lifenautjoe

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by lifenautjoe 5mo ago
Insane for a company to pull this crap on paying customers with production workflows.
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New American dream may come with a broker, a balance sheet and now an AI copilot(refreshmiami.com)
2 points by lifenautjoe 6mo ago|0 comments
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by lifenautjoe 10mo ago
Thanks doppelgunner! We'd love to do that, but still a lot of moving parts to put in place before then. We'll get there :-)
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by lifenautjoe 10mo ago
It's back!
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by lifenautjoe 10mo ago
UPDATE: We have identified the bug we introduced exactly 4 hours ago... lesson learned, never deploy on HN's day... Fix is being deployed! Apologies again!
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by lifenautjoe 10mo ago
Hi scrame! Thanks for letting us know. We definitely have some listings in seattle. Looking into it and be right back with an answer. Apologies!
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by lifenautjoe 10mo ago
Hey, sema! You're right, the two are often tied together. For now, we're laser-focused on the operating business, the brand, the customers, the cash flow, presence, etc. We made a conscious decision that if we tried to solve both
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by lifenautjoe 10mo ago
Hi opengrass! thank you for the comment. That is true but these are two really distinct parts of the ecosystem. A realtor is fantastic for the 'where' the lease and the physical space. We're all about the 'what' the
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by lifenautjoe 10mo ago
Thanks mnovak, that’s a really good question and something we’re putting a lot of work on answering accurately. The buyer landscape is more diverse than most poeple think. It's really a mix of a few key groups: - There's the class
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by lifenautjoe 10mo ago
:'-) feedback much appreciated and taken!
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by lifenautjoe 10mo ago
hey, thanks for the follow up question dzonga! To answer your first one, we're past ideation and are actively building the data room now. We have the financial data in-house for a large number of listings, this is about writing the cod
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by lifenautjoe 10mo ago
oof, we spent over 2 hours debating what the title should be.. Zillow for local businesses, A zillow for main street, a Main street marketplace, a Local business zillow... we ended up going to "market of local businesses" because
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by lifenautjoe 10mo ago
There's definitely some overlap I think the main difference is our core philosophy on what should be free. Their model is built around monetizing the buyer's access, with things like "locked deals" and daily inquiry limi
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by lifenautjoe 10mo ago
very suspicious comment, but even if you're a robot, thanks!
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by lifenautjoe 10mo ago
Our focus is both fortunately and unfortunately 100% on local, main street businesses because that's the world my cofounder and I know and the problem we experienced ourselves. We think platforms like Acquire.com already do a great job
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by lifenautjoe 10mo ago
That is in fact a million-dollar question. it's a huge pain point we've heard from nearly every of the 100+ brokers we've talked to. Right now, it's a mix. we do basic "I'm a human" verification with e-mai
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by lifenautjoe 10mo ago
thanks huherto!
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by lifenautjoe 10mo ago
we get why it might look that way on the surface the real difference though is the monumental effort happening behind the scenes. We're building direct partnerships with brokerages, one by one, to sync their entire inventory onto Ventu
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by lifenautjoe 10mo ago
Hi phy! We actually have that level of financial detail for many of our listings from our broker partners. The challenge has been figuring out the best way to present it. putting raw financials out publicly isn't the right move for the
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by lifenautjoe 10mo ago
Hey, jon, thanks for the questions on sales, it's still a bit early for us to know the final number of closed deals. The average business takes 6-12 months to sell, and we've only been seeing a real flow of leads for the last 4 mo
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by lifenautjoe 10mo ago
In the sense that we're trying to make buying and selling businesses as efficient as possible, yes! however local businesses transactions have their own specific challenges, state dependent regulation, messier financials, emotional rol
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Show HN: Venturu – Zillow for the market of local businesses(venturu.com)
36 points by lifenautjoe 10mo ago|36 comments
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Retire Big Oil – Virtual AI generated march down Wall Street for the planet(retirebigoil.org)
3 points by lifenautjoe 3y ago|0 comments
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Openbook is the latest dream of a digital life beyond Facebook(techcrunch.com)
4 points by lifenautjoe 8y ago|0 comments
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A webpack starter kit for your basic web-dev needs
3 points by lifenautjoe 9y ago|1 comments