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About Gowalla he said 'it's tough playing second fiddle.' They are, and it is. I just want to point out he was factually correct despite being hyperbolic. He al
by AmericanOP 16y ago
About Gowalla he said 'it's tough playing second fiddle.' They are, and it is. I just want to point out he was factually correct despite being hyperbolic. He also said every (major) website has a social graph, not is a social graph. His point was more that he didn't think yahoo et al would be interested in linking with fb for that reason.
- cletus 16y agoI agree that Gowalla is playing second fiddle and the smart money is on Foursquare, not just because they were/are first but because they seem to be killing it, but many second-comers have succeeded (eg Facebook, Google, Microsoft). Anyway, to borrow a term I heard from Mark Suster, I view all these location startups are FNACs (feature not a company).
- AmericanOP 16y agoAt the Geo Loco event there was a panel specifically discussing whether location startups are businesses or features. So far they are coupon companies. Nothing wrong with that.