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The "guess the number of jelly beans in a jar" game gave its name to one of the startups whose failure disappointed me the most, Beansight. In 2010, it was aski
by catwell 10y ago
The "guess the number of jelly beans in a jar" game gave its name to one of the startups whose failure disappointed me the most, Beansight. In 2010, it was asking people their opinion on various topics, attributing them experience points when they guessed right, and using this information about the expertise of its users to improve its predictions.
- n00b101 10y agoSounds similar to http://www.almanis.com http://www.almanis.com
- catwell 10y agoPretty similar yes. I didn't know that one, thank you.
- jbpetersen 10y agohow'd they fail?
- catwell 10y agoI don't have much insider information, but mostly the founders gave up on it and moved on to other things as their monetization plans did not succeed. To monetize I know they had tried a model of sponsored predictions: http://blog.beansight.com/post/6171212673/beansight-hit-its-first-sponsored-prediction http://blog.beansight.com/post/6171212673/beansight-hit-its-... They finally ended up Open Sourcing the code: http://blog.beansight.com/post/85724048548/beansight-is-now-open-source http://blog.beansight.com/post/85724048548/beansight-is-now-...
- harperlee 10y agoI love the name! Sounds like insight, and when you need to go and clarify the spelling to someone familiar with the company, you have a great story to tell that is completely related to what the company does. Genius. Edit: Nevermind, the "classical story to tell" that I had in mind was with Francis Galton and the weight of an ox: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisdom_of_the_crowd#Classic_examples https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisdom_of_the_crowd#Classic_... Cool name nonetheless.