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Josh Williams on why Gowalla lost to Foursquare
- edwardunknown 13y agoI've tried both but still don't know the purpose of either.
- general_failure 13y agowelcome to the club!
- chasing 13y ago"I don't find value in it, therefore it can't be valuable!"
- chrischen 13y agoThat's not what s/he said.
- checkouts 13y agoFoursquare won? Did I miss the memo? Last I checked their active users had flat lined, AFAICT,Foursquare is going to have the same exit as Gowalla, possibly with the exception of riches to the founders and every one else left hold the bag.
- dvanduzer 13y agoI'm not drawing any lessons other than maybe "there can be only one winner when there is no clear revenue model." Brightkite had geotagged photo uploading and an iOS app before Foursquare even existed. But they exited / acquihired while Gowalla and Foursquare were just ramping up. So it goes.