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This mystifies me too. Maybe it would be more clear if I actually used Angie's List, but... I don't really need to. Yelp already leads me toward great professio

• pitdesi 16y ago
  Yeah, but I think Yelp has a ways to go... I think Angie is used for contractors, exterminators, etc - stuff that isn't reviewed on Yelp much... but it's only a matter of time before Yelp (or someone else) gets in there and does it for free. Amazing that they got $80 mil in funding in the past 2 year, 15 years after it started... Also unclear why they need it, if you've got $60 mil in revenues, 400 employees, and not a lot of non-employee costs, then why do you need an additional $80 million in investment?
  • KevinMS 16y ago
    Also unclear why they need it, if you've got $60 mil in revenues, 400 employees, and not a lot of non-employee costs, then why do you need an additional $80 million in investment? Same reason political campaigns to - major advertising blitz. I see their tv ads all the time. They are probably going for a brand household name.
    • justinchen 16y ago
      I hear their ads all the time on my local NPR member station.