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The original 4SQ was awesome, but it was also absolutely non-viable (no business model whatsoever, besides selling branded badges to advertisers). Putting asid
by whoisjuan 7y ago
The original 4SQ was awesome, but it was also absolutely non-viable (no business model whatsoever, besides selling branded badges to advertisers).
Putting aside the nature of their current business, I really admire 4SQ ability to pivot and re-invent itself several times, while keeping beloved functionality like the check-in (even if it’s through another app).
This is a company that by all measures should have died in any of those past struggles. They even had a couple of down rounds. And somehow they managed to overcome all those dead-ends.
Very few startups have done that, and I can’t think of a single one that did it at 4SQ’s scale.
- chadlavi 7y agoYeah, as a business they've been amazingly resilient. I just wish the product was still fun/worthwhile.
- barneygale 7y agoThis is like saluting Aung San Suu Kyi for being able to pivot to genocide. I'm not going to give a company any plaudits for selling personal data to advertisers, no matter what their starting point.
- enobrev 7y agoIt's nothing like that. I agree that selling personal data shouldn't be applauded but that is a ridiculous analogy. (you seem to have been downvoted - wasn't me)
- randomsearch 7y agoCould the original 4SQ have become the universal loyalty card?