Valleyball(valleyball.co)
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> Yo has been dead for a month
Are you sure? They released an update for their iOS app yesterday: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/yo./id834335592
Are you sure? They released an update for their iOS app yesterday: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/yo./id834335592
Yes. http://i.imgur.com/dCgcaWX.png
That first spike in overall ratings was the result of an advertising campaign where Yo literally gave away free car rides, and no one wanted it: http://valleywag.gawker.com/gimmick-app-yo-offered-gimmick-c...
So they tried to give away free Moto 360s, which was a PR disaster: http://9to5google.com/2014/08/28/motorolas-yo-based-moto-360...
Neither expensive PR stunt could stop Yo's descent into obsolesce. What would organic usage do?
That first spike in overall ratings was the result of an advertising campaign where Yo literally gave away free car rides, and no one wanted it: http://valleywag.gawker.com/gimmick-app-yo-offered-gimmick-c...
So they tried to give away free Moto 360s, which was a PR disaster: http://9to5google.com/2014/08/28/motorolas-yo-based-moto-360...
Neither expensive PR stunt could stop Yo's descent into obsolesce. What would organic usage do?
Hear hear, Buster is awesome!
Also wanted to point to a similar project we're building called Sand Hill Exchange (http://sandhill.exchange/ ). By offering a fluid marketplace with real-time changes in price, we provide the daily feedback startup junkies crave.
Also wanted to point to a similar project we're building called Sand Hill Exchange (http://sandhill.exchange/ ). By offering a fluid marketplace with real-time changes in price, we provide the daily feedback startup junkies crave.
Would be great if you could remove your guess, as I did not know it would publicly add my twitter handle.
Until I add this, feel free to email me (busterbenson at gmail) and I can delete stuff.
FYI - the three links at the bottom (Product Hunt, Yo, and Uber) just link to the home page, rather than the companies' pages.
Once in a while I think "hey, wouldn't it be great if people in the bay area loved building great products more than they love raising money and selling companies?"
It's obviously a total pipe dream, but wow, maybe we could actually make the world a better place.
It's obviously a total pipe dream, but wow, maybe we could actually make the world a better place.
I think the real effect you are observing is that people who love raising money and selling companies are more likely to raise money and sell companies.
The problem with a fantasy startup league is the time horizon. No user is going to pay attention for years for an event to occur, whereas in fantasy sports there's an event every day/week.
Relatedly, there's no good explicit definition for when a startup fails. (case in point, Yo has been dead for a month but this webpage pretends it isn't)