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I'm actually building something right now. I'm building it because it is a problem I've faced among my friends and well.. the "millennial" generation to begin

I'm actually building something right now. I'm building it because it is a problem I've faced among my friends and well.. the "millennial" generation to begin with. I'm building it first to be used among myself and friends. I don't want to say too much because to me the solution seems so obvious and I'd like to have something out there and tried on a small scale first, but... the key is not to focus on events directly, but people. If anyone would like to know more, my twitter is on my profile, DM me there! Right now it is just me. I'm also currently torn on focusing on the consumer social space (not social network) or the business space. Both seem pretty promising targets but vastly different approaches to marketing.

jborichevskiy 7y ago
I'd love to know more - your profile seems to be missing your email though (the main email in your HN profile is default private; you have to add it to the About section to be visible).
- Cshelton 7y ago
  Oh, thanks for letting me know! I'll add it there.
narak 7y ago
Am interested in learning more but your contact info is twitter without DMs open (have to be mutually following). Mind opening DMs or posting your email to the about field on HN? Thanks!
- Cshelton 7y ago
  Just opened it!
NicoJuicy 7y ago
Let's talk, i'm building one too. But with some different use-cases probably. Nico at Sapico dot me I have a marketing plan ready which is dublicateable for every city. Belgium and Netherlands is reserved for me ;)
- NicoJuicy 7y ago
  PS. It's developped on dot net ( Asp.Net MVC) and i would be happy to share the project to other "co-operatives" and work together. Looking at my mail, the topic seems to be way hotter than expected :)
- com2kid 7y ago
  I'm working on a similar problem, https://www.thawd.net https://www.thawd.net Thawd focuses on getting groups of people out to events, not just one at a time. The idea is you tell the app what you want to do, and Thawd will find other people interested in the same thing and use personality matching to create groups of people who can hang out and have a good time together. Hoping to get submitted to app stores by EOW. (and yes, turns out getting users is easy, getting events is the hard part!)
  - nprateem 7y ago
    I built a site like that focussed around adhoc events for people of similar interests. But when I looked at the business model I saw a few difficulties: * If it was effective users would probably stop using it and switch directly to something like whatsapp * Judging by meetup, a few people actually create events and greater percentage attend. This seems common across many platforms - 5-10% of users are actually producers, but a much larger are "passive" consumers. My site focussed on adhoc events and I wasn't sure enough users would create them * The real issue was needing to promote it hyperlocally, meaning each new location needed marketing. A site focussed around groups can build a history of events for each group which aids discoverability/SEO. But a site that's all about adhoc events doesn't have that benefit in the same way if members are more amorphous (my site was all about creating e.g. an event to play tennis that afternoon, so depended on locality). I couldn't solve these issues and abandoned it. Good luck though.
    - NicoJuicy 7y ago
      Send me a email, I'll share my idea with you in full. I had the same issues and I think it's all ( yes, all ) solved ;) - our way of thinking is very similar with the related problems! Ps. Please add your quote, so I know/remember what your problems were.
diminoten 7y ago
This is a relief for me personally, because I've also been thinking about building something that fits this need, and seeing how many people are trying to enter the space by now makes me realize it's about to get very crowded and now I don't feel nearly as bad not getting involved.

jborichevskiy 7y ago

I'd love to know more - your profile seems to be missing your email though (the main email in your HN profile is default private; you have to add it to the About section to be visible).

Cshelton 7y ago
Oh, thanks for letting me know! I'll add it there.

narak 7y ago

Am interested in learning more but your contact info is twitter without DMs open (have to be mutually following). Mind opening DMs or posting your email to the about field on HN? Thanks!

Cshelton 7y ago
Just opened it!

NicoJuicy 7y ago

Let's talk, i'm building one too. But with some different use-cases probably. Nico at Sapico dot me I have a marketing plan ready which is dublicateable for every city. Belgium and Netherlands is reserved for me ;)

NicoJuicy 7y ago
PS. It's developped on dot net ( Asp.Net MVC) and i would be happy to share the project to other "co-operatives" and work together. Looking at my mail, the topic seems to be way hotter than expected :)
com2kid 7y ago
I'm working on a similar problem, https://www.thawd.net https://www.thawd.net Thawd focuses on getting groups of people out to events, not just one at a time. The idea is you tell the app what you want to do, and Thawd will find other people interested in the same thing and use personality matching to create groups of people who can hang out and have a good time together. Hoping to get submitted to app stores by EOW. (and yes, turns out getting users is easy, getting events is the hard part!)
- nprateem 7y ago
  I built a site like that focussed around adhoc events for people of similar interests. But when I looked at the business model I saw a few difficulties: * If it was effective users would probably stop using it and switch directly to something like whatsapp * Judging by meetup, a few people actually create events and greater percentage attend. This seems common across many platforms - 5-10% of users are actually producers, but a much larger are "passive" consumers. My site focussed on adhoc events and I wasn't sure enough users would create them * The real issue was needing to promote it hyperlocally, meaning each new location needed marketing. A site focussed around groups can build a history of events for each group which aids discoverability/SEO. But a site that's all about adhoc events doesn't have that benefit in the same way if members are more amorphous (my site was all about creating e.g. an event to play tennis that afternoon, so depended on locality). I couldn't solve these issues and abandoned it. Good luck though.
  - NicoJuicy 7y ago
    Send me a email, I'll share my idea with you in full. I had the same issues and I think it's all ( yes, all ) solved ;) - our way of thinking is very similar with the related problems! Ps. Please add your quote, so I know/remember what your problems were.

diminoten 7y ago

This is a relief for me personally, because I've also been thinking about building something that fits this need, and seeing how many people are trying to enter the space by now makes me realize it's about to get very crowded and now I don't feel nearly as bad not getting involved.