just want to sell their cheaply produced ap…

These people are trying to exploit the pizza market by taking advantage of desperate pizza workers and forcing them to join their walled pizza garden with promises of absurd profits. It's a shame that people are endorsing this very obvious and pathetic attempt to use pizza for their own success.
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