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Is this your site? http://2tablespoons.com/ http://2tablespoons.com/ If so, Cilantro sounds interesting. One of the things I keep reading is that the restauran

by JonLim 15y ago

Is this your site? http://2tablespoons.com/ http://2tablespoons.com/ If so, Cilantro sounds interesting. One of the things I keep reading is that the restaurant industry is super resistant to change and adopting new technology. Or it seems that way. How are you going about circumventing that issue? Or minimizing it, at least?

callmeed 15y ago
Yes, it is. Cilantro was originally going to be a "DIY Groupon" that you can embed into your own site and Facebook page and take payment via PayPal. But, after doing some research, I've come to the conclusion that white-label daily deal stuff is the wrong way to go. So, I've decided to go after the website market and solve the Flash/PDF menu/no mobile/crappy website problem. Plus, I've succeeded in the niche website space already. The cool thing is, I can still add coupons and daily deals into the website system–and with less friction. To answer your question, I'm circumventing resistance to change by wrapping it into something every restaurant has to have (a website) and removing as much friction as possible (mainly time by making it so easy to create/update).
- JonLim 15y ago
  Very cool, thanks for the update. I'm somewhat skeptical of the idea that restaurant owners think that the website should not have flash/pdf menus/no mobile etc, why? Well, look at all the crappy websites that exist out there, right? However, I completely support your endeavour because I hate all those restaurants. Could I get your email? I'd love to discuss this further and see if my product can help out.
  - callmeed 15y ago
    Should be in my profile. My thinking is that (a) there is a lot of restaurant turnover anyway, so new restaurants need sites and (b) every smartphone and Flash-free tablet sold increases people's awareness of their sucky site just a bit.

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Is this your site? http://2tablespoons.com/ http://2tablespoons.com/ If so, Cilantro sounds interesting. One of the things I keep reading is that the restauran

by JonLim 15y ago

callmeed 15y ago
Yes, it is. Cilantro was originally going to be a "DIY Groupon" that you can embed into your own site and Facebook page and take payment via PayPal. But, after doing some research, I've come to the conclusion that white-label daily deal stuff is the wrong way to go. So, I've decided to go after the website market and solve the Flash/PDF menu/no mobile/crappy website problem. Plus, I've succeeded in the niche website space already. The cool thing is, I can still add coupons and daily deals into the website system–and with less friction. To answer your question, I'm circumventing resistance to change by wrapping it into something every restaurant has to have (a website) and removing as much friction as possible (mainly time by making it so easy to create/update).
- JonLim 15y ago
  Very cool, thanks for the update. I'm somewhat skeptical of the idea that restaurant owners think that the website should not have flash/pdf menus/no mobile etc, why? Well, look at all the crappy websites that exist out there, right? However, I completely support your endeavour because I hate all those restaurants. Could I get your email? I'd love to discuss this further and see if my product can help out.
  - callmeed 15y ago
    Should be in my profile. My thinking is that (a) there is a lot of restaurant turnover anyway, so new restaurants need sites and (b) every smartphone and Flash-free tablet sold increases people's awareness of their sucky site just a bit.