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Haven't we seen enough of these? I'm thinking punchd, Belly, LevelUp, Plink, not to mention offerings from Groupon, foursquare... They may be able to profitably acquire businesses now, but isn't it a coinflip as to who will win in the long-term?
One of the more ill-informed questions I've heard in awhile. Do you have any idea how much energy, persistence and brains go in to creating a successful, winning service?
Haven't we seen enough of these? I'm thinking punchd, Belly, LevelUp, Plink, not to mention offerings from Groupon, foursquare... They may be able to profitably acquire businesses now, but isn't it a coinflip as to who will win in the long-term?
"but isn't it a coinflip as to who will win in the long-term?" One of the more ill-informed questions I've heard in awhile. Do you have any idea how much energy, persistence and brains go in to creating a successful, winning service?
Haven't we seen enough of these? I'm thinking punchd, Belly, LevelUp, Plink, not to mention offerings from Groupon, foursquare... They may be able to profitably acquire businesses now, but isn't it a coinflip as to who will win in the long-term?
Most of the startups you mentioned are trying to retrofit the loyalty card paradigm to smartphones. I'm not sure that's the right approach - time will tell.
It looks like FiveStar simply works with a business' existing POS / magnetic scanner - and is enhanced by social / mobile. I think that's a smarter, more frictionless approach.
The winner in this space will be the one that's easiest for a business to integrate. Both on a technical level via integrating with POS systems but on a human interaction level: if you're Starbucks you can't tell 17,000 stores that they have to faff with iPhones every time a customer wants to stamp their card.
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"but isn't it a coinflip as to who will win in the long-term?" One of the more ill-informed questions I've heard in awhile. Do you have any idea how much energy, persistence and brains go in to creating a successful, winning service?
I'm guessing he does, which is why he's wondering exactly how there came to be a half dozen players in this incredibly tiny market niche.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
"but isn't it a coinflip as to who will win in the long-term?" One of the more ill-informed questions I've heard in awhile. Do you have any idea how much energy, persistence and brains go in to creating a successful, winning service?
I'm guessing he does, which is why he's wondering exactly how there came to be a half dozen players in this incredibly tiny market niche.
And they're looking for rockstar developers!
And they're looking for rockstar developers!