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Toronto startup's booking app attracts barbershops from around the world
- kstop 12y agoI use this (and the services of the Crow's Nest as mentioned). It's a neat little app, built to be mobile-friendly. They're probably charging too little for it. (paging patio11...)
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- theklub 12y agoWow, that is a very crowded page to the point of being hard to read. Here is the link to the actual software, http://resurva.com/ http://resurva.com/
- jsamuel 12y agoI love how they narrowed their focus to barbershops. One of the hardest parts of many startups is finding and staying focused on the right niche.
- giarc 12y agoBarbershops appear to be their main niche, but they do have a similar focus on others. From their page. Resurva for Barbershops Resurva for Room Booking Resurva for Conferences Resurva for Salons Resurva for Spas Resurva for Massage Therapists
- Kluny 12y agoI hope soon, it will be Resurva for dentists and doctors.
- foobarqux 12y agoMaybe they will call it Zocdoc.
- throwwit 12y agoI hope they succeed just for the verb potential :)
- pbreit 12y agoEven with that on the home page, not clear how much they are really targeting those businesses. Could be a way to gauge interest in other verticals. The pages are all the same and the testimonials from barbers.
- chrislomax 12y agoInteresting, it's probably the type of software I would build and enjoy building. I never thought the market could be so niche to barbers though, guess that trend hasn't made it t'up North of UK Ironically the website does not work on mobile.
- lucaspiller 12y agoIn the UK the main difference to me between a barbershop and a salon is for the former you don't need to book. Personally I despise making appointments. I'd much rather think at lunch 'oh my hairs getting a bit long', head to the babershop, wait 10 minutes and get it done.
- EC1 12y agoI wonder how much they are making. I love going to crows nest, great place.
- grigory 12y agoCurious to see this. At my "just failed" startup, our first product was a booking app targeted at tattoo studios. It was a hard niche to crack for a variety of reasons, and in retrospect we've moved on a little too soon without spending enough time exploring alternative applications.
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- dangliar 12y agoWith nearly 3 million in population and an energy in the air not unlike New York City, Toronto should be more of a startup scene than it is. This is the first T.O. startup I've read about for as long as I can remember.
- psobot 12y agoThere's a ton of established (and YC) startups in the city: Shopify, Upverter, 500px, Chango, Wattpad, XMG, Uken Games, and PagerDuty are all based here or have offices here, just to name a few.
- chriswoodford 12y agoDoes Shopify have a Toronto office now? FreshBooks is a Toronto staple as well
- Oculus 12y agoYes Shopify has a Toronto office after their acquisition of Jet Cooper: http://www.jetcooper.com/ http://www.jetcooper.com/
- Oculus 12y agoDon't forget about the MaRS Discovery District and all the awesome startups there! http://www.marsdd.com/ http://www.marsdd.com/
- infinitone 12y agoSmall world... we're based in Toronto too, and we provide a similar service for cleaning businesses; http://carwashy.com http://carwashy.com
- arms77 12y agoIt is interesting to see how a community hardly using computers for reservations uses an app. I wonder if convincing barber shops or other similar businesses to use the app is difficult.
- sunir 12y agoIf you're in Toronto / Waterloo and aim at the b2b space, please email me: sunir olark.com We're doing another meet up of the local b2b cloud software folks next month as part of the one and only trade association. http://www.thesmallbusinessweb.com http://www.thesmallbusinessweb.com You can ping me even if you're not in Ontario; I just happen to live in Toronto. We're globe spanning. :) We're doing events in Seattle (next week), Atlanta, Raleigh, Berlin, and Boston in the next few months.