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If the mission and market make sense, then you bet on the leader. It's not about checkins, it's about being driven to new great places that will delight you in
by jasonlbaptiste 14y ago
If the mission and market make sense, then you bet on the leader.
It's not about checkins, it's about being driven to new great places that will delight you in the real world. Foursquare is the leader in that. Google:online traffic :: Foursquare:offline traffic.
- minimaxir 14y agoThe Yahoo of the 1990's made sense. Myspace made sense. First-mover advantage is not a guarantee in the tech world.
- chrischen 14y agoI thought Yelp is the leader in that?
- tomasien 14y agoYelp is definitely the thought share leader in that category, and I would GUESS the user and revenue leader as well.
- AznHisoka 14y agoGo ask any random person in a restaurant or spa where they heard about that business. What do you think most answers will be? Yelp or Foursquare? Foursquare is not built as a search engine, first, while Yelp is. You check-in first via Foursquare, then you can explore other places, while in Yelp, you're prompted to search for a place. If you're talking about simply discovering random places, then perhaps Foursquare is the winner, but that market is nowhere near as big as searching for a place. The latter is about capturing intent while the first is about generating interest.