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we think we can get 10 million families on it, no problem. Seriously? No problem? I'd love to know the strategy that makes getting 10 million people to pay $10

• voberoi 16y ago
  I agree, that's a pretty naive statement to make unless you can: a) Make a believable case for there being 10 million people who would be willing to pay for your product. b) Make a believable plan for how you're going to reach those 10 million people. Who have you guys talked to other than one of the founders' girlfriends? Do you have real data, qualitative and quantitative, that backs up the claim that you've located a market for Whereoscope? Is anyone paying for the product yet? Most of statements in the article seem rather speculative.
  • mickdj 16y ago
    You raise valid criticisms, and ones we considered for some time before building the product as we did. a) Multiple proxies for demand exist, from the existing carrier-based services to portable GPS units to the use of cards swiped at the school gate in Japan and China. b) Agreed. And the people we share our go-to-market plan with agree. I make it a point to speak on the phone to several families a week. We have heard from hundreds of users directly via e-mail. There is a long road from thousands to tens of millions - we don't pretend otherwise, but we do have that road mapped out.
• enjo 16y ago
  Not to mention in a rather crowded space.