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Quite a few of the companies mentioned have traction and that is pretty impressive. I haven't seen anyone else say it but kicksend looks a lot like getcrate from sahil lavingia with facebook integration added to it.
Infact, traction could be one of the key drivers behind some of the companies getting selected into YC.
My Picks for: - Most likely to succeed in a big way: Parse - Most interesting/clever (want it to succeed): Verbling - Most scary (wary of it succeeding): Double Recall
Double Recall looks like one of the very few startups that would make the world a worse place if they succeed :(
I'd rather enter brand-specified words than my credit card info.
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Double Recall looks like one of the very few startups that would make the world a worse place if they succeed :(
The other side of the coin is it could allow more content to remain accessible for free (given the stats advertisers are bound to pay more). I'd rather enter brand-specified words than my credit card info.
MarketBrief sounds like a home run to me. If the product works as described it's a tremendous value proposition.
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I don't think Double Recall is as scary as the kind of ugly paywalls and interstitial ads a lot of news sites currently use. Although as a consumer I'd be bound to hit the close button on any site that used it, but that's the sites problem to try an optimise.
making me type advertiser-specified words on a mobile device to visit some site? terrible and easily worse than an interstitial.
My Picks for: - Most likely to succeed in a big way: Parse - Most interesting/clever (want it to succeed): Verbling - Most scary (wary of it succeeding): Double Recall
Double Recall looks like one of the very few startups that would make the world a worse place if they succeed :(
My Picks for: - Most likely to succeed in a big way: Parse - Most interesting/clever (want it to succeed): Verbling - Most scary (wary of it succeeding): Double Recall
No real need to be afraid of Double Recall, since Solve has been in the market for a while and is doing really well. I'm sure they'll do fine if they bring on the right salespeople - it's a sales-centric business.
With as much criticism as GroupOn has received, and the suspect way they have measured their success it seems there must be a better model of comparison. Saying you want to be the LivingSocial of X would likely give a better impression.
Still, I'm not sure applying that business model to a specific industry like restaurants or groceries will lead to success. For restaurants, LivingSocial and GroupOn already give out a lot of restaurant deals. Google will soon be moving in the market also. It's quickly becoming saturated. How long can restaurants give away meals for half price?
Aisle50 is at least attacking an area that isn't really covered by existing businesses.
My Picks for: - Most likely to succeed in a big way: Parse - Most interesting/clever (want it to succeed): Verbling - Most scary (wary of it succeeding): Double Recall
Double Recall looks like one of the very few startups that would make the world a worse place if they succeed :(
So, here's the alternative. If the Double Recalls have figured out a nice sustainable way to pay for a good chunk of the journalism you enjoy, wouldn't that make the world a better place?