joahspearman

How's it going everyone. My name is Joah and I'm the CEO and co-founder of Localeur. A couple of years ago, my friend Chase and I left our jobs at Bazaarvoice and started working on the problem that we realized was rooted in review sites like Yelp: a lack of trust. We wanted to build a community where locals could share their favorite places with people instead of travelers having to trust...

Has anyone asked what the revenue model is? I think that dovetails into previous questions about the purpose of storing data.

What happens if those sources like NYT, TimeOut, etc. gate their content? Yelp struggles with clutter, foursquare doesn't have stellar content, where will the best content come from that makes the user confident in the answer?

I love this concept and what I'm seeing / hearing but I wonder about the pricing model and its ability to show the value and face of the service providers longterm. I'd love to know more about how this would benefit a lower-income person providing these services long term. Is there a way to get higher fees as an individual contributor with high ratings / customer confidence?