andrewkitchell

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by andrewkitchell 10y ago
For those just hearing about NFX, it's a pretty fascinating team/story. James Currier and the NFX team run an accelerator that is basically an expert level boot-camp for teams specifically focused on Networks, Marketplaces (and no
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by andrewkitchell 11y ago
Don't love the application, but the tech is interesting. I work in the space - would be fun to talk further.
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by andrewkitchell 11y ago
Hey all, I'm part of the PriceMethod team. Appreciate your comments, and certainly agree, whats taking place in the peer-to-peer space is fascinating. Excited to play a part in helping host build out what we think is the future of the
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by andrewkitchell 11y ago
Hi HN, We're available anytime to talk shop. We'd love to hear your thoughts, or, come check out our demo: pricemethod.com/demo
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by andrewkitchell 11y ago
This looks like solid execution on a simple but brilliant idea. I like the embeddable views as much as the instant API/docs.
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Pantry: the Smart Fridge of the (near) Future(techcrunch.com)
3 points by andrewkitchell 12y ago|0 comments
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by andrewkitchell 12y ago
Smart team, who knows the food space well. Agree with Josh that sending all the ingredients is key, as well as finding great unique recipes that can be ordered (I assume) any time. Seems like a cool mix of Blue Apron & Goldbely.
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by andrewkitchell 12y ago
Recently, we found that in San Francisco, Airbnb is close to matching hotels in terms of occupancy rates (Airbnb occupancy locally last week was 87%). Therefore, we wanted to examine whether this figure represents an anomaly or a trend. TL
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Airbnb Occupancy Rates are catching up with Hotels(beyondpricing.com)
8 points by andrewkitchell 12y ago|4 comments
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by andrewkitchell 13y ago
Good point -- in response we'd say: 'pricing is hard!' Its pretty rare that an individual hosts will have enough information to accurately/comfortably price their home. By studying larger trends across a municipality, we
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by andrewkitchell 13y ago
Thank you -- we appreciate that! We're going to be sharing a lot more in the coming weeks. There is a lot of interesting data out there, and making sense of that data/making it available is one of our teams goals. If you have any
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by andrewkitchell 13y ago
Great point -- as we designed this, we thought a lot about how this might impact a marketplace/community (Airbnb) that we love. In talking to a lot of hosts, as well as hosting ourselves, we've learned that (a) pricing your home i
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by andrewkitchell 16y ago
I think that the Chinese case is more extreme, but this is not without precedent here... http://motherjones.com/politics/2010/03/police-twitter-riots...
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by andrewkitchell 16y ago
Kevin Kelly's take on the idea of simultaneous discovery. Good writing/lots of research: http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/